Jason Hartsoe

Jason was raised in rural western North Carolina, an area well known for its strong ceramics tradition. Beginning in 2010, Jason worked as an assistant and apprentice to potters including Mieko Sagasaka and Richard Truckle in Tokoname, Japan, Ray Finch at Winchcombe Pottery in England, Dan Finnegan in Virginia and finally Michael Hunt and Naomi Dalglish in North Carolina. He was most recently a Visiting Artist in Cortona, Italy, for the University of Georgia for the year of 2017.