Cotuit · Cape Cod

Pots and metal,
made by hand.

Nick Solomon is a ceramics and metal artist working on Cape Cod. He throws functional stoneware finished in pale, restless glazes, and works at the bench in silver and cast metal.

See the work Commissions

Four rounded stoneware vessels with pearly cream and lavender glazes and amber rims, on a tree stump in grass.

Ceramics

Vessels thrown on the wheel and glazed so the surface does some of the work — colour pooling where the form turns, breaking pale over the shoulders. Each firing settles differently, so no two pots leave the kiln quite alike.

Round-bellied vases, cream and amber
Bud vases, white and celadon
A run of mugs, waiting on the kiln

Metalwork & casting

Alongside the pots, Nick works in metal — fabricating at the bench and casting. It is the same instinct as the ceramics, worked in a harder material: simple forms, finished by hand until they feel right.

Most recently that has meant wedding rings. He made two sets — one for his brother's wedding, one for his sister's — sized, filed and polished at the bench.

Ring and small-object commissions are taken a few at a time. Get in touch to talk about one.

One set, finished at the bench
The second set, in the sun

About

Nick has been making pottery since high school, and went on to take a bachelor's degree in studio art at Skidmore College.

He works today in Cotuit, on Cape Cod — throwing, glazing and firing ceramics, and working metal at the bench. The work is meant to be used: cups that suit the hand, vases that hold a few stems from the garden, rings worn every day.

Based in
Cotuit, Massachusetts
Studied
BA Studio Art, Skidmore College
Works in
Ceramics · Metalwork · Casting

Get in touch

For available work, commissions, or a visit to the studio, send a note and Nick will get back to you.