Ann Woodbury

I create an array of stoneware vases, mugs, bowls and vases. I make extensive use of brightly colored underglazes, with mosaic designs inspired by a trip to Barcelona and recent floral and geometric designs inspired by Arts and Crafts motifs. Every piece is unique. I enjoy the entire process of visualizing a pot, preparing materials, centering with the wheel, forming and decorating. Many people have called my pots “holding pots” because they fit nicely into one’s hands. All of my work is both functional and decorative as well as sturdy enough for everyday use.

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Tristan Boyer Binns

There’s something that connects people and handmade useful pots, a thread that runs through history and cultures and is still drawing us together now. Whenever possible, Tristan loves to fire her pieces with real flames, ideally wood, and revels in the marks and colors the fire and atmospheric elements such as soda and wood ash leave forever on the clay. Tristan has been making pottery since the early 90s, hooked on clay as soon as she sat down at a wheel. It took several years to get the hang of throwing pots, but from the beginning Tristan was most passionate about making functional pieces. Tristan’s favorite mugs and bowls have become friends, and she hopes you will also find new favorite pieces to bring home and enjoy.

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Holly Herring

Holly Herring can be found at her pottery studio on King Street in Rockport, MA.

A member of the Mudflat pottery community in Somerville, she has been influenced by the North Carolina and Scottish ceramics heritages. She has also studied ceramics in Montana, Italy and Chile and was a Community Supported Artist and teacher at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education.

Her works vary by diverse kiln atmospheres. White decorated porcelain pieces are fired in an electric kiln at cone 6 in her home studio in Rockport. The more earthy brown and green pieces are cone 10 reduction and are a product of a soda, gas or wood firing in local community kilns.