Biography

In high school, I took my first art class that included a session on the pottery wheel, and I fell in love with it. I moved on to Berea College, where I got a work study position as an apprentice in their Student Crafts Program and threw production pottery for ten hours a week. I went on to major in Studio Art with a Ceramics focus, learning more complex techniques and art theory and history, under the mentorship of Professor Tina Gebhart. After graduating in 2012, I moved out to the Pacific Northwest to work for several years in ceramic manufacturing, where I learned business skills and developed my body of work. I began selling my own work at Farmer’s Markets and local shows as Clovy T. Pottery, and decided to stay on Whidbey Island. I now have a home studio, and in 2018 I built my own soda kiln. I divide my time between studio work, teaching, working part time at Briggs Shore Ceramics, and spoiling my cats, Harriet and Dulcinea.

Curriculum Vitae

Education

Bachelor of Liberal Arts, Studio Art, Ceramics Concentration, Magna Cum Laude, Berea College 2012, Berea, KY

Modeling, Molding, and Mapping Technology Workshop, Computer Aided Design and Ceramics, Penland School of Crafts, NC

Exhibitions and Shows

  • 2023     Beautiful Utility, Radius Gallery, Missoula MT
  • 2022     Annual Cup Show, Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester MA
  • 2022     Cup: The Intimate Object XVIII, Gainesville FL
  • 2022     Introductions, Brace Point Pottery, Seattle WA
  • 2022     Featured Artist, Charlie Cummings Gallery Gainesville FL
  • 2021     Cup: The Intimate Object XVII, Gainesville FL
  • 2021     29th Strictly Functional Pottery National, Lancaster PA
  • 2021     Exquisite Forms III, Gainesville FL
  • 2021     Cup: The Intimate Object XVI, Gainesville FL
  • 2020     Contributor to Creative Pottery by Deb Schwartzkopf, Seattle WA
  • 2020     Cup: The Intimate Object XV, Gainesville FL
  • 2019     Butter, International Museum of Dinnerware Design, Ann Arbor MI
  • 2019     Pitcher Perfect, Good Earth Pottery, Bellingham, WA
  • 2018     Cup: The Intimate Object XIV, Gainesville FL
  • 2018     6th Annual Cup Show, Jansen Art Center, Lynden WA
  • 2018     Bountiful, Gallery One, Ellensburg WA
  • 2018     WCA Juried Teapot Show, Good Earth Pottery, Bellingham WA
  • 2017     Anacortes Arts Festival, Anacortes WA
  • 2017     Edmonds Arts Festival, Edmonds WA
  • 2016     Anacortes Arts Festival, Anacortes WA     
  • 2016     First Impressions, Burien WA
  • 2015     Apprenticelines, NCECA, Providence RI
  • 2014     Twin Cups: National Ceramics Exhibition 2014 Saint Joseph, MO
  • 2014     Cup: The Intimate Object X, Gainesville FL
  • 2013     Cup: The Intimate Object IX, Gainesville FL
  • 2012    Senior Exhibition, Berea College KY

Teachings and Workshops

  • 2021     Panelist for Well Plated at Rat City Studio
  • 2020     Panelist for Creative Pottery at Rat City Studio
  • 2018     Teacher of Sculpting Spoons at Jansen Art Center

Work Experience

Assistant at Briggs Shore Ceramics, 2021-present

Ceramic Teacher at the Paint Escape, 2015-2018

Apprentice at Cook on Clay, 2012-2015

Bud Vase Commission for the Oystercatcher Restaurant, 2013

Ceramics Apprentice (Level IV) for Berea College Ceramics Apprenticeship Program

Awards

  • 2017     Whidbey Island Arts Council Visual Artist’s Grant
  • 2011     Higher Education Partnership Scholarship
  • 2011     Design for a Summer Art Scholarship

Galleries

  • 2021-present              Charlie Cummings Gallery                                  
  • 2015-present           Good Earth Pottery
  • 2018-2021                     Penn Cove Pottery                                 
  • 2014-2016                     Garry Oak Gallery