by Christine | Mar 16, 2026
Clay as a medium has nearly limitless possibilities which I am only just beginning to explore. Adding surface texture to my wheel-thrown pots always presents interesting challenges and while making wares at Kickwheel Pottery Studio, I return to certain designs for...
by Christine | Mar 16, 2026
Mike’s journey of discovery into the world of ceramics started in the early 1990’s. From his first intro class in clay, Mike was hooked. Two years later he moved to San Luis Obispo, CA to study Landscape Architecture at Cal Poly. It was fortuitous that...
by Christine | Mar 16, 2026
Born in St Charles, Missouri in 1956, Clayton Thiel received his BA in sculpture from Maryville University in 1979, then came to California to study with Peter Voulkos and Joan Brown at UC Berkeley. At San Jose State he studied with David Middlebrook and Stan Welsh...
by Christine | Mar 16, 2026
I started in the ceramics field as a young boy, working part-time for James Loso, a renowned potter in central Minnesota. I spent over 10 years working with Jim Loso, and although we did not spend much time on the wheel together, just being around the studio allowed...
by Vicki Schandler | Aug 12, 2022
Facebook: @sarahvoorhies21 My wheel thrown functional tableware in white porcelain and stoneware clay is comfortable in the hand, pleasing to the eye and features forms and glazes which enhance the foods they contain.