DAMON J. THOMAS |
What clay body do you use?
Primary forming method?
Primary firing temperature?
Favorite surface treatment?
| Damon w/ Kissing Clowns Totem with Cone 6 wood ash glaze Flywheel Homesick |
Favorite Tools?
Describe your studio environment.
| Lassie - Damon's Studio Mate Dreamscape Found objects from the boneyard |
How/Where do you market and sell your artwork?
| Ocotillo Hill Country Certificate Show Glassell School of Art, 2015 |
What sparks your creativity? What drives you to work with clay?
Did you come to ceramics from a different career? Tell us about your journey to a ceramics career.
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Seven Generations Jung Center | Rise |
How have you have taken your experience as a well-established maker in the field and passed that knowledge along to other artists?
"I haven’t done as much of that as I would like. I love my home studio, but a downside is that I don’t interact with as many fellow artists as I would in a public studio. I did quite a lot of that at the Silos and it’s one of the few things I miss about being there. I love talking to all kinds of people when I have an exhibition, both artists and non-artists. The Bayou City Clay Crawl has also been a great venue for meeting many fellow artists and people interested in getting into art." |
Asea with the Unconscious | Boat Dream |
What’s the best advice you’ve been given by a fellow maker, mentor, or teacher?
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Kissing Clowns | Channel |
What’s coming up next for you?
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Home Fire True North | ![]() Bayou Bats Momentum Indoor Climbing |
Website URL and other social media platforms: Website: www.damonthomasart.com Instagram: damonthomasart Bio: Damon J. Thomas works in clay and mixed media to create figurative art that explores the emotional range of the human condition. Damon's work has been exhibited at The Jung Center Houston, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Art League Houston, Art Car Museum, Artspace111, and in the True North 2019 exhibition on Heights Boulevard. It is included in the Houston Airport System's Portable Works Collection, Momentum Indoor Climbing – Silver Street, and in the Armadillo Clay sculpture garden in Austin. Damon completed a certificate of achievement in ceramics at the Glassell School of Art in 2015. A native Houstonian, he lives and works in the Houston Heights. |