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2020 Virtual Multi-Kiln Opening Celebration Kicks off American Craft Week!

September 28, 2020November 21, 2021 by Sarah Wells Rolland

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If you were to stop by The Village Potters Clay Center you might assume that everything has returned to normal. In some ways it has. All seven of us who have our permanent studios here, teach, sell our work in the gallery, and work collectively on so many events and…

A Story of Hope and Creativity out of Hardship

September 1, 2020November 21, 2021 by Sarah Wells Rolland

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One of the greatest opportunities that I have had as an apprentice is the chance to teach pottery classes, specifically teaching beginners. There is no greater feeling than teaching someone who has never touched clay how to throw, and see them pull up their first pot. The progress that I've seen…

Vessels of Hope, Chapter Two

August 5, 2020November 21, 2021 by Sarah Wells Rolland

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First, a message about our first Vessels of Hope initiative: I am filled with emotion due to the overwhelming love and support we have received in support of our Vessels of Hope fundraiser amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This season of trial has stirred in each of us a strong sense…

A Glimpse at Life These Days…

May 6, 2020November 21, 2021 by Sarah Wells Rolland

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Potters are strong! Potters are hard workers! Potters are by very nature resilient! We make our way through hard times. During this Covid 19 pandemic that is filled with solitude, isolation, personal distancing and closures, the potters of our community are busy! Wow! We just got handed time to do…

Potters + Pandemic

April 7, 2020November 21, 2021 by Sarah Wells Rolland

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I am thankful to be a potter, particularly during the pandemic. This craft has helped me cope with the long hours of isolation by allowing me to create and make. On the other hand, selling pottery during a pandemic is fraught with difficulty; pottery is a luxury item, and when…

NCECA 2020 Here We Come! Richmond, VA

March 4, 2020November 21, 2021 by Sarah Wells Rolland

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The Village Potters Clay Center team is heading out on the road again. March 25-28 will find us in Richmond, VA at the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), the largest clay conference in the US. This is our third consecutive participation, we are more prepared than…

Why make?

February 4, 2020November 21, 2021 by Sarah Wells Rolland

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Making: A Pathway to a Fuller life! “Why make?” The question to some of us seems almost like saying “Why breathe?” We have always been creative, and for many of us we don’t know any other way. I believe the need to make is in the DNA of all of…

2020 here we come!

January 17, 2020November 21, 2021 by Sarah Wells Rolland

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Last year was so full - thank you to all of you who support, study with, and follow us here! All that we do is built upon education, relationship, and community and that means you! We spent the second half of 2019 planning 2020, we have a line up of…

“If you believe in yourself, things happen:” A conversation with ceramic artist, Avery Latronica

December 5, 2019November 21, 2021 by Sarah Wells Rolland

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Clay, and its endless possibilities, has facilitated a means of self expression and creative discovery for thousands of years. Still today, to lose yourself in the creative process is a journey of self discovery and finding purpose. I sat down to have a conversation with Avery Latronica, a wonderful potter…

Potter Ingrid Jones Abrahamson: Refined by Fire

November 6, 2019November 21, 2021 by Sarah Wells Rolland

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In the potter’s life, one works for weeks on many pieces, sometimes making hundreds of pots, with each pot given the full attention of the maker. In the course of this process, there are so many considerations: form, function, clay body, firing temperature, wall thickness, rim weight, foot treatment, attachments,…

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