Shawn Spangler graduated with a MFA from New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, and now resides in Philadelphia as a current Resident Artist at The Clay Studio, teaching at the University of Rutgers in Camden, NJ.. Spangler uses porcelain in the creation of his wheel thrown and altered functional objects. His forms can be complex, are clearly articulated, and are oftentimes created through the combination of multiple parts. He states ” My work is a record of observations, an amalgamated map of the world I reflect upon. I have found producing pottery as a kind of play; a regenerative act ripe with reverence, revealing the human hands enduring connection to creativity.”