One of a Kind: The Joy of the Commission Part One
It is pure joy when I walk into the studio in the early morning and feel it’s welcoming warmth against the crisp November chill outside. But even a greater joy is that today I will work on a very...
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Remembering Shawn Roberson
It is with a heavy heart that we share the loss of one of our loved students here at The Village Potters, Shawn Roberson. Shawn was loved dearly by all who knew him. When he strolled into the studio he...
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Skilled and Driven: Katie Messersmith is a Potter with a Passion
The day Katie Messersmith touched clay for the first time in high school, she knew her life was on a new path. The clay had her. She had found her passion. Katie looked for every opportunity to study...
View ArticleBob Brotherton: Celebrating His Life as a Potter
Bob Brotherton was a gentle man who loved life and as a potter lived it to the fullest. Many were not able to have the privilege to know and love him because he lived and worked a quiet life on his...
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The Lure of Porcelain
Clay is the foundation of everything a potter makes. Each type of clay has unique properties and enticing potentials. Colors range from deep dark reds to the starkest of whites. Each clay comes with a...
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Pottery with a Quist: A Story of Unexpected Love and Passion
Life is full of daily routine that we rely on to feel safe and secure. It’s also filled with unexpected opportunities that we need them in order to grow and to feed our passions! These opportunities...
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Change Can Be a Glorious Thing!
Highly creative people are often lovers of change. We all know it can be challenging, but in many cases change is glorious. All of us at The Village Potters Clay Center are so pleased to announce a...
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What is Raku Crazy!
When I first started raku firing at my home with a friend many years ago, our husbands together called us the “raku-nuts.” Today, some here at The Village Potters refer to my Raku Intensive class...
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Celebrating Eights Years of Creativity, Collaboration and You
Multi-Kiln Opening Celebration: Saturday, October 12, from 11am-4pm It’s hard to believe that it was eight years ago this October that our adventure, or as I like to call it, our “grand experiment”...
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Our Biggest Event of the Year: Multi Kiln Opening Celebration 2019
Our biggest day of the year is almost here, Saturday, October 12, 2019. Kilns are being loaded all around the studio. This is the only time of year when having 13 kilns becomes a challenge. We are...
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Potter Ingrid Jones Abrahamson: Refined by Fire
In the potter’s life, one works for weeks on many pieces, sometimes making hundreds of pots, with each pot given the full attention of the maker. In the course of this process, there are so many...
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“The New Indigenous Way:” a deeper look into ceramic artist, Avery Latronica
Clay and its endless possibilities has facilitated a means of self expression and creative discovery for thousands of years. Still today, to take clay and lose yourself in the creative process is a...
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2020 here we come!
Last year was so full – thank you to all of you who support, study with, and follow us here! All that we do is built upon education, relationship, and community and that means you! We spent the second...
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Why make?
Making: A Pathway to a Fuller life! “Why make?” The question to some of us seems almost like saying “Why breathe?” We have always been creative, and for many of us we don’t know any other way. I...
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NCECA 2020 Here We Come! Richmond, VA
The Village Potters Clay Center team is heading out on the road again. March 25-28 will find us in Richmond, VA at the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), the largest clay...
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Potters + Pandemic
I am thankful to be a potter, particularly during the pandemic. This craft has helped me cope with the long hours of isolation by allowing me to create and make. On the other hand, selling pottery...
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A Glimpse at Life These Days…
Potters are strong! Potters are hard workers! Potters are by very nature resilient! We make our way through hard times. During this Covid 19 pandemic that is filled with solitude, isolation, personal...
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Vessels of Hope, Chapter Two
First, a message about our first Vessels of Hope initiative: I am filled with emotion due to the overwhelming love and support we have received in support of our Vessels of Hope fundraiser amid the...
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A Story of Hope and Creativity out of Hardship
One of the greatest opportunities that I have had as an apprentice is the chance to teach pottery classes, specifically teaching beginners. There is no greater feeling than teaching someone who has...
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2020 Virtual Multi-Kiln Opening Celebration!
If you were to stop by The Village Potters Clay Center you might assume that everything has returned to normal. In some ways it has. All seven of us who have our permanent studios here, teach, sell...
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