I hold a BFA from Penn State’s College of Art and Architecture. While at Penn State and in the few years following graduation, I had the privilege of studying under many tremendously generous mentors in sculpture (Rob Fisher), glass art (James Watkins, Liz Pannell, Steve Easton), and ceramics (Chris Staley, Liz Quackenbush, John Smith). Their… Read more »

Samantha Gaudette is a functional potter crafting a curated collection of practical, handbuilt stoneware pottery in Limington, Maine. In 2023 during introductory handbuilding courses with ceramicists Lori Watts and Anne Willett at Portland Pottery, Samantha discovered a profound sense of grounded creativity in clay and launched Winterberry Clay, a home studio-based pottery business shortly thereafter.… Read more »

Jo Philipsen works with stoneware clay using the wheel and hand building techniques at her home studio in Waldoboro, Maine. Bowls are among her favorite to make: from small ring dishes to large serving bowls and even bowls using beach stones as molds! Each piece is unique and the glaze colors are inspired by the… Read more »

From my website bio: Thank you for visiting my website, and inquiring a bit more about who I am! My name is Hannah and I am a ceramic artist based out of Scarborough, ME. My main focus as a potter is to create functional dishware and home decor with a modern-minimalist aesthetic. I took my… Read more »

I have been making pots for over 20 years and apprenticed with a few woodfire potters along the way. Early on I studied at both Penland and Haystack and took various workshops with established potters when I could. The teaching and work of Hamada and Leach were strong influences from the beginning and something of… Read more »

Sett “Apples” Balise is a self-taught potter with about two decades of experience who resides in Liberty, Maine. His ceramic work includes contemporary functional objects like dishware and lamps, often with images engraved into them. His other hobbies include painting, drawing, mycology and walking in the woods.

My first memory of working with clay was when I was 11 yrs old and visiting my sister at college. She worked in the ceramics studio and I was immediately entranced. Walking into that huge space, looking at the rows of wheels, smelling the clay, it was magic to me. She helped me throw a… Read more »

Randy Fein is a professional ceramic artist, creating one of a kind pottery, sculpture, and tile installations. Her artwork is held in both private and public collections in the US and Canada. She has created commissioned public art installations in mixed media and clay relief tiles that are permanently installed in Maine and Vermont. “Clay… Read more »

We are a small, family owned business, located in Wayne, Maine. We started making ornaments and sculptures for our Holiday Open House. The ornaments consist of an array of local birds, beasts and critters; the inspiration for each ornament typically comes from some sort of encounter we have had during the year. We are now… Read more »

What began in college as a means to make my mom Christmas gifts, turned into the thread that would connect four years spent living in six states. Through every move I managed to find a pottery studio to keep learning. In 2018 a three month internship in Moab, UT, turned into four years spent exploring… Read more »