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Pittsburgh Potters Tour News
The tour received positive reviews both from participating artists and from both tourists. We will be posting survey results once more responses are received. So check back in a bit. If you have yet to fill out your artist survey click here. If you were a tourist, click here to fill out the tourist survey. Results will be posted by the end of May. If you have photos to share, please click here. We would love more images to post!
This note was sent to the tourists:
We hope you found it entertaining, inspiring, and educational.
Our main goal was to showcase the immense variety and talent exhibited by Pittsburgh potters across a wide spectrum of styles, techniques, and levels of experience. There were 20 studios on the tour hosting a total of 50 artists, with prices of work ranging from $5 to $25,000. There were wood fired pots, gas reduction fired pots, soda fired pots, and pots fired in electric kilns, and Raku fired pots. There were wheel-thrown, hand-built, and slip-cast pots decorated with innumerable different techniques and glazes. There were students just starting out in clay, potters working out of basements and garages, professional production studios, teaching studios, and studios with galleries.
If you are a buyer and admirer of ceramics, we hope you found your new favorite pot and connected with local artists who’s work you enjoy.
If you are a maker as well as a buyer, perhaps seeing a variety of studios was inspiring. If you are a pottery student, maybe this event illuminated the path ahead.
From whatever angle you arrived at the tour, we would greatly appreciate your feedback (both positive and negative) to help Clay Pittsburgh move forward with its mission of advancing the ceramic arts for artists, learners, and the community through education, exhibitions, retail opportunities, and artist services. Your participation in this survey will also help us as we apply for grants in the future.
Sincerely,
Clay Pittsburgh Board Members
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