IAN HAZARD-BILL was born and raised in Marin County. He started working in clay in high school and has continued since. He has a B.A. in Ceramics and Community-based Sustainability from The Evergreen State College. He has worked as an apprentice to Seth Cardew in Spain, an Artist in Residence at the Cub Creek Foundation, studio manager at Sugar Maples Center for the Arts, as the assistant to the Director at Cub Creek Foundation, as an Artist in Residence at the Mendocino Art Center, and at Red Lodge Clay Center. After 4 years as Program Director of Ceramics at the Mendocino Ian relocated to a small town called Helper in the sandstone bluffs of central Utah. He makes his work on the wheel, and with a unique slab-building technique and fires his work in wood or salt/soda kilns. He also teaches making and firing workshops.