Pittsburgh Potters Tour
Our next tour will likely be in late October or early November of 2024.
The exact dates and studios are still to be determined.
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April 27& 28, 2024
11:00 to 5:00
The Pittsburgh Potters Tour is self-guided. You are welcome to stop at as many studios as you wish, in whatever order works best for you. Utilize the Tour Map to get oriented.
Enter your name at each stop for a chance to win pottery donated by participating artists!
#1 Pittsburgh Pottery
From iconic Pittsburgh phrases and images emblazoned on functional pots, to colorful off-the-wall sculptural pieces, Pittsburgh Pottery has something for everyone
#2 Larkspur Pottery
Host: Dana Cefalo — I try to make work that reflects the quiet and stillness I find in Nature. Many of my porcelain pieces feature carved botanical patterns. Always, the goal is to create something that feels calm and connects back to Nature.
#3 Eberle Studios
Host: Jonathan Eberle — Founded by Edward Eberle, Eberle Studios has artists studios, an open studio workspace, kiln room and gallery for fine art sculpture and ceramics.
Guests Artists
#4 Sip and Spin Studio
Betsy and Adelee are former students of Fireborn Studios that have just finished setting up their own home studio to continue with their creative adventures. They love to sip drinks and have snacks while throwing pottery and enjoy making colorful pieces and use underglaze and underglaze transfers while working with porcelain clay.
#5 Fireborn Studios
Hosts: Dan Vito and Donna Hetrick - For forty years we have been making and selling functional pottery. All our work is one of a kind and hand made. We use a variety of clays. Our glazes are sprayed and layered, and we do high fire reduction using gas and wood burning kilns.
Guests Artists
#6 Katy Lynn Pottery
Host: Katy Lynn Ostronic — My process involves shaping angular porcelain vessels on the wheel, cutting out three small triangles, then smoothing it all back together, but leaving behind visible lines so the user can see where it has changed. My forms are dressed in my own compositions of the daily sights I found myself in awe of at every turn throughout my travels.
#7 Bryce Hemington Ceramics
Host: Bryce Hemington - My work focuses on wood fired porcelain utilitarian ware, featuring inlaid patterns that frequently focus on repetition and red shapes.
Guest Artists
#8 Eva Conrad Hand built Ceramics
Host: Eva Conrad — My work emerges in the world as a reflection on moments of attentive introspection, amid seemingly rigid binary systems. I weave patterns, which function on binary oppositions, in and out of my ceramic sculptures and paintings, repetitively, as meditation on the systems of belief we carry unconsciously.
#9 LGG Creative Art Pottery
Host: Leslie Green Guilbault — I'm a full-time ceramic artist and a certified Roycroft Artisan, specializing in wheelthrown porcelain art pottery. I employ many techniques in my work, including freehand carving, scraffito, highly detailed painting, fused glass, and an array of metallic glazes.
#10 Little House, Big Art
Host: Elizabeth Bashur — We are a small teaching studio that strives to make clay accessible. We work to remove barriers in the love between people and pottery. We offer wheel use, classes in hand building and wheel throwing, and open studio sculpting time/tools.
#11 B. Cramer Clay
Host: Billy Cramer — I make small batch pottery from my home studio in Pittsburgh, thrown on a potter’s wheel that I inherited from my parents. Functional pottery is my passion, and most pieces are intended to be used daily.
#12 Penn Avenue Pottery
Host: Bill Foglia - Penn Ave Pottery opened in 1979, with the studio in the back and the store in the front. Currently there are two members: Bill Foglia and Tracey Seder. We primarily make one of a kind functional work, but also do some purely sculptural pieces in high fire reduction and mid range oxidation.
#13 Huffman Studios
Host: Dale and Betsy Huffman -After earning a BS in Physics from Carnegie-Mellon and an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Dale and Betsy spent two decades as full-time artists before Dale was asked to join the faculty at Carlow University. Dale has been included in wide-ranging national and international exhibitions as well as books and leading periodicals from England, Germany, Ireland, Australia and the US. His work has taken him to Japan, Denmark, Spain, Sweden, and Taiwan. Dale is now Professor Emeritus at Carlow and enjoying the time to explore paths not taken.
Guests Artists
#14 Stone + Sparrow Studio
Stone + Sparrow is the ceramic studio founded by Kate Marchand - where traditional methods meet modern designs to produce one-of-a-kind pieces for interior spaces. The pieces we produce are continually inspired by the textures, lines, and interplay of nature and architecture with the aim of making simple spaces extraordinary.
Guests Artists
#15 Reiko Yamamoto Studio
Reiko Yamamoto makes modern, versatile and functional pottery for everyday use. Each and every piece is designed, made and fired in her studio in Pittsburgh, PA.
Having grown up in Japan, Reiko ate meals everyday using handmade pottery. In her family (and true in most Japanese homes), there was no concept of a complete dinnerware set and instead, the table was a vivid array of dishes of various sizes, colors, shapes and patterns. This contributed for her love of mix and match sensibility as well as her appreciation for well designed functional objects. Reiko hopes that her work gets handled daily and meal and conversations are shared in its presence. She is dedicated to creating quality work that celebrates the handmade and continues the long tradition of ceramics.
Guests Artists
- Deborah Jacobs-Sera- Instagram
#16 Nancy Smith Studio / Denniston Street Potters
I've worked with clay for more than 50 years, making both utilitarian and sculptural pieces. Current work is cast, often black or white porcelain, frequently has found object inclusions or piercings, and is reflective of my physical and psychic state, as well as the state of the world around me.
Guests Artists
- Marsha Zuckerman
- Joan Haley
- Melissa Melan
#17 Pittsburgh Center for Arts & Media
At PCA&M, we offer studio space, classes, and a vibrant community for our members, students, artist in residence, and staff. Our expansive studio accommodates artists of all levels, from beginners to professionals. As part of the Clay Pittsburgh Studio Tour, we're thrilled to showcase the outstanding work of our talented staff and teachers.
Guests Artists
#18. Jowdy Studio
Host: Andrew Jowdy Collins — From marbled vases, to his place-based “landscape” vessels, to precise midcentury bowls, AJ’s work is pleasing and engaging as it explores the harmonies of line and form, art and function. Each piece is handmade by AJ from start to finish at his studio in Pittsburgh, PA.
#19 Jenna Vanden Brink Ceramic
Host: Jenna Vanden Brink — Jenna’s style is versatile, and her ceramics often feature drawings ranging from loose sketches of fruits and vegetables to detailed floral patterns. Crafted using a combination of hand-building and wheel-throwing techniques, every piece is hand painted and carved to create pottery and wearables with integrity and charm.
Guests Artists
- Sean Vanden Brink – Instagram
#20 Wolf's Den Pottery
Host: Amanda Wolf — I create functional pottery, made of porcelain. Each piece is wheel thrown and decorated with nature inspired designs. Designs are hand painted , carved, stamped and sprig molded onto the surface of the clay.
