Ken Harju

Like so many potters, Ken Harju’s story with ceramics is: “Once you’ve played with clay, it never goes away.” Harju spent several years as an independent studio ceramist producing his own work before he was hired as a production potter in 1976 at Studio 5 in Seattle. While there, his raku and pit-fired work, as well as high-fired stoneware and porcelain, sold at galleries and stores throughout the West Coast region. After thirty years in Washington, Harju moved to Costa Mesa, in Southern California, where he established his own studio and continues his pottery practice today.