Claude Horan

Claude Horan (29 October 1917 – 11 June 2014) was an American ceramicist, glass artist, and teacher.

He was a lifeguard and longboard surfer in Santa Cruz in the late 1930s, and is credited with naming Steamer Lane.

Horan's students include Toshiko Takaezu, Isami Enomoto, Henry Takemoto, Chiu Huan-tang and Harue Oyama McVay, who became chairman of the ceramics program upon Horan's retirement.

[2] Standing Female Figure, in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art is an example of the whimsical ceramic figurines for which he is best known.

He begins with a cylindrical vessel on the potter's wheel, onto which he sculpts human features.