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Osa Atoe

Diamond Mug (2019) Ceramic Wheel-thrown, carved $65 Osa lives in Baton Rouge, making pottery in her garage at home. She took her first wheel throwing class at age 34 when she lived in New Orleans, learning in community studios and taking advantage of free ceramics information online. Five years later in 2018, Atoe completed a one year post-baccalaureate program for ceramics at Louisiana State University. During that year, she discovered handbuilding and also experimented with dozens of new glaze recipes to develop new surfaces. As a transplant to Louisiana, who has been living here for a decade, Atoe’s aesthetic is one that comes from an internal sense of self than the external influences of Southern culture. She wishes to express multiculturalism and a human universality through her work- perhaps a reflection of her upbringing in the Washington, DC area. There, she grew up the child of Nigerian immigrants, surrounded by other immigrants from all over the world. Her understanding of America is that it is a mutt culture, and she uses the term with all due respect, as the owner of two mixed breed dogs that she loves very much. Atoe uses red stoneware clay and often leaves portions of her pots unglazed, decorated with carved and stamped geometric designs to hint at prehistoric or primitive ceramics. The patterns are simple and universal, as similar designs can be found on the bodies of ancient pots from all over the world.

Osa Atoe

Square Mug (2019) Ceramic Stamped, slab built $60 Osa lives in Baton Rouge, making pottery in her garage at home. She took her first wheel throwing class at age 34 when she lived in New Orleans, learning in community studios and taking advantage of free ceramics information online. Five years later in 2018, Atoe completed a one year post-baccalaureate program for ceramics at Louisiana State University. During that year, she discovered handbuilding and also experimented with dozens of new glaze recipes to develop new surfaces. As a transplant to Louisiana, who has been living here for a decade, Atoe’s aesthetic is one that comes from an internal sense of self than the external influences of Southern culture. She wishes to express multiculturalism and a human universality through her work- perhaps a reflection of her upbringing in the Washington, DC area. There, she grew up the child of Nigerian immigrants, surrounded by other immigrants from all over the world. Her understanding of America is that it is a mutt culture, and she uses the term with all due respect, as the owner of two mixed breed dogs that she loves very much. Atoe uses red stoneware clay and often leaves portions of her pots unglazed, decorated with carved and stamped geometric designs to hint at prehistoric or primitive ceramics. The patterns are simple and universal, as similar designs can be found on the bodies of ancient pots from all over the world.

Posey Bacopoulos

Oval Cup (with feet) (2019) Gold decals, Majolica on Terracotta Thrown, altered, and assembled $46

Posey Bacopoulos has been creating ceramics for 45 years. She has studied at institutions including the Penland School of Crafts, North Carolina; University of Florida, Gainesville; and University of Georgia Studies Abroad Program in Crotona, Italy. She currently lives and works in New York, NY. “In my work, it is my intention to create pots that enter people's everyday lives in a direct and intimate way. My goal is to integrate form, function and surface in a manner that brings a sense of excitement to the work. I am continually exploring the relationship between surface decoration and form. While in the surface treatment of my work, I strive for lively expression of line, pattern and color. The floral motifs on my pots are patterns rather than actual representations that serve to divide the space in interesting ways. I use gold decals as a contrast to my painterly surfaces. Finally, I love to make pots and I love to decorate and I combine these two loves in my work.”

Posey Bacopoulos

Square Mug 1 (2019) Gold decals, Majolica on Terracotta Thrown, altered, and assembled $44 Posey Bacopoulos has been creating ceramics for 45 years. She has studied at institutions including the Penland School of Crafts, North Carolina; University of Florida, Gainesville; and University of Georgia Studies Abroad Program in Crotona, Italy. She currently lives and works in New York, NY. “In my work, it is my intention to create pots that enter people's everyday lives in a direct and intimate way. My goal is to integrate form, function and surface in a manner that brings a sense of excitement to the work. I am continually exploring the relationship between surface decoration and form. While in the surface treatment of my work, I strive for lively expression of line, pattern and color. The floral motifs on my pots are patterns rather than actual representations that serve to divide the space in interesting ways. I use gold decals as a contrast to my painterly surfaces. Finally, I love to make pots and I love to decorate and I combine these two loves in my work.”

Jessie Bailey

Demi Mug 1 (2019) Porcelain Slip Cast $40 Bean and Bailey Ceramics is a southern business producing small-batch functional porcelain pots. The contemporary slip-cast ceramics address the needs for containing, serving, consuming, displaying, growing, and showing. They use colored porcelain slip to construct both subtly organic forms, as well as faceted vessels inspired by natural crystals and gems. Jessie Bailey has been working with her hands since she was a young lady. After years of working for other glass artists, seamstresses, and farmers, she realized her need to be creative for a living.

Jessie Bailey

Demi Mug 2 (2019) Porcelain Slip Cast $40 Bean and Bailey Ceramics is a southern business producing small-batch functional porcelain pots. The contemporary slip-cast ceramics address the needs for containing, serving, consuming, displaying, growing, and showing. They use colored porcelain slip to construct both subtly organic forms, as well as faceted vessels inspired by natural crystals and gems. Jessie Bailey has been working with her hands since she was a young lady. After years of working for other glass artists, seamstresses, and farmers, she realized her need to be creative for a living.

Jessie Bailey

Pitcher (2019) Porcelain Slip Cast $60 Bean and Bailey ceramics is a southern business producing small-batch functional porcelain pots. The contemporary slip-cast ceramics address the needs for containing, serving, consuming, displaying, growing, and showing. They use colored porcelain slip to construct both subtly organic forms, as well as faceted vessels inspired by natural crystals and gems. Jessie Bailey has been working with her hands since she was a young lady. After years of working for other glass artists, seamstresses, and farmers, she realized her need to be creative for a living.

Hayne Bayless

Rainstorm Teacup 1 (2018) Stoneware, copper, and cobalt slips Hand-built slabs and extrusions $45 Growing up in Seattle, Hayne’s interest in clay began when he found an old potter’s wheel gathering dust in a corner of the high school art room. The art teacher knew just enough about pottery to point him to Bernard Leach’s A Potters Book, which became his guide. Other than lessons with a potter in Tokyo at age eighteen, he managed to avoid any formal instruction in ceramics. He’s been potting ever since, selling work through galleries in Los Angeles, Denver, and Philadelphia. He’s won top awards at the Smithsonian Craft Show and the Philadelphia Museum Craft Show. Hayne’s connection to the South is through his Texan father, Virginian mother, and his teaching experience in Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, and Texas.

Hayne Bayless

Rainstorm Teacup 2 (2018) Stoneware, copper, and cobalt slips Hand-built slabs and extrusions $45 Growing up in Seattle, Hayne’s interest in clay began when he found an old potter’s wheel gathering dust in a corner of the high school art room. The art teacher knew just enough about pottery to point him to Bernard Leach’s A Potters Book, which became his guide. Other than lessons with a potter in Tokyo at age eighteen, he managed to avoid any formal instruction in ceramics. He’s been potting ever since, selling work through galleries in Los Angeles, Denver, and Philadelphia. He’s won top awards at the Smithsonian Craft Show and the Philadelphia Museum Craft Show. Hayne’s connection to the South is through his Texan father, Virginian mother, and his teaching experience in Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, and Texas.

Hayne Bayless

Rainstorm Teapot (2018) Stoneware, copper, and cobalt slips Hand-built slabs and extrusions $400 Growing up in Seattle, Hayne’s interest in clay began when he found an old potter’s wheel gathering dust in a corner of the high school art room. The art teacher knew just enough about pottery to point him to Bernard Leach’s A Potters Book, which became his guide. Other than lessons with a potter in Tokyo at age eighteen, he managed to avoid any formal instruction in ceramics. He’s been potting ever since, selling work through galleries in Los Angeles, Denver, and Philadelphia. He’s won top awards at the Smithsonian Craft Show and the Philadelphia Museum Craft Show. Hayne’s connection to the South is through his Texan father, Virginian mother, and his teaching experience in Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, and Texas.

George Bowes

Folded Cup; Horizontal Vertical (2019) Cone 5 porcelain, underglaze, glaze Thrown and altered $300 George Bowes was born in 1961 in Toledo, Ohio and lives in Galveston, Texas. He graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Art (BFA, 1984) and the University of California, Davis, (MFA 2001). He has received multiple Individual Artist Fellowships from the Ohio Arts Council and an Arts Midwest / NEA Regional Visual Arts Fellowship Award. His works reside in public and private collections that include the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institute, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, and the Joseph Schein International Museum of Ceramic Art. George’s works range from exploring his ideas of beauty to questioning social or political events through functional ceramic objects. He employs a wide range of techniques and firing processes to realize his works in clay. The work included in Art of the Cup 2019 are thrown, manipulate and carved porcelain mugs that have been wood fired to cone 5. Making the forms more sculptural gives a variety of directional changes that the flame can pass by and the wood ash can fall upon during the wood firing process. In this was the works are really in collaboration with the kiln and firing process which leads to a variety of surfaces that change as you go around the work.

George Bowes

Folded Cup; Vertigo (2019) Cone 5 porcelain, underglaze, glaze Thrown and altered $300 George Bowes was born in 1961 in Toledo, Ohio and lives in Galveston, Texas. He graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Art (BFA, 1984) and the University of California, Davis, (MFA 2001). He has received multiple Individual Artist Fellowships from the Ohio Arts Council and an Arts Midwest / NEA Regional Visual Arts Fellowship Award. His works reside in public and private collections that include the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institute, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, and the Joseph Schein International Museum of Ceramic Art. George’s works range from exploring his ideas of beauty to questioning social or political events through functional ceramic objects. He employs a wide range of techniques and firing processes to realize his works in clay. The work included in Art of the Cup 2019 are thrown, manipulate and carved porcelain mugs that have been wood fired to cone 5. Making the forms more sculptural gives a variety of directional changes that the flame can pass by and the wood ash can fall upon during the wood firing process. In this was the works are really in collaboration with the kiln and firing process which leads to a variety of surfaces that change as you go around the work.

Jessica Broad

Green Stripe Cup 1 (2019) B-mix clay with copper wash Wheel thrown $40 Jessica Broad is an artist living and working in Savannah, GA. Her art explores the sculptural and functional potentials of clay, and sometimes other media. She also has strong interests in drawing and printmaking. She received a B.F.A. from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 1996 and her M.F.A. from the University of Arizona in 2003. She has completed residencies at the Vermont Clay Studio and the Baltimore Clayworks where she received the Lormina Salter fellowship. She was honored with the Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Grant in Visual Arts: Crafts in 2006. She was featured as an emerging artist in the May 2006 issue of Ceramics Monthly, her work has also been published in the Lark Books Image Transfer on Clay (2006), 500 Raku (2011), 500 Prints on Clay (2013), and 500 Figures in Clay (2014). Jessica has been teaching ceramics since 2001, she is currently a professor at the Savannah College of Art and Design and coordinator of the Savannah Clay Community.

Jessica Broad

Green Stripe Cup 2 (2019) B-mix clay with copper wash Wheel thrown $40 Jessica Broad is an artist living and working in Savannah, GA. Her art explores the sculptural and functional potentials of clay, and sometimes other media. She also has strong interests in drawing and printmaking. She received a B.F.A. from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 1996 and her M.F.A. from the University of Arizona in 2003. She has completed residencies at the Vermont Clay Studio and the Baltimore Clayworks where she received the Lormina Salter fellowship. She was honored with the Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Grant in Visual Arts: Crafts in 2006. She was featured as an emerging artist in the May 2006 issue of Ceramics Monthly, her work has also been published in the Lark Books Image Transfer on Clay (2006), 500 Raku (2011), 500 Prints on Clay (2013), and 500 Figures in Clay (2014). Jessica has been teaching ceramics since 2001, she is currently a professor at the Savannah College of Art and Design and coordinator of the Savannah Clay Community.

Jessica Broad

Green Stripe Teapot (2019) B-mix clay with copper wash Wheel thrown $75 Jessica Broad is an artist living and working in Savannah, GA. Her art explores the sculptural and functional potentials of clay, and sometimes other media. She also has strong interests in drawing and printmaking. She received a B.F.A. from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 1996 and her M.F.A. from the University of Arizona in 2003. She has completed residencies at the Vermont Clay Studio and the Baltimore Clayworks where she received the Lormina Salter fellowship. She was honored with the Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Grant in Visual Arts: Crafts in 2006. She was featured as an emerging artist in the May 2006 issue of Ceramics Monthly, her work has also been published in the Lark Books Image Transfer on Clay (2006), 500 Raku (2011), 500 Prints on Clay (2013), and 500 Figures in Clay (2014). Jessica has been teaching ceramics since 2001, she is currently a professor at the Savannah College of Art and Design and coordinator of the Savannah Clay Community.

Richard Burkett

Blue Cup 1 (2019) Porcelain Slip-cast, glazed, soda-fired $40 Richard Burkett has been making pottery since a summer job in 1970, throwing ashtrays on the potter’s wheel for late ceramist Richard Peeler. In 1973, Burkett established his own studio “Wild Rose Pottery”, on a farm in Bainbridge, IN. He completed a dual MFA in Ceramics and Photography at Indiana University, Bloomington (1986). Burkett has taught ceramics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and is currently a Professor of Art at San Diego State University. Richard's work continues to include a range of ceramics objects from functional stoneware and porcelain, to clay and mixed-media sculpture. “Working with Nan Coffin and Joe Molinaro (ceramics professor at Eastern Kentucky University), I have been traveling to the Amazon Basin of Ecuador for the last fifteen years working to document the indigenous pottery cultures there in photographs and video”

Richard Burkett

Blue Cup 2 (2019) Porcelain Slip-cast, glazed, soda-fired $40 Richard Burkett has been making pottery since a summer job in 1970, throwing ashtrays on the potter’s wheel for late ceramist Richard Peeler. In 1973, Burkett established his own studio “Wild Rose Pottery”, on a farm in Bainbridge, IN. He completed a dual MFA in Ceramics and Photography at Indiana University, Bloomington (1986). Burkett has taught ceramics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and is currently a Professor of Art at San Diego State University. Richard's work continues to include a range of ceramics objects from functional stoneware and porcelain, to clay and mixed-media sculpture. “Working with Nan Coffin and Joe Molinaro (ceramics professor at Eastern Kentucky University), I have been traveling to the Amazon Basin of Ecuador for the last fifteen years working to document the indigenous pottery cultures there in photographs and video”

Richard Burkett

Blue Teapot (2019) Porcelain Slip-cast, glazed, soda-fired $120 Richard Burkett has been making pottery since a summer job in 1970, throwing ashtrays on the potter’s wheel for late ceramist Richard Peeler. In 1973, Burkett established his own studio “Wild Rose Pottery”, on a farm in Bainbridge, IN. He completed a dual MFA in Ceramics and Photography at Indiana University, Bloomington (1986). Burkett has taught ceramics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and is currently a Professor of Art at San Diego State University. Richard's work continues to include a range of ceramics objects from functional stoneware and porcelain, to clay and mixed-media sculpture. “Working with Nan Coffin and Joe Molinaro (ceramics professor at Eastern Kentucky University), I have been traveling to the Amazon Basin of Ecuador for the last fifteen years working to document the indigenous pottery cultures there in photographs and video”

Brooke Cassady

Untitled 1 (2019) Terracotta Hand built – Pinch, Coil, and Slab $35 Born and raised in Athens, GA, Brooke Cassady claims the South will always be her home. Currently residing in North Louisiana, Brooke is the Curator and Director at LEVEE GALLERY, a contemporary art gallery in Monroe, LA. She is also a Visiting Assistant Professor of Art at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, LA. Her work references elements of nature, touch, the human condition and interpersonal dynamics. She graduated from Boston University in 2003 with a BA in Art History and received her MFA in Ceramics from Louisiana State University in 2011. Her thesis work focused on community engagement and self-actualization through impromptu interactions with clay in public spaces. She makes wheel-thrown and hand-built pottery and jewelry with ceramics, metal and fiber components. Brooke taught Ceramics and other courses at Tulane University, Louisiana State University, Delgado Community College, Nunez Community College, and Southeastern Louisiana State University. Her work has been exhibited nationally in solo, invitational, and juried shows. “I am interested in the body as a vessel, as a container of complex emotions and sensations, and as a vehicle for expression and connection. This series explores softness and tenderness, like that between a mother and child, and the painfully constant awareness of the fragility of life and impermanence. Intentionally irregular and imperfect, these cups suggest the subtle differences as found from one person’s body to another.”

Brooke Cassady

Untitled 2 (2019) Terracotta Hand built – Pinch, Coil, and Slab $35 Born and raised in Athens, GA, Brooke Cassady claims the South will always be her home. Currently residing in North Louisiana, Brooke is the Curator and Director at LEVEE GALLERY, a contemporary art gallery in Monroe, LA. She is also a Visiting Assistant Professor of Art at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, LA. Her work references elements of nature, touch, the human condition and interpersonal dynamics. She graduated from Boston University in 2003 with a BA in Art History and received her MFA in Ceramics from Louisiana State University in 2011. Her thesis work focused on community engagement and self-actualization through impromptu interactions with clay in public spaces. She makes wheel-thrown and hand-built pottery and jewelry with ceramics, metal and fiber components. Brooke taught Ceramics and other courses at Tulane University, Louisiana State University, Delgado Community College, Nunez Community College, and Southeastern Louisiana State University. Her work has been exhibited nationally in solo, invitational, and juried shows. “I am interested in the body as a vessel, as a container of complex emotions and sensations, and as a vehicle for expression and connection. This series explores softness and tenderness, like that between a mother and child, and the painfully constant awareness of the fragility of life and impermanence. Intentionally irregular and imperfect, these cups suggest the subtle differences as found from one person’s body to another.”

Rachel DePauw

Cup 1 (2019) Ceramic Wheel-thrown and carved $80

Rachael DePauw, originally from Kirkwood, Missouri, received a bachelor's degree in Political Economics from Tulane University in 2007. In her third year of school, DePauw discovered her passion for ceramics while studying under Professor Jeremy Jernegan. She received the Juanita Gonzales Prize in Ceramics from the Newcomb Department of Art upon graduation, and then completed a one-year apprenticeship at Potsalot Pottery with New Orleans artist, Alex Williams. Rachael DePauw currently teaches both high-school and adult classes at Isidore Newman School. She maintains an active studio career in New Orleans, Louisiana and sells her dinnerware and pottery at various locations throughout the country. Working primarily on the pottery wheel, DePauw uses a mid-range porcelain clay that is electric-fired. The black and white imagery on her forms is created by a technique called sgrafitto—a process where a top layer of black clay is applied and then carved to reveal the white porcelain beneath.

Rachel DePauw

Cup 2 (2019) Ceramic Wheel-thrown and carved $80

Rachel DePauw

Teapot (2019) Ceramic Wheel-thrown and carved $350

Mark Derby

Golden Crown Cup (2019) Glazed white stoneware Wheel thrown with addition $40 Derby Pottery and tile has produced Victorian reproduction tile of the highest quality for over ten years. Careful attention to detail and historical accuracy in pattern and color are our obsession. We live and work in New Orleans, Louisiana, and believe strongly in historic preservation. Many of our patterns and designs are recycled from years of collecting and preserving architectural salvage from the region.

Mark Derby

Green Crown Cup (2019) Glazed white stoneware Wheel thrown with addition $40 Derby Pottery and tile has produced Victorian reproduction tile of the highest quality for over ten years. Careful attention to detail and historical accuracy in pattern and color are our obsession. We live and work in New Orleans, Louisiana, and believe strongly in historic preservation. Many of our patterns and designs are recycled from years of collecting and preserving architectural salvage from the region.

Miki Glasser

Untitled Cup 1 (2019) Porcelain, cobalt slip, clear glaze Cone 6 oxidation electric fired $50 Miki Glasser studied studio art and at Bard College and art education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Using locally mixed porcelain, she creates functional ceramic tableware. Each piece is adorned with a unique original drawing- the drawings are engraved into the surface of the clay using a needle tool and then filled with a cobalt slip. When the pieces are fired, the drawings become permanently embedded in the surface of the clay, like a tattoo. The drawings range in subject matter from herbal medicine to time, space and sea travel to local plants and wildlife. Miki resides part of the year in New Orleans where she has taught elementary school art and evening ceramics classes. She now also has a studio in Lincolnville, Maine.

Miki Glasser

Untitled Cup 2 (2019) Porcelain, cobalt slip, clear glaze Cone 6 oxidation electric fired $50 Miki Glasser studied studio art and at Bard College and art education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Using locally mixed porcelain, she creates functional ceramic tableware. Each piece is adorned with a unique original drawing- the drawings are engraved into the surface of the clay using a needle tool and then filled with a cobalt slip. When the pieces are fired, the drawings become permanently embedded in the surface of the clay, like a tattoo. The drawings range in subject matter from herbal medicine to time, space and sea travel to local plants and wildlife. Miki resides part of the year in New Orleans where she has taught elementary school art and evening ceramics classes. She now also has a studio in Lincolnville, Maine.

Marian Haigh

Flower Garden (2019) Wood fired porcelain Handbuilt $60 “I watch the rhythms and patterns of the natural world and from the four seasons to the almost timeless change of mountain and stone I see shapes and fragments that echo the process of life, death, and rebirth. My wood fired porcelain and stoneware vessels are hand built from slabs and coils. Bas-relief images on the surface are made from ceramic press molds. These molds are made by pressing clay directly onto any surface I find interesting. After the mold is bisque fired a sheet of clay is pressed to the surface and the result is a copy of the original image. The slabs of clay are often cut and reassembled.”

Marian Haigh

School Teacher Whiskey Cup Set of 2 (2019) Wood fired porcelain Handbuilt $60 “I watch the rhythms and patterns of the natural world and from the four seasons to the almost timeless change of mountain and stone I see shapes and fragments that echo the process of life, death, and rebirth. My wood fired porcelain and stoneware vessels are hand built from slabs and coils. Bas-relief images on the surface are made from ceramic press molds. These molds are made by pressing clay directly onto any surface I find interesting. After the mold is bisque fired a sheet of clay is pressed to the surface and the result is a copy of the original image. The slabs of clay are often cut and reassembled.”

Rey Hansen

Death (2019) Porcelain, glaze, underglaze Hand thrown, hand carved, hand painted $65 Rey learned how to make wheel-thrown pottery in 2016 to fill time formerly taken up by drinking. London Clayworks, a local studio in the Bywater, provided the launching classes and studio space. Later that year they moved to Byrdie's Pottery, a community run studio in the Marigny, which has supported their work in many ways over the years. In June 2018, after a romantic breakup, a professional breakup, and a market destroying storm, they launched Hold Space, a creative practice encompassing pottery, dance, and writing. That practice shifted their work from focused replications to an exploratory period which continues today. Rey would like you to know that softening into inevitable change creates more beauty & peace than you could ever imagine. Feel free to visit @Rey_Hope on Instagram for movement videos and writing samples, or @hold____space for pottery.

Rey Hansen

Birth (2019) Porcelain, glaze, underglaze Hand thrown, hand carved, hand painted $65 Rey learned how to make wheel-thrown pottery in 2016 to fill time formerly taken up by drinking. London Clayworks, a local studio in the Bywater, provided the launching classes and studio space. Later that year they moved to Byrdie's Pottery, a community run studio in the Marigny, which has supported their work in many ways over the years. In June 2018, after a romantic breakup, a professional breakup, and a market destroying storm, they launched Hold Space, a creative practice encompassing pottery, dance, and writing. That practice shifted their work from focused replications to an exploratory period which continues today. Rey would like you to know that softening into inevitable change creates more beauty & peace than you could ever imagine. Feel free to visit @Rey_Hope on Instagram for movement videos and writing samples, or @hold____space for pottery.

Rey Hansen

Life (2019) Porcelain, glaze, underglaze Hand thrown, hand carved, hand painted $385 Rey learned how to make wheel-thrown pottery in 2016 to fill time formerly taken up by drinking. London Clayworks, a local studio in the Bywater, provided the launching classes and studio space. Later that year they moved to Byrdie's Pottery, a community run studio in the Marigny, which has supported their work in many ways over the years. In June 2018, after a romantic breakup, a professional breakup, and a market destroying storm, they launched Hold Space, a creative practice encompassing pottery, dance, and writing. That practice shifted their work from focused replications to an exploratory period which continues today. Rey would like you to know that softening into inevitable change creates more beauty & peace than you could ever imagine. Feel free to visit @Rey_Hope on Instagram for movement videos and writing samples, or @hold____space for pottery.

Priscilla Hollingsworth

Hashmark Cup 1 (2019) Porcelain Thrown, hand built, hand painted $40 Priscilla Hollingsworth is an artist who works in clay, as well as drawing and painting. Much of her work combines life sciences, observation, and imagination. She has shown her work in numerous individual and group exhibitions across the United States, Canada, and China from 1985 to the present. Hollingsworth earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from Indiana University in Bloomington, and an undergraduate degree from Princeton University, where she studied with Toshiko Takaezu. She taught from 1993 to 2010 at Augusta State University (now Augusta University), where she was appointed full professor in the art department.

Priscilla Hollingsworth

Hashmark Cup 2 (2019) Porcelain Thrown, hand built, hand painted $40 Priscilla Hollingsworth is an artist who works in clay, as well as drawing and painting. Much of her work combines life sciences, observation, and imagination. She has shown her work in numerous individual and group exhibitions across the United States, Canada, and China from 1985 to the present. Hollingsworth earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from Indiana University in Bloomington, and an undergraduate degree from Princeton University, where she studied with Toshiko Takaezu. She taught from 1993 to 2010 at Augusta State University (now Augusta University), where she was appointed full professor in the art department.

Jake Johnson

Cup 1 (2019) Porcelain Wheel thrown, glazed $50 “I first learned to work in clay in 2001 while taking summer classes at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, which is also the town where I grew up. I majored in sculpture but continued to take more ceramics courses and eventually spent as much time working in clay as anything else. That led me to pursue ceramics more seriously, and several years later I completed an MFA in ceramics at Penn State. Since then, I’ve been a full time potter, showing in more than 50 exhibitions, and selling my work through galleries around the country, as well as online and at a number of art fairs. I live and work in Waynesboro, Virginia, in the Shenandoah Valley, where I also operate a public studio called Make Waynesboro Clay Studio. For me, working for myself and making things with my hands makes me feel more grounded and perhaps even more human. My work is not rooted in a particular tradition or style, but rather a tempo or mood that I think comes from some combination of my personality and my interest in nature and biology. I try to make works that engage users visually and tactfully, while also fulfilling a purpose for the user. I try to give my work a sense of animation and energy, and I see these qualities as the defining characteristics of what I produce.”

Jake Johnson

Cup 2 (2019) Porcelain Wheel thrown, glazed $50

“I first learned to work in clay in 2001 while taking summer classes at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, which is also the town where I grew up. I majored in sculpture but continued to take more ceramics courses and eventually spent as much time working in clay as anything else. That led me to pursue ceramics more seriously, and several years later I completed an MFA in ceramics at Penn State. Since then, I’ve been a full time potter, showing in more than 50 exhibitions, and selling my work through galleries around the country, as well as online and at a number of art fairs. I live and work in Waynesboro, Virginia, in the Shenandoah Valley, where I also operate a public studio called Make Waynesboro Clay Studio. For me, working for myself and making things with my hands makes me feel more grounded and perhaps even more human. My work is not rooted in a particular tradition or style, but rather a tempo or mood that I think comes from some combination of my personality and my interest in nature and biology. I try to make works that engage users visually and tactfully, while also fulfilling a purpose for the user. I try to give my work a sense of animation and energy, and I see these qualities as the defining characteristics of what I produce.”

Lynda Katz

Mug 1 (2019) Porcelain Wheel thrown and altered with slip decoration, blue celadon glaze $54 Katz received her M.F.A. in ceramics from Florida State University and currently teaches at Southeastern Louisiana University. Lynda Katz is an award winning potter who has lived and worked in southeast Louisiana since 1973. She works exclusively in porcelain, a high fire, white, vitreous clay body that requires great skill from the potter. She throws each piece individually by hand. Some pieces incorporate hand building techniques and/or alliteration of the thrown form. After an initial bisque firing, the pieces are glazed and decorated using a technique similar to majolica. Her work incorporates a broad range of influences from throughout the history of ceramics, especially the classic porcelains of the Chinese Song Dynasty and Japanese folk pottery.

Lynda Katz

Mug 2 (2019) Porcelain Wheel thrown, clear glaze with brush decoration $54 Katz received her M.F.A. in ceramics from Florida State University and currently teaches at Southeastern Louisiana University. Lynda Katz is an award winning potter who has lived and worked in southeast Louisiana since 1973. She works exclusively in porcelain, a high fire, white, vitreous clay body that requires great skill from the potter. She throws each piece individually by hand. Some pieces incorporate hand building techniques and/or alliteration of the thrown form. After an initial bisque firing, the pieces are glazed and decorated using a technique similar to majolica. Her work incorporates a broad range of influences from throughout the history of ceramics, especially the classic porcelains of the Chinese Song Dynasty and Japanese folk pottery.

Mimi Logothetis

Ear (2019) Porcelain Slab built, impressed, glazed $90 Mimi Logothetis received her BFA in Ceramics, Summa Cum Laude, in 1998 from Tyler School of Art in Elkins, Park, PA. After participating in the Associate Artist program at The Clay Studio in Philadelphia, and teaching for a year as Adjunct Professor at Moore College of Art, she moved from Philadelphia to Cedar Grove, NC in 2001, and taught ceramics at various Art Centers in the Triangle. Mimi works in porcelain because of its starkness, purity, strength, and translucence, all depending on its manipulation. She uses symbolic images and decorates the wet clay with transfers that she assembles and layers in order to create a story, a joke, or a surreal visual landscape. The hand-built work is constructed to show process: seams, glue, rivets, etc. or to resemble paper, speaking to the nature of preciousness and permanence versus fragility and disposability.

Mimi Logothetis

Lungs (2019) Porcelain Slab built, impressed, glazed $90 Mimi Logothetis received her BFA in Ceramics, Summa Cum Laude, in 1998 from Tyler School of Art in Elkins, Park, PA. After participating in the Associate Artist program at The Clay Studio in Philadelphia, and teaching for a year as Adjunct Professor at Moore College of Art, she moved from Philadelphia to Cedar Grove, NC in 2001, and taught ceramics at various Art Centers in the Triangle. Mimi works in porcelain because of its starkness, purity, strength, and translucence, all depending on its manipulation. She uses symbolic images and decorates the wet clay with transfers that she assembles and layers in order to create a story, a joke, or a surreal visual landscape. The hand-built work is constructed to show process: seams, glue, rivets, etc. or to resemble paper, speaking to the nature of preciousness and permanence versus fragility and disposability.

Sherryl Schmidt Lutz

Fern Cup (2019) Ceramics Thrown pottery with leaf impressions $40

“I make pots. I like using my hands to find their familiar shapes in the clay, and I enjoy thinking about how many generations of people have done this work before me. I like the aesthetics of pots, both the well-worn forms of traditional ware, and the look and feel of my own experiments. I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t excited about art. As an artist having grown up in southern Louisiana, I find the natural world is my primary source of inspiration. Initially, I drew and painted, but after my first pottery class in college I was hooked. My pottery is thrown on the wheel and decorated with sculpted additions or impressed design inspired by my surroundings here in Louisiana. I have two fine arts degrees, a BA from Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana (1978), and a MFA from Washington State University (1980), both in ceramic sculpture. My sculptural training has proved to be very relevant to my work. It enriches my life as a potter by allowing me to appreciate the beauty of traditional pottery forms, which I believe have become traditional precisely because people have always found them beautiful.”

Sherryl Schmidt Lutz

Pinecone Cup (2019) Ceramics Thrown pottery with leaf impression and cast pinecone $40 “I make pots. I like using my hands to find their familiar shapes in the clay, and I enjoy thinking about how many generations of people have done this work before me. I like the aesthetics of pots, both the well-worn forms of traditional ware, and the look and feel of my own experiments. I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t excited about art. As an artist having grown up in southern Louisiana, I find the natural world is my primary source of inspiration. Initially, I drew and painted, but after my first pottery class in college I was hooked. My pottery is thrown on the wheel and decorated with sculpted additions or impressed design inspired by my surroundings here in Louisiana. I have two fine arts degrees, a BA from Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana (1978), and a MFA from Washington State University (1980), both in ceramic sculpture. My sculptural training has proved to be very relevant to my work. It enriches my life as a potter by allowing me to appreciate the beauty of traditional pottery forms, which I believe have become traditional precisely because people have always found them beautiful.”

Jodie Masterman

Yunomi 1 (2019) Stoneware Thrown and carved. Cone 5 electric firing $42

Originally from the South of Wales, Jodie Masterman moved to Knoxville, TN with her family as a teenager. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in ceramics from the Appalachian Center for Craft in Smithville, TN., and afterwards her certification in K-12 Art Education. She went on to complete a Post Baccalaureate in ceramics at the University of Florida in 2014, before moving to Baton Rouge where she received her MFA in ceramics from Louisiana State University. Jodie currently uses mid-range stoneware clay body that is locally made. Her desire to make functional tableware stems from growing up in a home where meals, along with the serving methods and dishes used, were carefully planned and prepared ahead of time, sometimes even days ahead. This ritualistic aspect of her childhood resonates in creating meaningful dining experiences in her adult life. Jodie works full time in her studio in the Ninth Ward, next to the Mississippi River.

Jodie Masterman

Yunomi 2 (2019) Stoneware Thrown and carved. Cone 5 electric firing $42 Originally from the South of Wales, Jodie Masterman moved to Knoxville, TN with her family as a teenager. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in ceramics from the Appalachian Center for Craft in Smithville, TN., and afterwards her certification in K-12 Art Education. She went on to complete a Post Baccalaureate in ceramics at the University of Florida in 2014, before moving to Baton Rouge where she received her MFA in ceramics from Louisiana State University. Jodie currently uses mid-range stoneware clay body that is locally made. Her desire to make functional tableware stems from growing up in a home where meals, along with the serving methods and dishes used, were carefully planned and prepared ahead of time, sometimes even days ahead. This ritualistic aspect of her childhood resonates in creating meaningful dining experiences in her adult life. Jodie works full time in her studio in the Ninth Ward, next to the Mississippi River.

Ray Morales

Teacup (2019) Porcelain, glazes Wheel thrown reduction fired to cone 10 $45

Ray Morales is a Miami based potter and professor of Ceramics at Miami-Dade College. He exhibits his works at a variety of shows through the US and actively works with companies and designers to produce unique pieces. He earned a BFA from the University of Central Florida and an MFA from the University of Miami. All pots are wheel thrown using stoneware or porcelain and fired to cone 10 reduction. His intention is to create pottery that’s unique, inviting and elegant. “I am interested in familiar forms and the challenge of transforming them into art. Making handmade pottery creates a dialog about my life as an artist, the pottery I make, and the people who use them. I hope that this dialog promotes a greater appreciation and understanding of handmade objects and how they help us celebrate our daily lives.”

Ray Morales

Teapot (2019) Stoneware, temmoku and celadon glazes Wheel thrown reduction fired to cone 10 $130 Ray Morales is a Miami based potter and professor of Ceramics at Miami-Dade College. He exhibits his works at a variety of shows through the US and actively works with companies and designers to produce unique pieces. He earned a BFA from the University of Central Florida and an MFA from the University of Miami. All pots are wheel thrown using stoneware or porcelain and fired to cone 10 reduction. His intention is to create pottery that’s unique, inviting and elegant. “I am interested in familiar forms and the challenge of transforming them into art. Making handmade pottery creates a dialog about my life as an artist, the pottery I make, and the people who use them. I hope that this dialog promotes a greater appreciation and understanding of handmade objects and how they help us celebrate our daily lives.”

Ray Morales

Yunomi (2019) Stoneware, ash glazes Wheel thrown reduction fired to cone 10 $55 Ray Morales is a Miami based potter and professor of Ceramics at Miami-Dade College. He exhibits his works at a variety of shows through the US and actively works with companies and designers to produce unique pieces. He earned a BFA from the University of Central Florida and an MFA from the University of Miami. All pots are wheel thrown using stoneware or porcelain and fired to cone 10 reduction. His intention is to create pottery that’s unique, inviting and elegant. “I am interested in familiar forms and the challenge of transforming them into art. Making handmade pottery creates a dialog about my life as an artist, the pottery I make, and the people who use them. I hope that this dialog promotes a greater appreciation and understanding of handmade objects and how they help us celebrate our daily lives.”

Amanda Mundee

Southern Sky 1 (2019) Stoneware clay, slips and glazes Wheel thrown and altered $30 Ceramic Artist, Amanda Mundee is a native New Orleanian. She has owned Earth & Fire Pottery Studio for 16 years where she teaches pottery classes and creates original works of art. After studying Visual Art at the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts (NOCCA), Amanda graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a degree in Archaeology and a minor in Fine Arts. Amanda pursued the ceramic arts as a young adult through classes and workshops around the country because of their perfect combination of two of her passions: art and dirt. Amanda uses many techniques to create her work including throwing on the potter’s wheel and altering those forms, slab rolling, extruding, coiling and hand sculpting. She works primarily in stoneware clay and porcelain, firing her work in oxidation to cone 6. Amanda mixes her own glazes and slips, which add depth and texture to her work. Her artwork reflects the natural world, her experiences and emotions. With Amanda’s archaeological background she is inspired by the form and function of daily use items through time. This set of cups entitled “Southern Sky” are inspired by the everyday miracle of a beautiful sunset here in the south.

Amanda Mundee

Southern Sky 2 (2019) Stoneware clay, slips and glazes Wheel thrown and altered $30 Ceramic Artist, Amanda Mundee is a native New Orleanian. She has owned Earth & Fire Pottery Studio for 16 years where she teaches pottery classes and creates original works of art. After studying Visual Art at the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts (NOCCA), Amanda graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a degree in Archaeology and a minor in Fine Arts. Amanda pursued the ceramic arts as a young adult through classes and workshops around the country because of their perfect combination of two of her passions: art and dirt. Amanda uses many techniques to create her work including throwing on the potter’s wheel and altering those forms, slab rolling, extruding, coiling and hand sculpting. She works primarily in stoneware clay and porcelain, firing her work in oxidation to cone 6. Amanda mixes her own glazes and slips, which add depth and texture to her work. Her artwork reflects the natural world, her experiences and emotions. With Amanda’s archaeological background she is inspired by the form and function of daily use items through time. This set of cups entitled “Southern Sky” are inspired by the everyday miracle of a beautiful sunset here in the south.

John Oles

Small Cordial Cup (2019) Porcelain Wheel thrown, reduction fired $48 John Oles was born in Wrentham, Massachusetts, and holds a BFA in Ceramics from the University of Massachusetts (1998) and an MFA from Tulane University (2008) in New Orleans, Louisiana. Over the past 10 years, he has been invited to lecture and teach Visiting Artist workshops at many prominent ceramics programs around the country, including Hartwick College, Louisiana Tech., Texas Women’s University and Harvard University. John taught ceramics at Loyola University from 2008-2013 and Tulane University from 2013-2015. Currently, John is Assistant Professor of Ceramics at Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, AL.

John Oles

Celadon Cocktail Cup (2019) Porcelain Wheel thrown, reduction fired $60 John Oles was born in Wrentham, Massachusetts, and holds a BFA in Ceramics from the University of Massachusetts (1998) and an MFA from Tulane University (2008) in New Orleans, Louisiana. Over the past 10 years, he has been invited to lecture and teach Visiting Artist workshops at many prominent ceramics programs around the country, including Hartwick College, Louisiana Tech., Texas Women’s University and Harvard University. John taught ceramics at Loyola University from 2008-2013 and Tulane University from 2013-2015. Currently, John is Assistant Professor of Ceramics at Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, AL.

Angel Oloshove

Swamp Belly Cup (2019) Ceramic, glaze Airbrushed glaze on wheel thrown cup $45 Angel Oloshove (b. 1981) has recently held exhibitions of her ceramic and L ustre sculptures at the Galveston Art Center, Art Palace, and Aqua Art Miami. Oloshove studied Painting and Drawing at California College of the Arts and subsequently worked as a toy designer in Tokyo. She began working in ceramics in 2007 in Baltimore, and in 2014 she became a studio technician at the Glassell School of Art at the MFAH in Houston, where she is currently an artist-in-residence at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. Her unique gradient "Aura" glazes, bubble vessels, and fascinating Lustre sculptures are respected locally and internationally.

Angel Oloshove

Spirulina Fuzz (2019) Ceramic, glaze Airbrushed glaze on wheel thrown cup $45 Angel Oloshove (b. 1981) has recently held exhibitions of her ceramic and L ustre sculptures at the Galveston Art Center, Art Palace, and Aqua Art Miami. Oloshove studied Painting and Drawing at California College of the Arts and subsequently worked as a toy designer in Tokyo. She began working in ceramics in 2007 in Baltimore, and in 2014 she became a studio technician at the Glassell School of Art at the MFAH in Houston, where she is currently an artist-in-residence at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. Her unique gradient "Aura" glazes, bubble vessels, and fascinating Lustre sculptures are respected locally and internationally.

Joseph Pintz

Float Cup 1 (2019) Earthenware Handbuilt $60 Joseph Pintz’s handbuilt ceramic work explores the role that domestic objects play in fulfilling our physical and emotional needs. Inspired by his Midwestern roots, Pintz creates mundane forms based on utilitarian vessels and other implements associated with the hand. In the process, the dense meaning of these objects is transferred into clay. Pintz earned his BA in anthropology and urban studies at Northwestern University and his MFA from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He has been a resident artist at the Archie Bray Foundation, the Northern Clay Center, and the Roswell Artist-in-Residence program. He has received the NCECA Emerging Artist Award as well as the Individual Excellence Award from the Ohio Arts Council. He has taught workshops at Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Penland School of Craft, and Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts. He is currently an associate professor at the University of Missouri.

Joseph Pintz

Float Cup 2 (2019) Earthenware Handbuilt $60 Joseph Pintz’s handbuilt ceramic work explores the role that domestic objects play in fulfilling our physical and emotional needs. Inspired by his Midwestern roots, Pintz creates mundane forms based on utilitarian vessels and other implements associated with the hand. In the process, the dense meaning of these objects is transferred into clay. Pintz earned his BA in anthropology and urban studies at Northwestern University and his MFA from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He has been a resident artist at the Archie Bray Foundation, the Northern Clay Center, and the Roswell Artist-in-Residence program. He has received the NCECA Emerging Artist Award as well as the Individual Excellence Award from the Ohio Arts Council. He has taught workshops at Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Penland School of Craft, and Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts. He is currently an associate professor at the University of Missouri.

David Scott-Smith

Feral Tea (2017) Stoneware Cone 10 soda fired $1,800 David Scott Smith was born in Spokane, WA, and received a B.A. in English Literature from Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA in 1993. He received my M.F.A. from Louisiana State University in 2005. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Ceramics at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock. Smith is primarily a ceramic sculptor and a mold-maker, and is currently exploring how translucent porcelain and light depict form and surface, and re-contextualize familiar objects. Snake scales, tree bark, lace, crab claw, tin foil, chicken skin--all textures and surfaces are transformed through illumination, and transcend their original context. Smith’s work relies heavily on objects and textures that inspire his fascinations, and these are usually found in nature or combined with natural elements.

David Scott-Smith

I <3 U Corn Syrup (2019) Stoneware Cone 6 oxidation $85 David Scott Smith was born in Spokane, WA, and received a B.A. in English Literature from Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA in 1993. He received my M.F.A. from Louisiana State University in 2005. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Ceramics at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock. Smith is primarily a ceramic sculptor and a mold-maker, and is currently exploring how translucent porcelain and light depict form and surface, and re-contextualize familiar objects. Snake scales, tree bark, lace, crab claw, tin foil, chicken skin--all textures and surfaces are transformed through illumination, and transcend their original context. Smith’s work relies heavily on objects and textures that inspire his fascinations, and these are usually found in nature or combined with natural elements.

David Scott-Smith

I <3 U High Fructose (2019) Stoneware Cone 6 oxidation $85 David Scott Smith was born in Spokane, WA, and received a B.A. in English Literature from Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA in 1993. He received my M.F.A. from Louisiana State University in 2005. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Ceramics at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock. Smith is primarily a ceramic sculptor and a mold-maker, and is currently exploring how translucent porcelain and light depict form and surface, and re-contextualize familiar objects. Snake scales, tree bark, lace, crab claw, tin foil, chicken skin--all textures and surfaces are transformed through illumination, and transcend their original context. Smith’s work relies heavily on objects and textures that inspire his fascinations, and these are usually found in nature or combined with natural elements.

Yoko Sekino-Bové

Blue Iris Mug (2019) Mid-range porcelain Wheel-thrown, carved, Sgraffito, glaze painting $90 Yoko Sekino-Bové was born in Osaka, Japan. She worked as a commercial designer before her passion for ceramic art took her onto a new path. She received an MFA in Ceramics from the University of Oklahoma before serving as an artist-in-residence at Armory Art Center in West Palm Beach, FL from 2004 to 2005. Her porcelain work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. Exhibitions include the NCECA Invitational Exhibition in Seattle, WA as well as solo exhibitions at the Appalachian Center for Crafts in Tennessee and The Clay Studio in Philadelphia, PA. In 2014, Yoko completed the Arts/Industry residency at John Michael Kohler Art Center in Kohler, WI, and she is scheduled to serve a residency at Archie Bray Foundation in Fall 2015.

Yoko Sekino-Bové

Clematis Teapot (2019) Mid-range porcelain Wheel-thrown, carved, Sgraffito, glaze painting $240 Yoko Sekino-Bové was born in Osaka, Japan. She worked as a commercial designer before her passion for ceramic art took her onto a new path. She received an MFA in Ceramics from the University of Oklahoma before serving as an artist-in-residence at Armory Art Center in West Palm Beach, FL from 2004 to 2005. Her porcelain work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. Exhibitions include the NCECA Invitational Exhibition in Seattle, WA as well as solo exhibitions at the Appalachian Center for Crafts in Tennessee and The Clay Studio in Philadelphia, PA. In 2014, Yoko completed the Arts/Industry residency at John Michael Kohler Art Center in Kohler, WI, and she is scheduled to serve a residency at Archie Bray Foundation in Fall 2015.

Yoko Sekino-Bové

Hydrangea Tumbler (2019) Mid-range porcelain Wheel-thrown, carved, Sgraffito, glaze painting $80 Yoko Sekino-Bové was born in Osaka, Japan. She worked as a commercial designer before her passion for ceramic art took her onto a new path. She received an MFA in Ceramics from the University of Oklahoma before serving as an artist-in-residence at Armory Art Center in West Palm Beach, FL from 2004 to 2005. Her porcelain work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. Exhibitions include the NCECA Invitational Exhibition in Seattle, WA as well as solo exhibitions at the Appalachian Center for Crafts in Tennessee and The Clay Studio in Philadelphia, PA. In 2014, Yoko completed the Arts/Industry residency at John Michael Kohler Art Center in Kohler, WI, and she is scheduled to serve a residency at Archie Bray Foundation in Fall 2015.

Charlotte Smith

Cup 1 (2019) Porcelain, glaze, underglaze Wheel-thrown, hand painting underglaze $40 Charlotte Smith is a ceramic artist from Mississippi who is currently living and working in Atlanta, Georgia. She graduated from Mississippi State University in the fall of 2012 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture. After moving to Atlanta in 2013, she opened her studio where she makes functional ceramics. Each piece is hand-thrown on the wheel with porcelain clay. Black hand-drawn details are often added to enhance the form of the cup.

Charlotte Smith

Cup 2 (2019) Porcelain, glaze, underglaze Wheel-thrown, hand painting underglaze $40 Charlotte Smith is a ceramic artist from Mississippi who is currently living and working in Atlanta, Georgia. She graduated from Mississippi State University in the fall of 2012 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture. After moving to Atlanta in 2013, she opened her studio where she makes functional ceramics. Each piece is hand-thrown on the wheel with porcelain clay. Black hand-drawn details are often added to enhance the form of the cup.

Gertrude Smith

Teacup and Saucer 1 (2019) Porcelain clay Wheel-thrown, fired to cone 10 in a soda kiln $55 Gertrude Graham Smith, nicknamed Gay, is a studio potter and teaching artist who singles fires her porcelain ware in a soda kiln near Penland, NC. Her grant awards include a North Carolina Arts Council Visual Arts Fellowship in 2008/9, and Regional Artist Project Grants in 2009/10 and 2012/13. She’s held artist-in-residencies at the Archie Bray Foundation and at Penland School. Her teaching credits include workshops at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Penland School, the Harvard Ceramics Studio, and the Findhorn Foundation in Northern Scotland. Her work is represented internationally, and collections include the Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC and Yingge Ceramics Museum in Taiwan. She’s been featured in Ceramics Monthly magazine, and her work is included in numerous publications including Making Marks and Functional Pottery by Robin Hopper, Working with Clay by Susan Peterson, and the Lark series of 100 Teapots, Vases, etc. Currently she serves on the Board of Trustees at Penland School.

Gertrude Smith

Teacup and Saucer 2 (2019) Porcelain clay Wheel-thrown, fired to cone 10 in a soda kiln $55 Gertrude Graham Smith, nicknamed Gay, is a studio potter and teaching artist who singles fires her porcelain ware in a soda kiln near Penland, NC. Her grant awards include a North Carolina Arts Council Visual Arts Fellowship in 2008/9, and Regional Artist Project Grants in 2009/10 and 2012/13. She’s held artist-in-residencies at the Archie Bray Foundation and at Penland School. Her teaching credits include workshops at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Penland School, the Harvard Ceramics Studio, and the Findhorn Foundation in Northern Scotland. Her work is represented internationally, and collections include the Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC and Yingge Ceramics Museum in Taiwan. She’s been featured in Ceramics Monthly magazine, and her work is included in numerous publications including Making Marks and Functional Pottery by Robin Hopper, Working with Clay by Susan Peterson, and the Lark series of 100 Teapots, Vases, etc. Currently she serves on the Board of Trustees at Penland School.

Gertrude Smith

Teapot with Warmer (2019) Porcelain clay Wheel-thrown, fired to cone 10 in a soda kiln $295 Gertrude Graham Smith, nicknamed Gay, is a studio potter and teaching artist who singles fires her porcelain ware in a soda kiln near Penland, NC. Her grant awards include a North Carolina Arts Council Visual Arts Fellowship in 2008/9, and Regional Artist Project Grants in 2009/10 and 2012/13. She’s held artist-in-residencies at the Archie Bray Foundation and at Penland School. Her teaching credits include workshops at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Penland School, the Harvard Ceramics Studio, and the Findhorn Foundation in Northern Scotland. Her work is represented internationally, and collections include the Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC and Yingge Ceramics Museum in Taiwan. She’s been featured in Ceramics Monthly magazine, and her work is included in numerous publications including Making Marks and Functional Pottery by Robin Hopper, Working with Clay by Susan Peterson, and the Lark series of 100 Teapots, Vases, etc. Currently she serves on the Board of Trustees at Penland School.

Susan Thomas

Midnight Blue Cup #1 (2019) White Earthenware Wheel-thrown and altered, electric fired to cone 05 $55 These cups are wheel-thrown and altered. The glaze is applied with an airbrush using underglazes. There is additional brush work, also utilizing underglaze. They were electric fired to cone 05. They are made of talc-free white earthenware. Susan is southern by choice, not by birth. She loves it here, except for the sweet tea! Susan Thomas has a BA from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, FL.

Susan Thomas

Midnight Blue Cup #2 (2019) White Earthenware Wheel-thrown and altered, electric fired to cone 05 $55 These cups are wheel-thrown and altered. The glaze is applied with an airbrush using underglazes. There is additional brush work, also utilizing underglaze. They were electric fired to cone 05. They are made of talc-free white earthenware. Susan is southern by choice, not by birth. She loves it here, except for the sweet tea! Susan Thomas has a BA from the university of Miami in Coral Gables, FL.