Ken Lundemo

(American, born 1931, died 2024)

Washington artist Ken Lundemo (1931-2024) created sculptures combining wood, metal, stone, and ceramics. Raised and educated in Tacoma and Bremerton, Lundemo earned an Associate of Arts degree from Olympic College, in Bremerton, after serving four years in the U.S. Navy in the 1950s. He later returned to Olympic College to study ceramics in the 1980s. He also learned welding, woodworking, and stone carving over the years. His home and studio were located on twenty acres of woodlands in South Puget Sound, where he also kept a Japanese-style anagama (wood-fired) kiln.