Zachary Gordon combines wheel throwing and hand-building techniques to create ceramic sculptures that are influenced by nature: ocean animals, plants, trees, and rock formations. He draws inspiration from the community of artists around him and the writers and filmmakers he loved as a child, in particular, Ray Harryhausen.
Zach earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in ceramics from Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey in 2014. For his thesis project and show, fountains as a story telling medium, Zach created thirteen ceramic fountains and wrote a choose-your-own-adventure story to guide viewers through the world he imagined. He teaches sculpture for the City of Tucson and at Romero House Potters. Zach also fires the gas kiln at Romero House Potters, and facilitates workshops for Southern Arizona Clay Artists. He has studied and displayed his artwork in Japan, Turkey, and the United States.
