A dinosaur kid from rural Pennsylvania who would later drop out of a graduate architecture program to escape a digital future, Bill Jones eventually found his way to North Carolina and to clay. Bill started making pots first at Penland School of Craft and eventually in Seagrove, NC where he apprenticed with potter and sculptor, Daniel Johnston. In the years since, Bill has taught and continued his art practice at several long term artist residencies - most recently at Township10 in Marshall, NC. Bill now lives above his studio in Winston-Salem, NC with his dog Joey.

“I grew up in an old stone house and from an early age found beauty in simple articulations of material. A loosely laid stone wall, a sketch done with a finger in damp sand, the haphazard stability of a quickly erected structure. As an artist, I work with simple materials and methods in a constant attempt to channel this same beauty. Regardless of the medium, I think of my work as drawings. Each piece is a passing attempt to realize a form in my head. My memory of these forms is a living thing and as it changes and distorts, so does my work.”