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Eck McCanless - 11/03/2026
Bio Eck McCanless honed his skills at his family’s shop, Dover Pottery, before venturing out on his own in 2011. He has been a full-time professional potter since 1993 and has been focused solely on Agateware since 2011. Eck’s Agateware is made by turning different colors of clay on the wheel at the same time. […]
Susan Moser - 10/06/2026
Her artist statement/bio: At Moser Designs, every piece begins with a story — one shaped by a lifelong love of art, rediscovery, and the beauty found in nature’s quiet details. For as long as I can remember, I’ve been drawn to creativity. From early school days filled with painting and drawing classes, to studying fine […]
Charlie Tefft - 09/01/2026
At our September meeting Charlie Tefft will throw and cut fold a bowl into a butter dish lid. Sculpt a wren that sits on top as a handle. And create the base from a thrown slab. He’ll talk about how to size the bowl to fit a butter stick after the shrinkage of drying and firing. […]
Sam Oliver - 04/07/2026
Sam Oliver is a studio artist based in Tryon, North Carolina, known for her expertise in slab building and surface decorating techniques. She received her BFA from Winthrop University in 2013 and went on to complete a special student study in ceramics at the College of William and Mary, where she also researched 16th and […]
Richard Heiser - 03/03/2026
Richard Heiser Edenton Bay Clayworks Slab Me Silly I will be doing slab forms, in a couple different approaches… Slabs over forms, slab pieces built from patterns, combining forms, and carving, touching on Kurinuki that we have done over the years. There will also be decoration, firing techniques, included in the demonstration. BIO: BFA Western […]
Takuro Shibata - 12/02/2025
Takuro Shibata is a ceramic artist originally from Japan, and currently lives in Seagrove, North Carolina which is the biggest pottery community in the U.S.. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Applied Chemistry from Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan. After graduation, he became an apprentice of a potter in Shigaraki which is one of the […]
Bill Jones - 11/04/2025
I grew up in an old stone farmhouse and from an early age found beauty in simple articulations of material. A loosely laid stone wall, a sketch done with a finger in damp sand, the haphazard stability of a quickly erected structure. As a potter, I work with simple materials and methods in a constant […]
Liz Paley - 10/07/2025
Elizabeth teaches continuing wheel and glaze classes at Claymakers in Durham. Her clay creations have been exhibited in Strictly Functional Pottery National, the Charlie Cummings Gallery, Baltimore Clayworks, Cedar Creek Gallery, The Clay Studio (Philadelphia), and the North Carolina Botanical Garden Sculpture show, among other places, and have toured as part of the permanent collection […]
Anne Partna - 09/02/2025
Throwing a closed form on a potters wheel takes a bit of mastering, but once you do, it opens up a whole new range of possibilities. From pumpkins to birds and cats – Anne will show how to utilize the closed form throwing technique to explore the sculptural side of ceramics.
Kyle Carpenter - 04/01/2025
Kyle Carpenter was born and raised in Raleigh, NC. He attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2000. Kyle soon married and made his permanent home in Asheville. In 2002, he built a salt-kiln and made a studio at his home. In the spring of […]