Gregg Moore

Work at Blue Hill at Stone Barns put ceramic form under restaurant pressure early in Gregg Moore’s career. In collaboration with Dan Barber, Moore worked in a setting where vessels were part of service, not separate from it, and where surface, scale, and handling had to answer the demands of the table. That context established a working standard: ceramics as utility with discipline, shaped for the cadence of dining and presentation. The same attention carries through to his role as professor of ceramic art at Arcadia University and as owner of Heirloom. Across teaching and making, Moore keeps the focus on form in use, on how an object sits in the hand, supports service, and holds up over time. The approach is measured rather than decorative, with the object’s purpose doing most of the work. Today At Arcadia University, Moore serves as Director of the Ceramics program. The position places material judgment at the center of the studio: how clay is handled, how form is resolved, and how making remains tied to use. In Moore’s work, ceramics stay close to the table and to the routines around it, with hand, surface, and ritual kept in plain view.