Bio

Iphis Aire is a ceramic artist based in Seattle, Washington. His practice centers clay as both material and collaborator, creating sculpture, objects, and wares through wheel throwing and handbuilding. Through shaping, modification, and erosion of the surface, Iphis explores touch, movement, time, and tangible memory.

His works are wood fired, allowing fire, atmosphere, and chance to transform the forms they create by hand. Working in series and collections, Iphis explores the relationship between objects and negative space, and the ways clay can hold gestures of change and traces of experience.

Iphis studied craft at The Evergreen State College and continues to develop his practice through residencies, public art fabrication, teaching, and mentorship.