Cary Esser

Cary Esser (b. 1957) is a ceramic artist who works in Kansas City, Missouri. She received her BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute and her MFA from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University.

She creates architectural tiles and terra cotta details to interpret human culture and the natural world. She is currently Associate Professor and the Chair of Ceramics Department at the Kansas City Art Institute. Her work can be found in the collections of the Archie Bray Foundation and the John Michael Kohler Art Center, among others.

Cary Esser, Labyrinth, 1999

Cary Esser demonstrates the technique of press molding at Archie Bray.

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