Vicki Chamberlain

Vicki Chamberlain

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Lichen series
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Copper Series

Vicki Chamberlain

Earthwares

My work focuses primarily on bonsai, kusamono and ikebana containers.  Please visit my website (link below) to explore the available glazes. I am a bonsai hobbyist, and therefore appreciate the importance of creating just the right container for a specific bonsai. I would be honored to create a bonsai container for your collection in the size and style most appropriate for your needs.

My work can be found in the following states at:

  • Please use the website link below for postings of upcoming exhibitions where my work will be sold.

 


Contact:

Email | Website

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earthwares.org
Gwen Childs

Gwen Childs

 Gwen Childs

Wheel-thrown functional pottery has been and continues to be my strength, but currently my interests are moving towards sculptural, voluptuous shapes with a functional voice. Clay is my medium because it invites one to feel the work. I like to carve –  carving takes an essentially flat surface and makes it three-dimensional. I love developing glazes that are interesting both to the eye and to the touch. Glazes that enhance the carved lines are my specialty. I am interested in the visual form and also the feel of the pot.  I have developed glazes that are pleasant to hold as well as to see. It pleases me to see someone pick up one of my pots to feel the weight of it or to feel the curve of a sculpture. I work in stoneware and porcelain (a pure form of stoneware) clays.  As the name implies, stoneware is vitrified in the firing, turning the clay back into “stone”, through firing at 2200 degrees F. The work is hard, waterproof and durable. My life long involvement with clay began with a yearlong apprenticeship focusing on functional pottery. I have had a home studio in California, Maryland and Oregon and have shared my love of clay through teaching in community programs in Iowa, Maryland, and Oregon.

 


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Contact:

Email  | Phone: (541) 441-417

Gwen Childs - birds
Gwen Childs - birds
Don Clarke

Don Clarke

Don Clarke

Strictly Functional Ceramics

To make it short I’ll skip years and years of my life before pottery. Suffice to say after spending 30(ish) years working I decided to retire and realized for once I had some free time – this was an opportunity to explore. After some fits-and-starts I took a wheel-throwing class at Club Mud Ceramics, a clay-art cooperative here in Eugene. I was immediately taken by the wonderful blending of the technical (my background) and the artistic. After eight Wednesday classes in 1998 I was hooked. In the ensuing years I have taken classes at the U of O and LCC, and attended numerous workshops in an effort to develop my skills and improve the aesthetics of my craft. As my business name implies, I focus my work primarily on functional ware for the home.

You can visit me and see more of my work on the web.


Contact:

Email | Website

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Alyson Dal Ponte

Alyson Dal Ponte

Alyson Dal Ponte

Stardancer Clay

Aly’s clay creations reflect her interests in critters and creatures and are the subject of many of her sculptures.  Always attracted to natural, earthy forms, some of her work is fired in a gas kiln using stains, washes, raku glazes or smoke-fired using horse hair/southwest and saggar style firings with leaves and branches from nature.

 

Aly taught classes and demonstrated her artisan skills at the Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center in White Springs, Florida. She is a past member of the Potters Council, the Artist Guild of Live Oak and the High Springs Art Co-op of north central Florida.  Her work has been exhibited on artist studio tours, in exhibits and juried art shows, boutiques and galleries in California, Arkansas, Florida and the Rogue Valley.


Contact:

email: moc.liamg@782nosyla

 

 

Bernadette “Bernie” DeLallo

Bernadette “Bernie” DeLallo

Bernadette “Bernie” DeLallo

I have been involved with pottery since the early 1990’s with an emphasis on wheel thrown pieces.  Currently I am focusing on Sgraffito.  Images from nature are my inspiration and my one of a kind pieces are not only decorative but functional and suitable for the table.

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Contact: 541 582-8066
Claire and Bill Delffs

Claire and Bill Delffs

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Bill & Claire Delffs - Purple Frost Mug (1)
Bill & Claire Delffs - Light Blue Frost Tea Cup
Bill & Claire Delff - Brown Frost Mug Vase

Claire and Bill Delffs

Moonfire Pottery

Claire Established Moonfire Pottery in 1980. Claire and Bill met in 1988 and soon after, Bill joined Claire to make what Moonfire Pottery is today. Moonfire Pottery is a creative process always moving forward in design, form and function. Our functional pottery includes platters, assorted bowls, casseroles, dishes, mugs, cat dishes and more.

We live and make our pottery in Eugene, Oregon. We can be found at Eugene’s Saturday Market and Holiday Market. Our work is also found in gift shops, galleries, art shows and on online.

For our current list of galleries and shows please click here.


Contact:

Email | Webpage

Bill & Claire Delffs - Blue Thistle Tea Cup
Alice DeLisle

Alice DeLisle

Alice DeLisle

Island Textures

 

As a clay artist, I am inspired and frequently surprised by clay’s versatility. I enjoy making use of texture, contrast, color and multiple elements to make forms from teapots to birdhouses that are esthetically pleasing and somewhat humorous.  I frequently incorporate some reference to human form or movement.  At other times, I simply enjoy the technical challenges of constructing a difficult form. Sometimes my art stops just short of kitsch, sometimes not, and it frequently leaves the observer wondering if the object is really made of clay.


Contact:

Email

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IslandTexturesAliceDeLisle/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/islandtextures/

Etsy online store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/IslandTextures

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Penelope Dews

Penelope Dews

Penelope Dews

Ceramic Sculptor and Teacher

Teaching for over 25 years in the Rogue Valley

Wheel Throwing, Hand Building, Sculpture, & Surface Design Techniques

No experience necessary.  Please go to Bloom Pottery’s website for
a full list of classes.   bloompotterysf.com

 

Location:
Bloom Pottery
300 E. Hersey St. #7
Ashland,  OR 97520
541-708-2006


Contact:

Email | Phone: 541-535-1128

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John Dodero

John Dodero

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John Dodero

Dodero Studio Ceramics

During the 2020 Clayfolk Show, John will display his work by appointment at his studio:

560 S Oregon St.
Jacksonville
541-899-8285

When starting pottery in 1970 most potters were following the Asian or European tradition of design. My inspiration came from the many fine examples of Native American ceramic design. Mimbres, Sikyatki and Pre Columbian were my primary departure points. The focus has been to combine, distill and contemporize these styles and also to define the archetypes from which they evolved. The last 20 years has been spent exploring Asian motifs and finding a fusion/commonality with the west. The techniques and materials employed for surface decoration are developed to achieve a classic but natural appearance. The hope is to produce works that will not be clichés and will withstand the test of time. The Archetypes and designs in the works are meaningful to me but the viewer should derive there own meaning. I feel each piece is made for someone, I just have to wait for him or her to claim it. “I feel my work is a study and distillation of design.”

John also offers classes at his studio in Jacksonville. Please visit the following links for his Raku ,and slip casting and mold making class details.


Dodero Studio and Showroom located at:

560 S Oregon St.
Jacksonville

Open by appointment 

Contact:  

 

Call: 541-899-8285

Email: moc.liamg@12oredod

Website: http://raku-ceramic-pottery.com/

John Dodero - vessel 1
John Dodero - vessel 2
John Dodero - vessel 2