Fred Stodder is a ceramic artist from Laguna Beach, California, who began working with ceramics at age 16 and later earned a BFA from the University of California, Irvine. His studio is now in San Juan Capistrano. Stodder’s ceramic pieces are exhibited nationwide, have won many awards, are included in notable collections, and have been featured in major arts publications.

Unlike traditional ceramics, his work is known for its sharp edges, vivid colors, and precise glaze lines. Stodder draws inspiration from ceramic traditions, modernism, architecture, and jazz music. He works primarily with white earthenware clay, bisque-fired, and uses airbrushed underglazes for color gradients as well as both translucent and opaque low-fire glazes for solid colored sections.