Visiting Artist Highlight: Brooke Felix

Brooke Felix (she/her)
@Felix.Ceramics

Brooke Felix was born in Southern California and is currently a Washington State resident. Brooke began her journey with clay in 2018 when she took a pottery class at Green River Community College. Following those classes, Brooke volunteered at Green River until 2020. In 2019 she worked at an overnight camp in Becket, Massachusetts teaching crafts and ceramics to children and teens. For two years Brooke worked as an assistant to Deborah Schwartzkopf at Rat City Studios in West Seattle till 2022. She currently works at Rain City Clay as an instructor teaching one-night clay events. Brooke has also taught sessional 8-week classes at RCC. Brooke continues to make her own pottery and develop her body of work in one of RCC’s semi-private studios.

Brooke makes wheel thrown and handbuilt pottery and sculpture with hand-painted underglaze decorations inspired by pop culture, graffiti, and the environments she lives in and grew up in.

Artist Statement:
My pottery explores a fusion of memoryscape, intention and vision. Adding pops of color with underglaze to pay homage to the urban LA and Seattle skyline, and using an earthy red and raw clay body represents the Arizona desert. By making my vision come to fruition the goal is to have a place when your day begins, from a hot cup of tea to making a breakfast sandwich on a plate.