Lindsay Dalpiaz – Columbus, OH
I am inspired by fungi and mushrooms and use photos that I’ve taken as reference. I primarily throw mid-fire clay and then attach individually sculpted mushrooms. Depending on the type of mushroom I’m looking to reproduce, I will carve in gills or pores and add details. I like to make bowls and goblets and then carve in mushroom motifs (marasmius mushrooms are my favorite to carve). Some pieces like my mushroom wall hangings and altars are slab built. After the first firing, I glaze the piece usually brushing on a different colored glaze to highlight the structure of the mushrooms.
I work in stoneware clay and fire to over 2300 degrees in a gas reduction firing. The resulting work is functional and hopefully will find its way to your table. All my work is food safe, lead free. It can be washed in the dishwasher. It is microwave safe, but stoneware will retain heat, so use caution when removing it from the microwave. Most important is that all stoneware is subject to thermal shock. This means you should heat your pieces up with the oven rather than placing in a preheated oven. With these few cautions, you should be able to enjoy your pottery for many years!
Chelsea Devlin and Jacob Devlin– Marengo, OH
Chelsea Devlin is a ceramic artist living and teaching in central Ohio. You can find and purchase her work in art festivals and small pop ups in Ohio. Specializing in both sculpture and functional ware, she utilizes slab building techniques and a building technique Chelsea refers to as “clumping”. Literally grabbing clumps of clay and forming the body of her sculpture. Having a rich body of work and experience since 2014, Chelsea also offers ceramic classes and workshops around her hometown in Marengo.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/CBennettCeramics
Kathryn Johnson – Columbus, OH
Kathryn creates their work using a variety of techniques that they’ve learned over the years. Kathryn throws on the pottery wheel for many of their functional pieces. Their luminaries are a combination of an initially thrown piece, then sculpted into a light feature. Most of Kathryn’s glazes are homemade and fired in their personal kiln.
https://www.katsclaycreations.com/
Jonathan Kesler– Marysville, OH
Earthly Arts Pottery was established in 1982 by Jonathan Kesler. After 12 years of producing an exclusive wholesale line, Jonathan began to participate in juried art shows, wishing to explore personal ideas and concepts. His university art major and environmental minor coalesced. Nine more years of experimenting and refining have yielded his present style and body of forms.
In the end, he hopes to have created art which suggests the beauty of our natural world. Individual pieces that can be used to generate personal expression and environment, and work which is life inclusive by function.
https://www.earthlyartspottery.com/
Karen and Thomas Markgraf – Granville, OH
Wheel thrown or hand built, Karen and Thomas’ work encompasses functional as well as sculptural decorative ceramic art. Their intention is to enhance the utilitarian aspects of people’s daily lives through craft with consideration for form and surface, using layers of texture and imagery to build a connection. Markgraf Clayworks specializes in handcrafted, artisan ceramics and mixed media sculpture.
https://www.markgrafclayworks.com/
Mark and Amy McGraw – Troy, OH
Mark and Amy use stoneware and porcelain clays to create decorative and functional wares by wheel throwing, hand building and altering processes. Mark and Amy also mix their own glazes in their studio and continue to test new recipes to create a variety of different looks for all of their customers. Glazes are applied by dipping glazes and with a spray booth so that each item is unique in its own way. Mark and Amy are always looking at how to take the basic piece and make it shine through shape, color and texture. They are proud to have their pieces displayed in homes, adding beauty to kitchen countertops, coffee tables, and fireplace mantles.
https://www.artisticearthpottery.com/
https://www.artisticearthpottery.etsy.com
Julie has enjoyed exploring the woods for as long as she can remember. She searches among the delightfully endless variety of leaves for design elements. Some pieces are wheel thrown stoneware, decorated with prints of real leaves and brushwork with underglazes and glazes. Other pieces are hand-built stoneware, embellished with impressions of real leaves, oxides, underglazes, and glazes. They are fired in an electric oxidation atmosphere. Julie holds a BFA from the Columbus College of Art and Design and has worked as an illustrator and art instructor. She is a freelance artist and participates in juried art fairs. She is represented by the Hudson Gallery in Sylvania, Ohio, and the Hayley Gallery in New Albany, Ohio.
https://www.instagram.com/leaf.lady.juliemiller/
Materials used for my work is mainly stoneware and Porcelain. These pieces are fired to Cone 5 and Cone 6. All glazes used are food safe, making them microwavable and dishwasher safe. I use various techniques for surface decoration – Slip transfer, Carving, Sgraffito, Laser toner transfer, decals, hand painting, and also add Gold Luster to some of my pieces.
Cyndi’s pieces are created from wheel thrown and hand built white stoneware, and many pieces are embellished with underglazes and sgraffito; cone 6 firing and hand made in limited small batch quantities in their home studio. Cyndi’s inspiration comes from the things they love the most: travel and nature. What Cyndi observes from their surroundings and the feelings they experience often reflect in the design of these one-of-a-kind pieces.
http://www.clarkpotterystudio.com/
Judy’s art is a combination of pottery and pine needle basketry trim. Judy’s pottery is stoneware and raku, horse hair pottery and some low fire; the basketry is of long pine needles and raffia, natural and hand dyed.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/fineartstoneware
I create functional and decorative woodfired pottery focusing on quality and a wide range of scale. I enjoy controlling all aspects of the process from clay to kilns to reduce any creative constraints. It is my hope that collectors will find exceptional quality in my unique genre of ceramics.
Sandy Winter– Bellefontaine, OH
My work is a reflection of my love for making useful and beautiful pottery for everyday use. I am not a production potter, rather I work in small batches using stoneware clay exploring form and function as well as experimenting with glaze methods and combinations. Recently I have been exploring altering my forms through hand carving. You will find my inventory consists of traditional serving pieces, oil and soap dispensers, candle holders and poured candles, planters, vases, and of course the ever popular mug!
https://www.instagram.com/sandywinterpottery/