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Pots for Membership

June 2017

Jun 1, 2017

Introducing our June Pots for Membership Artists!

Did you miss us? We took a break last month, and now we're kicking off June with new featured artists and a fresh set of pots we know you'll love!

Each month, Studio Potter features a small selection of artists and their work, which is available for sale in our online store for thirty days only. In exchange for the sale of their piece, the artist (or a chosen beneficiary) will receive a one-year free membership to the journal.

Here are this month's participants:

Doug Peltzman

Doug Peltzman is a full time studio potter residing in Shokan, New York, in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains. After studying painting at SVA and Pratt, Doug earned his BFA in ceramics at SUNY New Paltz in 2005. In 2010, he received his MFA from Penn State. He has been a juror and curator of national exhibitions, and taught workshops at art centers and universities across the U.S. Doug is also a founding member of Objective Clay. His pottery has been featured in many publications and can be found in homes and kitchens across the country.

Learn more about Doug's work at dougpeltzman.com

Check out Doug's piece on our store Here!

Ron Philbeck

Ron studied at both Gaston College and the University of North Carolina at Raleigh. He has since run a studio pottery in Shelby, North Carolina, since 1992 . He has been an instructor at nearby Cleveland County Community College since 2014, and a visiting artist and instructor at schools and programs around the country and in Mungyeong, South Korea. In 1996, Ron built a sixty-cubic-foot salt-glaze kiln at his Shelby Studio, which fires routinely.

I make pots for daily use as well as pots that may serve a more decorative or ritualistic role in the home. I throw with soft clay and try to impart an energy into each work. I have many influences but most are from the Leach/Hamada lineage of potters. After almost twenty years of making pots, I never tire of coming to the wheel and moving the clay. It takes persistence, love, and hard work to make good pots. A wonderful pot can emerge from the wheel when my mind wanders and I am gazing out the studio window.

Learn more about Doug's work at www.ronphilbeckpottery.com

Check out Ron's piece on our store Here!

PaulEschelman

Paul Eshelman

Paul received a BA in art from the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington, and a MFA in ceramics from the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island. Since 1988, his wife, Laurel, and he have been living and making pottery in Elizabeth, a small farming community in northwestern Illinois. They have three children who all worked in the pottery during their years at home.

My artistic interests developed along practical lines as I grew up in Iowa. Simple utilitarian objects such as those produced by American Shakers guided me aesthetically. Functional pottery is my cultural attempt, through the material of clay, to bring order and human dignity to the merely physical act of consuming food and drink. As my pots are used daily, my hope is that they carry measures of quiet and nourishment for body and spirit. I imagine people at a dinner table, work space, or office cubicle where food and drink are humanized by hospitable, well-ordered pots.

Learn more about Paul's work at www.eshelmanpottery.com

Check out Paul's piece on our store Here!

LizHafey

Liz Hafey

Liz Hafey completed her BFA at Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 2013, and earned a post-baccalaureate degree from UMass Dartmouth in 2014. She spent the following years participating in residencies at The Cub Creek Foundation in Virginia and Truro Center for the Ceramic Arts in Massachusetts. She also apprenticed with Andrew Appleby, a master potter in Orkney, Scotland. In 2015-16, Liz was the Salad Days Artist at Watershed Ceramics Arts Center, where she created over 500 plates for their annual fundraiser.

Liz says her pottery reflects the relationship between the natural world and the built environment. Through her studio practice and making process, she strives to reinterpret the impact of nature’s influence on human-made structures and objects. To her, seeing man-made environments overtaken by nature is a beautiful alchemy. She is currently a second-year ceramic fellow at The Steel Yard in Providence, Rhode Island.

Learn more about Liz's work at www.lizhafey.com

Check out Liz's piece on our store Here!

Want to find out more about the program or submit a piece of your own?

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