Norah Ruth Amstutz
Location: SOUTH BEND, IN Website: www.norahruthpottery.com Bio: 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 Location: JERSEY CITY, NJ Website: www.bethdicara.com Bio: Beth uses porcelain to handbuild delightful animal ornaments. She has been working in clay since the early 1990’s.
Tim Frederich
Location: DUBLIN, OH Website: www.Frederichpottery.com Bio: 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
Location: WATERBURY, VT Website: www.stuartgair.com Bio: 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…
Haidi Haiss
Location: ATWATER, OH Bio: Haidi makes bright ceramic ornaments in a variety of fun designs including varieties of animals, dogs, cats, birds, holiday and whimsical subjects.
Royce Hilderbrand
Location: COLUMBUS, OH Bio: 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 Location: GOSHEN, IN Website: www.goertzenpottery.com/ Bio: 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…
Carol Green
Location: ELBURN, IL Website: www.carolgreen.com Bio: 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: Jessica Marie Ceramics Location: HILLIARD, OH Website: www.jessicamarieceramics.com Bio: Jessica designs screen printed, functional ceramics in her studio in Hilliard, Ohio.
Quinn Hanna
Location: COLUMBUS, OH Website: www.quinnhannahandcraftedpottery.square.site Bio: 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
Location: COLUMBUS, OH Website: www.megslevesseur.com Bio: 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…
Paul Linhares
Location: FREDERICKTOWN, OH Website: paullinhares.com Bio: 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
Location: COLUMBUS, OH Website: www.leaf-lady.com Bio: 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.
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.
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…
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…
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.
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.
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…
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.
Smith Redware
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.
Ann Stringer
Location: DUBLIN, OH Website: littlemousereadinggroup.square.site
Emily Free Wilson
Company: Free Ceramics Location: GARDINER, OR Website: www.freeceramics.com Bio: 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…
Jason Wolff
Location: Corning, NY Website: www.jasonwolffpottery.shop Bio: Jason has worked with clay for over 25+ years, and established Jason Wolff Pottery in 1998. I currently work from our home studio in Corning, New York, with the assistance of my wife, Sara. Our pottery is hand crafted, and meant to be functional—all items are food safe, oven…
Lisa York
Location: Rocky Hill, CT Website: www.lisayorkarts.com Bio: 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.…
Stan Baker
Company: Highers Pottery Studio Location: ANN ARBOR, MI Website: www.etsy.com/shop/Higherspotterystudio Bio: 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
Location: SPRINGFIELD, OH Bio: Tom creates functional, wheel-thrown ceramic forms for the home. He maintains a studio in Springfield Ohio.
Beth Weingroff
Company: Sledding Hill Pottery Location: ATHENS, OH Website: www.sleddinghillpottery.com Bio: 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.
