David Kring

David Kenton Kring was born and raised in Frankfort, Kentucky where he grew up in and around his family-run men’s workwear store. This blue-collar atmosphere helped to influence not only his passion for working with his hands but also his love of nostalgic imagery and interaction with everyday objects. He received his BA from Transylvania University focusing in ceramics and mixed media. David then began working for the ceramic distributor Kentucky Mudworks, where he honed his skills as a figurative sculptor and potter. Since then he has exhibited nationally, lectured and demoed at major universities, and has begun curating gallery shows and craft markets. David is currently living in Lexington, Kentucky where he keeps a home studio as a full time working artist and is the co-founder of Crafted Social, an events organization striving to highlight artists, functional designers, and traditional craft artists.