Born in Denver to a commercial artist mother and a travel agent father, my early childhood was spent in San Francisco, Holland, and London England. When we moved back to San Francisco in the early 1970s, I encountered pottery clay for the first time in kids’ arts classes at the Museum of Modern Art. My earliest passion was making plastic airplane models and melting colored beads in the oven at home. I was taken by the idea of turning mud into something and baking it into a finished usable object. Learning the wheel drew me into the enjoyment of clay even more as I desired to make voluminous jar-type containers as I had seen in history books. Little did I know that this love for clay would set the path for the rest of my life—including many great learning experiences with several teachers in the bay area as well as an apprenticeship in Japan. Continuing with clay through adult-hood has led me through the perils of turning my craft into a business as well as the joys of teaching and giving back to a community that taught me.

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Bruno Kark Ceramics
5515 Doyle Street No. 16
Emeryville, CA 94608
510.595.8311
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