Nancy Adams

In 1970, friends invited me to join them at the Renaissance Faire in Marin County, California, telling me it was a good place to sell pottery. It was great fun and started me on my way. One thing lead to another and I started competing nationally when I began showing at the American Craft Council Show held annually at Ft. Mason in San Francisco. While there, friends suggested that I try going to the Baltimore Winter Market held every February by the same organization. That was a very big step for me but one that really launched my career. I did my first show there in 1987 and continued until 2000. That show exposed me to a sophisticated national audience and led to many other good things, including making a living doing my art. Please visit my website for my current collection of work.

My work is wheel thrown porcelain with hand sculpted fauna motifs.  Airbrushed matte glazes fired to maturity in an oxidation kiln.  Signed and dated.

My studio is open by appointment throughout the year.

Contact:

Website  |  Email | Phone: 541-890-7306

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Sandie Smario-Alison

Gone Rogue Treasures

Gold Hill Or.

My  fascination with pottery from ancient cultures and traveling the world has been my inspiration for creating “Gone Rogue Treasures”.  I use volumetric transfer to put the images that inspire me on my work. I’m originally from Walnut Creek Ca.  Now, I’m happy to be in Gold Hill, Oregon where I spend as much time as possible in my Pottery Barn.

 

Contact Sandie:

Email:  sansa31@hotmail.com  

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Ashley Ambrosio

Spring + Vine Studios

Ashley Ambrosio is a multidisciplinary artist and teacher, originally from British Columbia, Canada and the creative hands + heart behind Spring + Vine. Offering functional handmade pottery, natural soap and beginner workshops since the summer of 2010. Her distinct style is characterized by the harmonious balance she aims to achieve between form and function, with each creation being one-of-a-kind and designed to elevate the rituals of our everyday experience. Most drawn to clay in its natural state, Ashley’s work highlights the techniques of marbling, texture, sgraffito engraving and a special wood firing from time to time. 

Spring + Vine was founded in 2018 and has since evolved into a loyal group of customers, students.. and friends! With an emphasis on supporting youth based programs, self-observation, and honoring the beginner mind with meditative play, Ashley is so grateful to share the beauty of clay with our community and beyond.

Contact:

Website  |  Email | Instagram  | Facebook

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Kelly Bowen

Earth Poem Pottery

I’ve always had a fascination with ceramics. As a kid, I was the one who always wanted to take the pottery class, but somehow, it never happened. Then, music came into my life, and life took over my life. And my passion for pottery became the dust of old dreams. Until one day, in late 2019, when a small window in my daughter’s schedule opened and freed this busy single mom up to get muddy.  I immediately fell in love with working with clay.  I started making only functional ware. After the opportunity to be in an art show found me suddenly striving to evoke my poetry in my pots, I also began creating artistic pieces. And thus was born … “Earth Poem Pottery.”

People often refer to me as an organic potter. Perhaps, you’ll see some of the inspiration I take from nature in my work.

When I’m not behind the wheel, I can be found pounding words out on my laptop, plucking the strings of my bass, on a yoga mat, or out in nature.

 

Contact:

Website  |  Email | Instagram

Summer Brendlinger

Kilned with Kindness

I first fell in love with clay in high school and haven’t stopped my obsession since. After graduating from SOU in 2000, I did step away from Clay to become a classroom teacher, but I have recently shifted my focus to Clay full-time. My ceramic philosophy is to create affordable functional works of art that you will use in your daily life! Enjoy looking around and I hope you see some thing you just absolutely love. Most of my work is created on the wheel but I also have a passion for hand building and texture.  I thoroughly enjoy creating art and teaching it! Please check out my Instagram, TikTock, website or Facebook for more information.

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Brona Brown

Brona’s Pottery

Brona started doing pottery in the mid 90s on Kodiak Island Alaska after she took a short community class on basic pottery skills. After that, she decided she wanted to continue to make her own items. She taught herself and made plenty of mistakes and funny looking pieces that were not always quite which she expected. her inspirations were her Czech heritage and the nature in the wilds of Alaska. Her favorite parts of the process are throwing and creating and shaping pieces. She always loves doing functional everyday items, kitchenware, and creating artsy mosaics. She always likes to hear stories about people’s favorite pieces and how they became favorite pieces and why.

Contact:

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Rob and Suzanne Call

Call Pottery

Suzanne and Robert Call took their first pottery class in high school. They became “addicted” to clay. In 1978 they were introduced by his cousin, who is also a potter, in the doorway to the Brigham Young University Pottery Studio. Rob had a wheel and Sue had an electric kiln- a great match! They were married the following year, raised a family and continued to make, fire and collect pottery. Sue pursued a degree in art. Rob’s degrees and career was in horticulture, specializing in pomology. Upon retirement they increased their pottery production and installed a 24 cubic foot gas kiln. Sue enjoys carving and applying surface designs to the pots she throws. Rob creates functional ware to be used in the kitchen, table, home and garden. They also enjoy firing their raku kiln and learning about worldwide ceramic history.

Contact:

Suzanne”s Email  

Rob’s Email    

Lori & Michael Campbell

 Random Fire

Random Fire is a small studio that loves to bring to you the world of alternative clay firing techniques.

We incorporate pit fire, raku fire, as well as sawdust fire, for the look of the pieces. Many are multi media, inclusive not only of clay, but different components such as driftwood, stones, and other natural elements.

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Michael Campbell

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 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) 441-4179