 | Artist: John Zentner Pottery
My work is primarily functional. I enjoy making items for the kitchen and tabletop. Ideas for more creative pieces come from the repetition of throwing standard ware. The added "juice" of the occasional wood firing gives the work another chance to sing.
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 | Artist: Jeff Brown Pottery
The controlled chaos of the woodfiring process enhances the surfaces of my pottery in a way that I cannot do in the glazing process alone. Imagining how flame and ash leave their mark on my work, caressing the textures as they wrap around the forms, affects the way I think of my work in the studio. Before I used wood firing I was less concerned about the firing process. Now it is just as important as the forms and textures I use.
My latest work represents an effort to reach beyond the basics of strictly functional pottery. My pottery is functional, wheel thrown, altered, and textured stoneware and porcelain which is decorated with geometric designs impressed, and carved into the soft clay.
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 | Artist: Steven Hayden Arts
Steven Hayden's decorative and functional work graces homes and organizations all over the United States. In addition to his raku pottery, you will find ceramic, wood, and metal elements in his custom furniture, mirrors, lighting, bathroom vanities, sculpture, and donor recognition art. All elements are handcrafted by the artist. Because of this, you can work with Steven to design pieces perfect for you.
Steven welcomes inquiries and custom orders.
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 | Artist: Joe Christensen Pottery
My work is wheel-thrown and fired in a soda kiln. I use both porcelain and stoneware clay and fire the kiln to 2300 degrees. I formulate my own glazes and intentionally decorate my work while pursuing the unexpected results of a soda firing. Although I produce a variety of work, my passion and area of interest is in producing large-scale vases and jars, (3-5 feet in height). Large forms are spectacular canvases on which to show the organic beauty of soda-fired clay.
My paintings have changed over time and I am currently working with both acrylic and watercolor canvases. The paintings contain abstract and representational elements. I start with a general idea of colors that I want to explore. Then, as the layers of color build, I am mindful of their interaction and add detail. I try to achieve a sense of beauty in my paintings, the source of which, I hope, remains a bit mysterious.
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 | Artist: Stoney Meadow Pottery
I maintain a studio and gallery in the Endless Mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania. I specialize in large pieces up to four feet in height. In making utilitarian work suitable for use in your home or garden I draw on several premodern traditions for inspiration. While you may see threads of these traditions in my finished pieces, it is my focus on processing and using indigenous materials, and on firing my kiln with wood that most directly reflect my interest in what the past has to offer.
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 | Artist: Cambridge Woodfired Pottery
Cambridge Wood-fired Pottery is located 1 mile south of the village of Cambridge, Wisconsin. It is owned and operated by potter Mark Skudlarek and his wife Gaea. Mark creates functional pieces that are fired in a wood fueled kiln.
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 | Artist: Eshelman Pottery
I have always been drawn to the functional object. I seek the age-old marriage of elegant function and visually interesting form.
Aesthetically I have been guided by Japanese and Chinese crafts, European design movements and simple utilitarian objects such as those produced by American Shakers. The best wares of these movements are beautifully conceived and crafted and are thoroughly functional.
The clay used in my pieces is a red stoneware which has been fired to vitrification; this yields a tough, nonporous surface. Areas are left unglazed to contrast visually and tactilely with the glazed surfaces. The glazes are all lead free. The wares may be safely used in the microwave and dishwasher as well as the conventional oven if the oven is not preheated. The pieces are designed for use and should provide many years of service.
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 | Artist: Marge Forest - Forest Ridge Pottery
I have been a sculptor and potter for over thirty-five years. My work ranges from primitive pit fired pieces to multiple fired stoneware, combining both thrown and hand built techniques.
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 | Artist: Chris Moench
Today, Chris works full-time designing and sculpting modern prayer wheels for his company: "Axis of Hope™." His prayer wheels have been revolving and evolving at public exhibits across the west: American Craft Council Exhibition of Fine Craft in San Francisco, Sun Valley Center Idaho Arts and Crafts Festival, Best of the Northwest Shows in Portland and Seattle, and "Ashes to Art: Funerary Art," San Francisco and Philadelphia.
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 | Artist: Larry Richmond Pottery
My current ceramic work continues to show the influence of the Northern California Indian baskets and the time I spent working and teaching on the Hoopa Indian Reservation for the past twenty five years. Almost every culture has passed through a period of technological change from making woven baskets to pottery. The work that I am doing now explores that transition. Using contemporary interpretations of traditional basket shapes and designs, I am searching for a balance between woven materials and clay that is both natural and pleasing.
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