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A New Village Potter Resident: Caroline Woolard, an Intentional and Intuitive Potter

November 4, 2022November 5, 2022 by Lori

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All of us at The Village Potters Clay Center (TVPCC) are so excited to announce that potter and ceramic artist Caroline Woolard is now joining us as a permanent resident potter. Caroline has been an integral part of our community for several years now. She spent two years studying full…

Surrendered to the Mystery: Village Potter Judi Harwood

October 5, 2022October 5, 2022 by Sarah Wells Rolland

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Village Potter Judi Harwood is a ceramic artist with many creative pathways. She regularly throws a variety of beautiful vessels, and every once in a while she departs into sculpture. But whatever Judi is doing she ultimately surrenders all her work to the mysteries of fire, flame, temperature, and atmosphere.…

Potter Spotlight: Ruth Fischer Rutkowsky

September 5, 2022September 5, 2022 by Lori

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Ruth Fischer Rutkowsky is highly creative and created for community. She has been a resident potter with The Village Potters Clay Center (TVPCC) for almost a year. However, her journey into clay long precedes us. She has been a potter for well over a decade, mostly creating work in conjunction…

Community.

August 8, 2021November 21, 2021 by Sarah Wells Rolland

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Community. It’s what held us together as we faced all the pandemic challenges, and it’s what was at the core of developing our Study from Afar program, which brought potters from around the globe into our extended, online community. It was integral in our decision to create Clay Week: A…

Retired and Refired: A New Season for George Rolland

July 1, 2021November 21, 2021 by Sarah Wells Rolland

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George hiking on the Bluff of Cayman Brac George Rolland, my husband, is my favorite person! He is a thinker, he is a brilliant, quiet, gentle, and highly skilled man. Truthfully, George is the kindest man I have ever met and he has just retired after a 30-year career working…

Julia Mann: A Renaissance Woman

June 4, 2021November 21, 2021 by Sarah Wells Rolland

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It is rare that you meet a potter who can accomplish almost anything in clay: build her own studio from the concrete pad up to the finished trim, build her own gas downdraft kiln, teach potters at any levels, and make pots for collectors all over the southeastern United States. My friend and studio mate,…

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…

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…

Skilled and Driven: Katie Messersmith is a Potter with a Passion

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

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The day Katie Messersmith touched clay for the first time in high school, she knew her life was on a new path. The clay had her. She had found her passion. Katie looked for every opportunity to study clay. She worked and studied at an Art Center in Kentucky making…

It’s All About The Clay

May 1, 2018November 21, 2021 by Sarah Wells Rolland

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Every artist, every maker, every craftsperson knows that the materials they work with are the foundation for everything they make. For the potter, it is all about the clay! Anytime potters are gathered clay is sure to come up in conversation. “What clay do you use? Do you have any…