Before Mr. Fishburn’s eighth grade earth science class, I’m not sure how much attention I paid to the rising and the setting of the sun. Somehow this ball of fire had circled the earth, bringing a seemingly never-ending supply of new days filled with adventures and possibilities, without being… Read More

While the May issue of Studio Potter was taking shape, one idea continually broke through to the surface: the importance of hope amidst of struggle. By contrast, we must also appreciate the importance of struggling. Last week I was breaking up the soil around a few seedlings and my sister… Read More

  In the April 2021 issue of Studio Potter, Russell Wrankle wrote Taking Action Against Hypocrisy, a story of how and why he created ShapeTheoryCollective along with a handful of other established artists who are concerned with cannabis legal reform. Evelyn LaChapelle, program associate with Last… Read More

Dennis William Parks passed away on March 28, 2021 in Reno, Nevada. He was eighty-four years old. He was born in Berea, Kentucky, on December 31, 1936, to Elisha Taylor and Lois Ferry Parks. He lived most of his early years in Arlington, Virginia. His father worked as a specialist on Latin America … Read More

In the April 2021 issue of Studio Potter, Stephen Mullins wrote Paying the Bills. Editor Jill Foote-Hutton sat down with him to find out more about this enterprising potter working to put hand made objects in the hands of as many people as possible. Mullins runs Red Bison Studio on Main Street in… Read More

If you want something you have never had, you must be willing to do something you have never done. Words spuriously attributed to Thomas Jefferson, the sentiment seems to have started showing up in our collective consciousness around 2004. Even though the origin is unclear, the sentiment feels… Read More

We are grateful for the opportunity to engage with our community, to answer questions, and receive feedback from the people we are most directly accountable to: you. We are entering into this conversation with an open heart, receptive to and appreciative of the critiques and challenges ahead of us… Read More

Inspiration. If we don’t actively conjure it, we are at the unforgiving mercy of our muse. Knowing there is always clay to be wedged – well – it gives ceramists a leg up. When our brains can’t find traction, when our hearts are numb or heavy with burden, the physicality of our craft is the first… Read More

In November Studio Potter ran the first half of a report summarizing a series of conversations between galleries and artists. The impetus for the conversation was to consider the existing relationship between the two entities. Not a new conversation and certainly not a conclusive conversation.… Read More

Welcome to 2021. At our home the black-eyed peas and greens were prepared and eaten. The closets were cleaned, out with the old in order to welcome the new. We released old obligations, acknowledging our short-comings as we embraced our humanity. We were grateful for the gifts of grace bestowed… Read More