Welcome to Barta Ceramics! As this is my first post, I would like to formally introduce myself, my name is Mark Barta, I currently reside in Kansas City, KS, and I have been practicing ceramics for the past 10 years. I first fell in love with wheel throwing in High School where I took as many ceramics classes as I could. I later studied Ceramics in college at Kansas State University under the direction of Yoshiro Ikeda.
I mainly create pottery on the wheel and create both functional and sculptural works. I recently have completed work on my own studio in the garage of my house and am excited to be creating works of art in my new studio.
My goals for this blog are to share my pieces of ceramic art with the World, gain valuable feedback on my pieces to further grow in my artist direction, and to share tips and techniques I have learned over the years of study.

Displayed to the left is my first piece that I would like to share.  This piece is an example of my signature Twisted Top Bottle form, it is glazed with Spectrum’s Low Fire Burnt Sugar and Mayco’s Copper Adventurine, with accents of Mayco’s Magic Flow glaze.  

Thanks for checking out my first of many blogs! – Mark Barta