Mark has worked as an artist and professional potter in Manitou Springs for over 25 years, almost since he graduated from Pomona College in Claremont, California.
He has been known to ride his skateboard through town, hand on a leash pulled taut by the power of two of his running dogs. He serves as a volunteer firefighter, making around 100 emergency runs a year. He also loves to ski bumps.
But throwing pots, that’s the thing.
“It has been ever since I walked into a new high school during orientation week and asked if I could try the wheel they had in their studio,” he says. “They couldn’t get me out of the studio after that. I was there all the time. It’s all I wanted to do.”
Mark's latest foray has been to supply mugs for the new Shrunken Head Tiki Bar in Colorado Springs.
Mark Wong’s pottery is also available directly (Wong Wares), and through local galleries in Manitou Springs, Colorado: Green Horse Gallery, The Whickerbill, Cherokee’s of Manitou, and through Manitou Brewing Co.