Roberta Lampert
Roberta Lampert first encountered ceramics in high school, and developed a passion for the immediacy of process and tactile qualities of clay. At the College of Ceramics at Alfred, NY, Robert Turner influenced her understanding of form and surface, creative process, and the strong impact of experience and the environment on an artist’s work.
Lampert located in Portland in the late 1970’s, for the vibrant craft community and the proximity to wilderness environments and outdoor recreation. She added exploration and adventure as influences on her work.
Since the mid-1980’s, Lampert’s studio at her rural home has provided a creative environment to work and develop. Over time, her work has become focused on impressions of the outdoors in the woods outside her window, the seaside life of the North Oregon Coast, and the influence of ceramic artists in a worldwide ceramics community.
After years of firing electric kilns, Lampert moved to wood firing—where flame, ash, and wind complement the process, forms, and surfaces inspired by nature that she now explores. She established propane service at her studio and built a salt kiln that fuses the forming characteristics of her work with the somewhat unpredictable and always fascinating atmospheric results of salt firing. The surfaces and color variations caused by moving volatilized salt through the kiln at high temperature, combine some of the atmospheric qualities of wood firing with the ability to fire at her own studio. complement the process, forms, and texture that she now explores.
“My work explores process and form, surface, color, and atmosphere, and reflects the pace of my life and the environments where I live, work, explore, and find community. My personal experience, and the experience that speak to my heart, are reflected in the work I produce. In clay, exploration never ends. Every work cycle ends with the question, ‘What comes next?’ And each new work cycle begins with the question, ‘How do I pursue that?’”
Roberta Lampert, "Crane Jar", Soda Salt fired stoneware, 14.5 diam x 8h, $350
Roberta Lampert, "Tidepool", Soda Salt fired Stoneware, 7h x 13.5w x 8d, $280
Roberta Lampert, “First Salt”, stoneware, SOLD
Roberta Lampert, Vase, Soda Salt, Fired Stoneware, 13" W x 8" H, $320
Roberta Lampert, Wall Plate, Soda Salt Fired Stoneware, $150
Roberta Lampert, Wall Plate, Stoneware Soda Salt Fired, $150
Roberta Lampert, Vase, Salt Soda Fired Stoneware, SOLD
Roberta Lampert, Plate, Soda, Salt, Fired Stoneware, 10" square x 1.5", SOLD
Roberta Lampert, “Crane”, stoneware, 1.5x13", SOLD
Roberta Lampert, “Prismatic”, stoneware, 1.5x6” , SOLD