It is a privilege to introduce myself as the new co-editor of Studio Potter. The role of an editor is an honored responsibility, and I send my sincerest appreciation to my Co-Editor, Jill Foote-Hutton, our Director, Jessica Detweiler, and the board of Studio Potter for the trust they have placed in… Read More

Here we are again, sitting pretty at the top of another annum. A new year blesses us with a definitive moment to look back and assess, making note of the lessons behind us before stepping forward to break ground. This issue of Studio Potter was inspired by a conversation from our membership… Read More

2021 is closing with fifty-two stories added to the archives of Studio Potter. We all (a presumptive generalization, but understand the expression “we all” to acknowledge the intense energy emanating from the human collective that is our niche corner of craft) ­– so, we all – began the year with (… Read More

 In the November issue of Studio Potter, Harry Levenstein wrote Wonderfully Wild in Alabama: An Interview with Zach Sierke. Harry currently lives in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts and works as the artist in residence and lab technician at the Bard College at Simon’s Rock. A practitioner of… Read More

Thank you for listening to another installation of Studio Potter's Author Chats. In the November issue of Studio Potter, Marion Angelica wrote The Floor of the Sky, wherein she shared ceramics artist Betsy Williams' recent search for high-fire, wild clays in New Mexico. Co-editor Jill Foote-Hutton… Read More

To fascinate is to “attract and hold attentively by a unique power or some other special quality.” To be fascinated is to be enthralled. Fascination arouses interest. Fascination is the first step of a journey with an unknown destination. We might travel so far on this journey that an external… Read More

Studio Potter is pleased to welcome Randi O'Brien as a Co-Editor. Beginning in January 2022, Studio Potter will have not one but two editors! The co-editors will publish in four-month blocks. Randi will bring us into the new year with a fresh, thoughtful selection of articles from January to April… Read More

Three stories this month. Each one is a journey.  One author writes from the early part of his journey; if this was a story about a quest, we are meeting him on the road where he has already gathered his kit and set out from home. We, the readers, follow his nascent journey as he arrives at the… Read More

  Studio Potter is Pleased to Introduce the  2021 Grants for Apprenticeships Jurors      Our panel of independent jurors,  Mary Barringer, Turiya Gross, Jason Hartsoe, and Jeff Shapiro, selected five teams as GAP recipients.    Each team receives $10,000 to support a yearlong apprenticeship in… Read More

  Grand Prize Recipient: Ruddhi Vichare @koorm.studio    Ruddhi Vichare lives and runs her pottery studio 'Koorm' based in Pune, India. During the last year of college, while undergoing a Business Management course, she was introduced to clay at a local art studio called Creative Club. After… Read More