Eric Manicke
Pottery
Born and lived in Cincinnati until age 8, with a Midwestern, creative extended family, I believe my strong work ethic and rustic, earthy style emerged from
my childhood rearing. At age 3, I’d paint at my easel for hours on end. At 6, I wrote and published a children’s book, “The Sock Problem.” My grandfather was an oil painter in Indiana, commissioned for large scale portraitures.
I began my artistic training guided by internationally renowned ceramist Jin Yoshida, also an Olympic athlete. Currently, a business major at the University of New Mexico, I plan to open a chain of gyms while
still in my 20s. Besides artist pursuits, I am a competitive power-lifter/athlete. For me, past influences and interests materialize in clay.
Rustic and raw with a clear masculinity, my pottery and practical vessels materialize the relationship I feel for the natural world. With referent colors from river polished stones, granite cliffs of the Sandia’s, silty flowing waters of the Rio Grande—my work is strong,
woodsy, textured, and moody. When you look or hold my glazed pottery, I hope you feel the organic elements, see refined craftsmanship, and overall appreciate its truth and simplicity.
