New to the group

[Former_Member]

Hi -and thank you for the invite. I haven't been active on Etsy for a few yesrs now - so Im happy to be back. I've been playing in clay for about 6 yrs now and Im very active. I currently joined Potters Council and Visual Arts Exchange here in the Raleigh area. I have a home studio where I teach classes and make a variety of pieces.... My pieces thrive on the oceanic side of things but my specialty also are Angels and quilted pottery ( which you can see from my profile picture). Please see my website and facebook for more current pieces.... I m looking forward to the SPA - and will dive deeper to see what you are all about...Love and Mizpah!

[StudioPotterArchive]

Welcome and thanks for joining. We're about connecting and promoting. Please dig around, there are a lot of amazing potters in the group and many like to share ideas and opinions. Just read through some of the threads. Also, please visit www.studiopotterarchive.com. It's a great resource for professional potters and students of pottery. There is also a working potters directory where you can request to be listed, just go to this link: http://studiopotterarchive.com/about-spa/help#potters (It's free to be part of the directory). Welcome to the team, Susan

[Former_Member]

thanks for the tips and web links! Im excited to be back

[artzfolk]

hello there. and thank you for asking me to join your group. I am self-taught in my pottery ventures having only had a high school art class where we worked on pottery, I fell in love in an instant. I have been playing in mud ever since.
I love my own style of contemporary folk art. It is unique and whimsical.

I have owned a gallery, been both a buyer and a seller of such fine works.
Now, I wholesale to galleries my own pieces and found my happy place!

Have a wonderful life ! :)
Nicole

[StudioPotterArchive]

Nicole, that is fantastic. You've managed to get to a place most of us hope to be, it sounds wonderful! Welcome to our group. There are a lot of talented people here, take a look around. Also, please go to www.studiopotterarchive.com, it's a great resource. Be sure to add yourself to the working potters directory. Follow this link: http://studiopotterarchive.com/about-spa/help#potters
Thanks again for joining the SPA team. Be well, Susan

[Former_Member]

Thank you very much for inviting me into the group as well! I've been making pottery for 18 years. I had two studio potter apprenticeships working in fuctional high fire stoneware. Due to my 1970 electric kiln which I dare not fire above cone 04, I began producing decorative and sculptural terracotta wares. At first it was a curse but I have managed to grow through the limitations and have some fun with it. My husband and I plan on moving to our 5 acres near Alfred, Ny and building our off the grid studio and home this summer. At some point I will be cabable of firing up my olympic cone 10 gas kiln. Since we will be living in our camper while we build I'll be off the clay for a while. I'll be taking up some painting to satisfy the desire to create.

I look forward to meeting all of you and becoming a member of this creative community.

[StudioPotterArchive]

Hi ClayDancer,

Welcome to our group. Your toad houses are adorable. Moving to Alfred NY! What better place to be a potter! You're sure to enjoy the exhibits at Alfred University, It was always a far fetched dream of mine to go into the ceramics arts program at Alfred. Well, congratulations on your move and thanks for joining our group. Be well, Susan

For those of you who are not familiar with Alfred here are some links (It's worth a look):

http://art.alfred.edu/divisions_concentrations/ceramics/gallery/Undergraduate/index.html

http://art.alfred.edu/graduate/mfa-ceramics.html

http://art.alfred.edu/divisions_concentrations/ceramics/index.html

[Former_Member]

Thank you Susan. I'm looking forward to the exhibits and getting to know the locals in the area.