DAVID NORTON
David Norton, a self-taught, full-time potter from Round Hill, Virginia, has been making functional stoneware pottery and ceramic sculpture for over 30 years. While he works mainly out of his studio at home, for many years he has also been a participating artist at the Torpedo Factory Arts Center in Alexandria, VA. He has exhibited and taught at the Smithsonian's Renwick Museum, and given workshops in Venezuela, Poland, and in the Washington, DC area.
"I enjoy making pots that people use to enrich their daily lives," he says. "Making pottery becomes like breathing--with the rhythm and harmony I seek in my life being reflected in the objects I make." Norton keeps in touch with aspiring local young artists by volunteering each year to give pottery workshops for some of the many art teachers he has come to know in Loudoun County. Norton Pottery
"I enjoy making pots that people use to enrich their daily lives," he says. "Making pottery becomes like breathing--with the rhythm and harmony I seek in my life being reflected in the objects I make." Norton keeps in touch with aspiring local young artists by volunteering each year to give pottery workshops for some of the many art teachers he has come to know in Loudoun County. Norton Pottery
