Ronan is a studio ceramicist with a ceramics studio in Chapel Hill, NC. He teaches ceramics classes at Claymakers in Durham, NK and Pullen Arts Center in Raleigh, NC. Ronan’s ceramic objects have shown in local and national exhibitions.

Ronan works with earthenware clay that is fired in an electric kiln to 1944F. His work is wheel-thrown, usually altered from the round while the piece is still wet and on the wheel. After allowing the clay to stiffen slightly, he often uses wheel-thrown parts to construct his pots.   He applies slips and underglazes and then carves textures, patterns or drawings through these surfaces to reveal the red clay body. Through his objects, he hopes to present a ceramic cartoon interpretation of some of the overwhelming visual and tactile information present in the natural world.