About Diana Fayt

• LOCATED: Portland, OR
• MATERIALS: Stoneware
• SURFACE: Glazes, Underglazes, & Stains
• PROCESS: Thrown & Altered, Electric Fired to Cone 6

Diana Fayt is a modern day scrimshander whose chosen medium is clay rather than whalebone. Her clay surfaces come alive with strange and exotic stories, part folklore and part personal narrative. Through her signature process of etching in clay, the shadows of birds and rabbits come alive to play in forests of intricately rendered botanical specimens, exotic sea creatures lurk below antique sailing vessels, and primitive markings allude to atomic structures and everyday objects. Fayt’s work can be found in a myriad of public and private art collections both in the United States and abroad and has been featured on the cover of Ceramics Monthly as well as in numerous Japanese and American Publications. Her roster of clients includes Heath Ceramics and Terrain. A graduate of the California College of the Arts, she currently lives and works in Portland, Oregon with a sweet pooch named Louie.