Joel Huff

Franklin, GA

Joel Huff is an American outsider folk ceramics artist who was born and grew up in Atlanta, Ga. His first introduction to pottery was in Athens, Ga where he took a simple bowl making class and instantly fell in love with it. The experience was a meditation in motion; pure zen. His favorite part is the creative process, taking something as simple as mud and turning it into usable art.

For Joel, the Japanese expression of wood fired ceramics is what he is most drawn to along with it's ties to the Buddhist tradition and the tea ceremony. It becomes a deep expression of the unconscious mind and the bond between spirit and nature. He also embraces the deep and long traditions of GA folk artists like Lanier Meaders, Howard Finster, R.A. Miller & Eddie Owens. Balancing the unfettered creative expression with harmony of form.

He spent three years apprenticing with Master potters in the Athens, Ga area like Geoff Pickett, who taught him the centuries old technique of wood firing, where you use pine logs as the fuel for the kiln and stoke the kiln for three to six days non-stop until it gets to temperature and builds up enough wood ash, creating magnificent glazing effects. He has fired with almost every wood fire potter & kiln design in the state of Georgia. Including Anagama, Naborigama, Saskinai, Train kiln, Salt and Soda. He is also the administrator for a Instagram page documenting the history of wood firing in the state of Georgia.

He has also apprenticed with Rick Berman who helped him refine his technique while helping to open his creative expression

He has exhibited in

The Kyoto Shibori Museum

Folk Pottery Museum of N.E. Georgia

The Roswell Cultural Arts Center

LaGrange Art Museum

The Cochran Gallery

The Douglasville Cultural Arts Center

The Winterville Cultural Center Gallery

Rampant Gallery

And been written up in Mutual Art Magazine

He currently lives in Franklin, Ga and makes work at his home studio & you can currently purchase his works on Saatchi Art’s Gallery page.