{"id":15189,"date":"2016-05-03T15:30:13","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T19:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/?p=15189"},"modified":"2016-05-03T15:30:13","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T19:30:13","slug":"pottery-perfection-brent-pafford-m14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/pottery-perfection-brent-pafford-m14\/","title":{"rendered":"Pottery perfection: Brent Pafford M\u201914"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/BrentPaford1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15287\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15287\" src=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/BrentPaford1.jpg\" alt=\"BrentPaford1\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/05\/BrentPaford1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/05\/BrentPaford1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/05\/BrentPaford1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/05\/BrentPaford1-705x470.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/BrentPafford_StudioShot-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15190\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-15190\" src=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/BrentPafford_StudioShot-1-300x279.jpg\" alt=\"BrentPafford_StudioShot\" width=\"300\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/04\/BrentPafford_StudioShot-1-300x279.jpg 300w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/04\/BrentPafford_StudioShot-1-768x713.jpg 768w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/04\/BrentPafford_StudioShot-1-705x655.jpg 705w, https:\/\/clemsonworld.wpenginepowered.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/04\/BrentPafford_StudioShot-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Growing up exposed to heirlooms on his family farm in Rock Hill gave <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/brentpafford\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Brent Pafford<\/a> an appreciation for creative work that holds multi-generational significance.<br \/>\n\u201cThe objects I create are made to be used, enjoyed and imbued with memories of shared experiences,\u201d Pafford said.<br \/>\nPafford produces under the studio name Brent Pafford Ceramics and recently qualified as a finalist in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marthastewart.com\/americanmade\" target=\"_blank\">Martha Stewart\u2019s American Made<\/a> contest, which honors creative entrepreneurs for their contributions to their field.<br \/>\nHis pieces are made with the pinching wheel-thrown method which \u201callows the porcelain to capture, preserve and document the process of making,\u201d Pafford explained.<br \/>\nPafford collaborated with fellow Clemson MFA graduate Adrienne Lichliter and Chef Lindsey Byrd to produce \u201cSouthern Intentions: Prints, Pots and Provisions,\u201d a series of dining events. He crafted the dinnerware used for the meal and displayed other work in a gallery.<br \/>\n\u201cWhen I get to see [my work] utilized in the lives of others, it has to be the most exciting part of my job,\u201d said Pafford.<br \/>\nPafford participates in the national and international ceramic community through social media, blogs and publications. He attends the <a href=\"http:\/\/nceca.net\" target=\"_blank\">Council on Education for Ceramic Arts<\/a> each year, where he contributes to national discussions and exhibitions.<br \/>\n\u201cI wouldn\u2019t have it any other way. Treading water doesn\u2019t get you anywhere,\u201d Pafford said.<br \/>\nTo keep up with Pafford\u2019s creative journey, go to his website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brentpafford.com\" target=\"_blank\">brentpafford.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Growing up exposed to heirlooms on his family farm in Rock Hill gave Brent Pafford an appreciation for creative work that holds multi-generational significance. \u201cThe objects I create are made to be used, enjoyed and imbued with memories of shared experiences,\u201d Pafford said. Pafford produces under the studio name Brent Pafford Ceramics and recently qualified [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":15190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[21],"tags":[159,1877,2693,2696],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-15189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumniprofiles","tag-alumni","tag-martha-stewart","tag-spring-2016","tag-spring-2016-alumni-profiles"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/04\/BrentPafford_StudioShot-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15189"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=15189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}