I grew up in New Hampshire and fell in love with clay during a high school art class. Fast forward 23 years, and after raising a daughter, I enrolled in the NH Institute of Art and took my love of clay to the next level. It was during this time that I met Jeff Brown, a pottery instructor at the Institute. Eventually we shared a studio in Northwood, NH. In 2010 we made the decision to return to Jeff’s home state of North Carolina, establishing our new home and studio in the pottery community of Seagrove.
Most of my work is functional, wheel thrown forms. I enjoy carving flowers and leaves through slip covered clay, a process called sgraffito. I fire in a gas kiln, here at our Seagrove studio and participate in wood firings whenever the opportunity arises.
I am a blog writer and that is where I share our daily life experiences as working potters in Seagrove, NC.
Michele's Pottery Gallery
Zoe has been helping out in the Gallery today, making sales.
Here she is modeling the new Zoe-tone color of the year vessel sink
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Celebrate Handmade and those of us who make things with our hands.
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Last month a film crew of a dozen people descended on our studio to shoot content for an Etsy commercial.
They came with lights, cameras and looking for action, so Jeff gave them some.
You can see the YouTube link to the final commercial posted on our page
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We made this 23" tall vase together featuring Michele's Ginkgo design. It is for sale and Ready to Ship. You can find the link on our website. Gypsypotters.net
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Jeff created this teapot and then handed it to Michele to decorate. We will give it an ash glaze and fire it in our gas kiln.
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We thought we would repost this with the finished piece.
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