Iver Henning is a 43-year-old ceramics and pottery teacher at Santa Cruz High School who learned the craft from his parents, professional potters. He creates large, imaginative sculptures and pieces inspired by travel and funk art that can get more aggressive when he's in a bad mood. His favorite work is a towering stacked sculpture depicting a frog and mouse that took two days to make and glaze. He finds the pottery-making process meditative and therapeutic.

1. Maya Pathela
Iver hennig

2. Bio
• 43 years old
• Santa Cruz High School
Ceramics and Potters
teacher
• Learned from his
parents who are potters
• Passion to be creative
using different
techniques

3. Themes
• Big and dynamic pieces of
buildings and landscapes in
fairy tales
• Inspiration comes from
traveling the world and the
work from
Funk Artists
• Makes aggressive pieces
when having a bad day

4. Specialties
• Sculptures with animal-
inspired pieces
• Uses under glaze
• High fires in cone 1o kiln
• Not doing this for a living
• Family is wealthy, has a
winery, and he doesn’t
update his website or
Facebook

5. My Favorite Piece
• Made from two pieces,
30 lbs each, stacked high
like a tower with a frog and
a mouse
• Took one day to create and
one day to glaze

6. Inspiring Words
“
Throwing pot
is so
therapeutic.
It’s like
meditation.
”

7. Inspiring Words
“
Throwing pot
is so
therapeutic.
It’s like
meditation.
”