Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Paul Soldner (born on April 24, 1921 in Summerfield, Illinois) is an American ceramic artist. Soldner lives and maintains studios in Aspen, Colorado and Claremont, California. Soldner, who served as an army medic during World War II, began to pursue a career in art upon returning to the United States. He earned degrees in art education and art administration from Bluffton College and the University of Colorado, then turned his attention to ceramics. He focused first on functional pottery. In 1954, Soldner became Peter Voulkos''s first student in the nascent ceramics department at the Los Angeles County Art Institute (now the Otis College of Art and Design). As Soldner helped his teacher establish the program, he made several changes to the studio pottery equipment, which lead to founding Soldner Pottery Equipment in 1955 to market his inventions.