John Michael Kohler Arts Center
Arts/Industry Residency Program
In the Fall of 2019 I spent 3 months at the Kohler Company factory in Kohler, Wisconsin, as an artist-in-residence in the Pottery. I understood it would be a physically demanding experience, what I didn’t expect was how much this new process of making would impact my understanding of what I create and why.
I am forever grateful to the Kohler Company and John Michael Kohler Arts Center for this amazing opportunity. I hope you enjoy exploring the work I created in my time there.
"The factory is hot. The work is labor intensive. The scale is intimidating..."
Production in the Kohler Pottery
Kohler, WI, 2019
Photography, Kohler Company and courtesy of Bobbi Meier
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