Diane Hardy Waller is the current potter of the month. Her work, shown below, will be on display at the studio through the end of February.
Artist’s Statement
Creativity is a driving force. It flows through me like magic. Everything is an opportunity to think and feel differently about materials, people, myself, nature and God. The search for the divine in my surroundings inspires and motivates me.
Peggy Clarke is our featured artist this month. In the window of the studio and in our gallery, you can see an array of Peggy’s recent work which includes a study of small porcelain teapots and a series of large hand-coiled vessels that Peggy calls her “yoga bodies”.
Here is how she describes these pieces and what they mean to her:
Thru December 24
Thanks to everyone who came out to the opening reception on Friday! There are still lots of ornaments, bowls, plates, mugs, vases, and more, for sale in the gallery–all made by the potters at our studio. Stop by and get some holiday shopping done.
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Mimi Young is the new Potter of the Month. Her work will be on display in the front window throughout November.
“I am new to clay and find the medium very exciting and challenging. Being a painter, my work has always been 2 dimensional, focusing on creating an engaging surface. I’ve found that working with clay has fit in very well with my visual sensibility.
“The line of canisters I am showing has developed over the summer and features bits of rocks, branches and found objects that I have accumulated over many years. The collection of these elements is really what the focus of these pieces is about, the canisters are their canvas.
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Friday, October 16th, 6-9pm
Oktoberfest was a big success. Thanks to everyone who participated, and special thanks to d.b.a. in the East Village for supplying the delicious beer!!!
The work of Bob Pesce is on display in the front window and the gallery this month.
Bob Pesce is a display designer and native New Yorker who mastered the use of a potter’s wheel at age fourteen and hasn’t stopped yet. His undergraduate work at Pratt Institute and the art department at Brooklyn College has led to exhibitions of his pottery and wood sculpture at both institutions as well as a co-op gallery in Brooklyn.
His current series of ceramic pieces center on a fascination with the continuity of the cosmos as seen in the small everyday object . (Think the marbles at the end of “Men in Black”). Organic and sensuous, his pieces evoke whirlpools and flowers among other things. Think of yourself enveloped in a swirling mass of comforting energy and you’ll be right at home with his work.
Our annual staff retreat took place in early August at the beautiful upstate New York home (endearingly referred to as La Mano North) of Peggy and Howie.
Peggy is one of the owning partners at La Mano. Along with Howie, her husband, their hospitality and facilities allowed for a fantastic weekend of ceramic gas and raku firing, processes we do not have access to at our Chelsea studio.
Here are some photos of the weekend. You can see more on Facebook.
Melissa Green
Melissa Green is the current Potter of the Month. Her work, pictured below, will be featured in the front window at the studio for all of July.
Artist’s Statement
La Mano Pottery
237 West 18th Street
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Studio Hours
Monday: closed
Tuesday–Friday: 12–9
Saturday & Sunday: 12–6
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