Kate Lally
Oakwood, OH www.Katelally.com Kate’s ceramic wall plaques are intended to evoke an honest reverence toward nature’s beauty. The terra-cotta is weather resistant and feature non-fading colors.
Norah Ruth Amstutz
South Bend, IN www.norahruthpottery.com Norah Ruth creates functional ceramics enhanced with beautiful floral imagery. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in ceramics at Notre Dame University in South Bend, Indiana.
Beth DiCara
Company: Evening Star Studio Jersey City, NJ www.bethdicara.com Beth uses porcelain to handbuild delightful animal ornaments. She has been working in clay since the early 1990’s.
Tim Frederich
Dublin, OH www.Frederichpottery.com Tim has been making functional and sculptural ceramics for over 40 years. He works out of his studio in Dublin, Ohio. His stoneware items are food-safe and can be used in the microwave, oven and dishwasher.
Stuart Gair
Athens, OH www.Stuartgair.com Stuart wood fires his stoneware pots in his Athens, Ohio studio. He received his MFA in ceramics from University of Nebraska, Lincoln, in 2017, and his BAS in history at Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, where he also completed post-baccalaureate work in ceramics. The geometric forms he creates are driven by form, function, utility,…
Haidi Haiss
Atwater, OH Heidi makes bright ceramic ornaments in a variety of fun designs including varieties of animals, dogs, cats, birds, holiday and whimsical subjects.
Royce Hilderbrand
Columbus, OH etsy.com/shop/RoyceHilderbrand.com Royce’s ceramic designs are derived from the geometric patterning on crystal, stitching on quilts, button tufted upholstery and golf ball dimples. His wheel-thrown work is meant for everyday use.
Mark Goertzen
Company: Goertzen Pottery Goshen, IN www.goertzenpottery.com Mark has been a full-time potter since 1989, after studying art at Bethel College in North Newton, Kansas. His work has been distributed through all fifty states and has travelled to all seven continents. (Yes, he has work in Antarctica). Using porcelain and stoneware, he produces both functional and…
Carol Green
Elburn, IL www.carolgreen.com Carol creates works celebrating the natural world, as well as objects for utility, pleasure and symbolic meaning. Her goal is to combine the beauty of the natural world with objects that serve.
Jessica Guerrero
Company: Potted by Jess Hilliard, OH www.PottedbyJess.com Jess from Jessica Marie Ceramics has been practicing pottery since 2013. After graduating with her BFA from Brigham Young University-Idaho in 2017 she moved to the Bay area California to teach pottery and work on building her business. In 2019 her husband and her left the bay area…
Quinn Hanna
Columbus, OH www.quinnhannahandcraftedpottery.square.site Quinn is currently pursuing a bachelor’s in fine arts at Ohio University and will teach ceramics after graduation. She has been making ceramics since High School.
Megs LeVesseur
Columbus, OH www.Megslevesseur.com Megs attended CCAD in Columbus, Ohio, to pursue fashion design, but fate brought her to the ceramics lab where she found her love for clay. For the past few years she has been producing and developing the Botanical Collection, which uses traditional handbuilding techniques. Her surface treatment is terra sigillata with a mixture of sgraffito…
Paul Linhares
Fredericktown, OH Paullinhares.com Paul is a central Ohio teacher and ceramic artist. He makes highly decorative, functional ceramics. His pottery has been exhibited across the United States and featured in both Ceramics Monthly and Pottery Making Illustrated.
Julie Miller
Columbus, OH www.Leaf-lady.com Julie holds a BFA from the Columbus College of Art and Design, and has worked as an illustrator and art instructor. Her functional ceramics are primarily wheel thrown and fired in an electric kiln. She uses stamps, oxides, underglazes and glazes to enhance the surfaces of her work.
Mouse Craft
Artist: Rebecca Sigler Mt. Vernon, OH www.Mousecraftstore.com Rebecca enjoys creating whimsical ceramic artwork from her home studio in Mt. Vernon, Ohio. Her company is named in honor of her Grandmother who inspired her love of mice. She teaches ceramic handbuilding to children and adults.
Mark Nafziger
Company: Brush Creek Pottery Archbold, OH www.Brush-creek-pottery-mark-nafziger.square.site Mark established Brush Creek Pottery at Sauder Village, a living history museum in Archbold, Ohio, in 1981. For over 35 years, he has worked to combine fine design, form and function to create high fired stoneware and porcelain that is an inspiration to see and use.
Elaine Lamb
Company: Mud Mothers Pottery Medina, OH www.Mudmothers.com Elaine’s work is original, hand-built or wheel-thrown, with black and white sgraffito designs accented with silk screen transfers and highlighted with colored glaze. She uses images and designs depicting the mood and feel of our built and natural environment. Each piece is kiln fired to 2200 degrees and…
Tracy Payne Gamble
Plainfield, IN A former elementary art teacher and actor, Tracy has been teaching, designing and working in clay for over 25 years.
One Acre Pottery
Artists: Sarah & Thomas Gelsanliter Milan, MI www.oneacreceramics.com One Acre Ceramics pottery and tiles are made by Sarah and Thomas Gelsanliter at their studio in southeastern Michigan. Sarah and Thomas often draw on the colors and patterns of their surroundings to create their beautiful, functional forms.
Gail Russell
Company: Peachblow Pottery Sunbury, OH facebook.com/p/Peachblow-Pottery-Gail-Russell Gail creates functional and decorative ceramics. Most are thrown on the potter’s wheel, while some are hand built, or a combination of the two methods might be utilized. Porcelain has always been her preferred clay body, although some pieces are occasionally made in stoneware or a porcelain/stoneware mix, to…
Luba Sharapan
Company: Darn Pottery Greenville, TN www.darnpottery.com Luba’s pottery is functional, witty and charming. It is food safe, and dishwasher safe. Hand-built or wheel thrown, the pots’ surfaces are illustrated with original drawings guaranteed to make people smile.
Smith Redware
Artist: Kelly Smith Springboro, OH www.smithredware.com Kelly began making pottery at age 14; her passion for redware spans over 35 years. She is inspired by early reproduction pottery as well as whimsical folk art motifs.
Ann Stringer
Dublin, OH Littlemousereadinggroup.square.site
Emily Free Wilson
Company: Free Ceramics Gardner, OR www.Freeceramics.com Emily Free Wilson and Matt Wilson have been creating bright functional ceramics for over 15 years. They maintain a studio in Gardiner, Oregon. Free Ceramics are made by hand from start to finish with the utmost attention and consideration. All pieces are dishwasher safe, created with safe materials and…
Lisa York
Rocky Hill, CT www.lisayorkarts.com Lisa creates beautiful, functional ceramics for daily use. After college, she apprenticed with Kevin Crowe at Tye River Pottery in Virginia and was an artist-in-residence at the Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute in Jingdezhen, China, the International Ceramics Studio in Kecskemet, Hungary, and the Residency for Ceramics, Berlin, Germany. Her functional ceramics…
Katie Swartz
Mason, OH www.etsy.com/shop/LuvKt Katie is a native Ohioan, who teaches high need students art who need lots of love and redirection in their life. She make things to make herself laugh and to make others smile.
Alison Lowery
Company: AL Pottery Dayton, OH www.Afawcettpottery.com Alison uses porcelain to create functional forms and jewelry. She teaches middle and high school ceramics in Dayton. She earned her BFA in Ceramics at Ohio University.
Stan Baker
Highers Pottery Studio Ann Arbor, MI www.etsy.com/shop/Higherspotterystudio Stan has been a potter since he was 18 years old, when he started his apprenticeship with renowned potter JT Abernathy (of Ann Arbor). He creates functional ware for the home from his studio in Michigan.
Tom Fisher
Springfield, OH www.facebook.com/p/Tom-Fisher-Pottery- Tom creates functional, wheel-thrown ceramic forms for the home. He maintains a studio in Springfield Ohio.
Sledding Hill Pottery
Artist: Beth Weingroff Athens, OH www.sleddinghillpottery.com Beth’s studio is in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains just outside of Athens, Ohio. She loves to work on the potter’s wheel and consider what might emerge from a ball of wedged clay.
Joseph Delphia
Archbold, OH www.josephdelphia.com Joseph Delphia earned Bachelor degrees in Studio Art and Art Education from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and his Masters of Fine Arts in Ceramic Arts from Hood College in Frederick Maryland. Joe creates functional, wood-fired ceramics for the home.
Martha Grover
Bethel, ME www.marthagrover.com Martha is a functional potter, living in Bethel, Maine, creating thrown and altered porcelain pieces. She received an undergraduate degree in Architecture from Bennington College in Vermont and received a MFA in ceramics from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. She thinks of the fluid visual movement around a piece, as a choreographer…
Jaye Bumbaugh
Lima, OH Jaye Bumbaugh (1937-2020) was an artist, teacher and professor. His ceramic birds are coil built by hand. Each bird is unique and polychromed or glazed. Although inspired by birds and nature, the birds are an art form with each bird given its own personality.
Christopher St. John
Company: Shine Big Ceramics The Plains, OH christopherstjohn.art St. John is a ceramics artist and teacher with an MFA from the Ohio University. His work is concerned with creating objects and experiences that foster empathy and kindness with the animal other. In this respect, the animal body serves as a multivalent facilitator, and he returns…