Artist: KELLY SMITH
Location: SPRINGBORO, OH
Website: www.smithredware.com
Bio: 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.
Luba Sharapan
Company: Darn Pottery
Location: GREENEVILLE, TN
Website: www.darnpottery.com
Bio: Luba’s pottery is functional, witty and charming. It is food safe, and dishwasher safe. Handbuilt or wheel thrown, the pots’ surfaces are illustrated with original drawings guaranteed to make people smile.
Gail Russell
Company: Peachblow Pottery
Location: SUNBURY, OH
Website: www.peachblowpottery.com
Bio: 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 enhance certain glazes.
One Acre Pottery
Artist: SARAH & THOMAS GELSANLITER
Location: MILAN, MI
Website: www.oneacreceramics.com
Bio: 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.
Tracy Payne Gamble
Location: PLAINFIELD, IN
Bio: A former elementary art teacher and actor, Tracy has been teaching, designing and working in clay for over 25 years.
Elaine Lamb
Location: MEDINA, OH
Website: www.mudmothers.com
Bio: 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 is food, microwave and dishwasher safe.
Mark Nafziger
Company: Brush Creek Pottery
Location: ARCHBOLD, OH
Website: www.brush-creek-pottery-mark-nafziger.square.site
Bio: 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.
Mousecraft
Artist: REBECCA SIGLER
Location: MT. VERNON, OH
Website: www.mousecraftstore.com
Bio: 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.
