Harolyn Long is a native Oklahoman and received a M.F.A. from the University of Oklahoma and a M.E. from the University of Central Oklahoma. She taught public school art for eleven years in Georgia and Oklahoma. In 1985 she began doing her own art and participated in numerous juried shows ad festivals from coast to coast in which she won many awards. Her work has been published and is owned by several institutions and corporations. Her work is created in her studio without the aid of assistants. She cites Japanese and Pre-Columbian art as her primary influences. Her sculptures are slab constructed white stoneware that have been Raku fired. Raku is an ancient method of glaze firing involving reduction outside of the kiln. Also, some of her Raku works have embellishments of acid etched zinc or other fabricated metal pieces.