Member List
Sacramento Potters Group / Northern California ART by FIRE 2011 Roster of Members
Terry Accomando
916-716-5259
accomandofirebox@gmail.com
- Creator of functional and decorative ceramic pieces with interesting detail, structure and textures. Her beautiful glazes highlight the form of her work.
Mary Lou Anderson
916-721-5101
marylouanythingglassart@yahoo.com
www.anythingglassart.com
- Making beautiful glass art is my passion — whether fused, leaded, foiled, or sand-carved. Jewelry, pictures in glass, and table art are also part of my work.
Laddy Barnett
530-477-8482
ladpottery@gmail.com
- Laddy celebrates the diversity of life on Earth, mainly through creating a variety of animals sculpted into pottery.
Linnell Barnhart
Barbara Bent
Sifu Berchtold
209-586-6271
sifuberchtold@hotmail.com
- I grew up in Switzerland and have been teaching pottery to groups of children and adults for many years in my studio, in classrooms, and at Amazing Glaze, now Out of Hand Creative Arts Center in Sonora.
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Shoshana Bilunos
916-434-5451(H)
916-276-7214(C)
sbilunos@me.com
- I took one class in high school and have had a wheel ever since. In 2004 I turned to clay as a therapeutic medium to compete with the stress of a family illness. I am basically self-taught with some classes thrown in. I am currently obsessed with mastering crystalline glazes.
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Sharon Bloom
530-795-3706
bloomgirl2000@hotmail.com
www.sharonbloom.com
- I am a long-time creator of hand painted ceramics, paintings, and anything art related. Painting on surfaces is my passion! Recently, I have been exploring more sculptural clay pieces. Creating texture in my work is something I am working on and I am having fun carving and scraping details into the surface.
Zygote Blum
zygote@fetishghost.com
fetishghost.blogspot.com
- In my head, I'm invisible. In reality I'm a clay covered man taking a break from a life in the studio by playing violin on street corners.
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Biff Bourne
530-647-2775
bourne28@aol.com
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Rachael Buchanan
209-795-1251
rd95223@sbcglobal.net
Vicki Calhoon
530-823-0990
vicki@coolclaypots.com
www.coolclaypots.com
- I'm drawn to a combination of colors and patterns that is reflective of the Sierra foothills, where earth, water and sky unite in harmony.
Larry Carnes
805-646-5684
lecarnes@sbcglobal.net
www.larrycarnespottery.com
- Many of the feelings and convictions that guide my life are reflected in my work. I have a Native American heritage, therefore a philosophy of respect and appreciation of the world around me: people, animals, plants, and the earth.
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Connie Chadwick
530-268-8209
- One of the group's founding members; Connie has made her livelihood from working with clay for most of her life. Also dear to her heart is her love of plants which is often combined with and represented in her clay works.
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Leslie Chambers
916-420-2926
lesliescreations@hotmail.com
www.lesliescreations.biz
- I like to work with attention to shape, style and purpose. Each of my pieces is unique and functional. The glazes I use are lead-free, microwavable, and dishwasher safe.
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Chung-Kong Chan
(916) 429-2378
Andrea Ciak
510-531-1614
smokeandclay@yahoo.com
www.smokeandclay.com
- Specializing in naked raku, saggar and pit fired ceramics, I've recently expanded my work to include encaustic (wax) paintings.
Mary Classen
916-483-3155
classenmary@yahoo.com
- I have been a full-time studio potter since 1973. I like to produce functional ware that reflects my love of my gardens.
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G. F. Cloud
Clouds Porcelain, Inc.
916-985-3411
gfcloud@cloudspottery.com
www.cloudspottery.com
- For 30 years G. F. and Penny Cloud have been making a wide variety of porcelain pottery. They have gathered together some of the most talented ceramic artists in the country, and most importantly, they have given them the place, tools and support to do the work they love and grow and prosper as artists.
Tawnia Starr Contreras
916-348-3410
artcstarr@gmail.com
Bill Creitz
510-508-3090
wmlcreitz@gmail.com
Marianne De Martini
530-885-4174
maridem@pacbell.net
mariannedemartini.com
- My interest in ceramics began at an early age when as a child I created entire market scenes out of modeling clay. Today I create hand carved candle lights, large lace bowls, delicate lotus-shaped bowls, and marbled jars made of two clays.
George J. Dymesich
831-475-5614
gdymesichclay@scshop.com
Chris Efstratis
415-867-6192
chrisefstratis@yahoo.com
www.chrisefstratis.com
- Faces interest me, whether they are sad, funny, outrageous, and it is the character of the individual I seek. Reactions from people viewing my work can range from comments like: that impairs my vision, scary, human like, comical, what were you thinking?
Richard Faulk
916-457-1413
r.faulk@comcast.net
www.aboveandbelowtheH2O.net
Sandy Feder
916-962-0955
sandy_feder@hotmail.com
www.sandyfeder.us
- I've always done some kind of art or crafts. After meeting glass blowers at the State Fair and taking many glass classes, I was hooked! At the Smithsonian in 2005 I fell in love with Georgia O'Keefe's work, sketched some of them and came back home and translated some of her designs into glass. The rest, as they say, is history.
Russell Frank
916-801-8237
russell.frank@frontiernet.net
www.flickr.com/photos/50869448@N05/
- I must have been born for art because the first time I entered a competition at age 8, I won the national grand prize — a trip for my whole family to Disneyland. From then on I have studied and worked in a variety of media, my favorites being clay and pastels.
Ruth Fricker
916-663-3443
rufio@ncbb.net
- I started throwing pots in 1973. Currently, I'm working in cone 10, white stoneware and my passion is formulating and testing high fire glazes.
Marlene Gralicer
530-642-2462
marlenes@internet49.com
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Shannon Granados
916-712-7697
shannongranados@yahoo.com
www.lightningbugkilnworks.net
- I specialize in humorous and fanciful creatures including, but not limited to: dogs, cats, dragons, whales, dinosaurs, frogs, and so on.
Kathy Gregg
209-928-3593
ggregg@frontiernet.net
www.zopolote.com
- When I sculpt with clay the essence of the earth guides my hands. What emerges is primal, instinctual, and multi-dimensional. Clay is only the beginning however, along the way molecules of various persuasions combine with the clay — feathers, wood, stones, seeds, and mosaic applications.
Bonnie Grimm
916-645-8273
donnieandbonnie@yahoo.com
Thomas Hamilton
530-476-2367
tommywillfly@gmail.com
Pat Hill
530-753-5526
hill1113@aol.com
Susan Holliday
916-726-5781
hollids@comcast.net
http://home.comcast.net/~hollids/clay.html
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Stan Holtz
209-838-3217
bisousbaggin@att.net
Cathryn Hudin
530-534-8417
cathyhudin@gmail.com
www.hudinart.com
- I fell in love with clay in 1969 and have been a "one-media woman" ever since. When not in the studio I find time to teach ceramics at Butte Community College and serve as the president of the Paradise Art Center.
John Hunter
916-853-9495
sueresq@directcon.net
- I first took an interest in clay at Stockton College and was a classmate of Viola Fry, boy did she go far. Later I took an evening Adult Ed class at Sac. City. When friends started asking for my work, I got into doing shows. After 30+ years I stopped, but I still have an interest in clay.
Isabel Judge
530-253-3235
istoneware@citlink.com
Sue Kelly
916-353-0393
reddoorceramics@yahoo.com
- Sculpting has been a life long learning process. I have been inspired by my love of animals and the human figure.
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Laura Kneppel
916-704-7174
rockyraku@yahoo.com
www.rockyraku.com
- I'm all about functional pottery, sculpture and raku-fired clay things. It's really not that difficult to fire your own raku kiln at home. All you need is some basic information and building skills. Oh, and a lot of free time to do it! Being a born pyromaniac also helps.
Donald KoppingerLeslie Laurent
530-268-0573
laurent@ncws.com
Laurie Lee
916-396-2889
lisme@sbcglobal.net
- I never saw a piece of glass I didn't like. I immediately want to play with it and transform it into something new and different.
Lorelee Love
916-791-0299
loreleelove@gmail.com
- I have been working with clay for nearly 20 years but started as a painter. When I found clay I knew I was in love. My work is wheel thrown or hand built and my signature pieces are my raku fired vessels with carved leaves.
Anita Lowe
530-878-8034
aposeylo@jps.net
http://pweb.jps.net/~aposeylo
- What started as a time-passer more than 40 years ago has developed into a major avocation.
Kanika Marshall
916-224-1786
kanika@kanika.us
http://kanikamarshall.com
- I believe that my African ancestors work through my fingers to create each collectible art sculpture. My love of clay, people, cultural traditions, African fabric, and female-oriented art combine to produce an exciting and unique form of self-expression.
Gerilyn Maslowski
916-362-3936
gerilyn.arts@yahoo.com
- I like to produce very large pots because people are impressed that someone so small can make things that are so big.
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Mic McDonald
916-393-2219
b.mic@sbcglobal.net
- Working in clay unleashes my creativity, provides an escape from my conventional, mortgage-paying side, and most importantly, makes me smile.
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Mary Mendlein
530-417-0744
mary@sunburstclayandglass.com
www.sunburstarts.com
- Living and working in the foothills of Northern California, Mary owned and operated Sunburst Pottery and Fine Art Gallery in historic gold country until 2003, and now continues to create fine art in the peaceful surroundings of her home.
Charles A. Moore
916-485-7723
chasmoor@surewest.net
- I love clay. I love the feel of clay and the potential of clay when I am throwing on the wheel and when I hand build. Clay forms attract me, as do surface treatments — painting, faceting, carving, chatter trimming, sgraffito. Above all, I love the possibilities — and the impossibilities — of glazes.
Shannon Morgan
916-257-9392
shannonjanemorgan@gmail.com
www.zhibit.org/girlglass
- Making art glass is what I love, I'm primarily self-taught and for the past 17 years I show up almost every morning and make something. With the furnace roaring and my tools and coffee right where they should be, I'm in nirvana.
Patrick Mullen
916-505-7145
frag@sbcglobal.net
Chris Navratil
530-626-7032
snoringdogpottery@comcast.net
- Chris first began making pottery in late 2001, learning from other local clay artists. Nine years and several thousand pots later, she still loves "playing dirty"; making colorful, functional pots, bowls, platters and whatever the clay decides. Her work is influenced by memories of travels in Asia and the colors of nature's beauty.
Barbara Newell
916-434-2543
bnewell@psyber.com
- I have enjoyed the feeling of wet clay on my hands for over thirty years. I wheel throw and hand build stoneware and porcelain, both decorative and functional. Textures are made using carved woodblock designs impressed into clay slabs.
Linda Osborne
1409 W. Harding Way
Stockton, CA 95203
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Rosalyn Parhams
707-631-9333
rparhams@sbcglobal.net
- My first exposure to art began with my mother making items for church fund raisers. I discovered a passion for clay and earned a degree before establishing a studio in my Fairfield home. My ceramic art is inspired by the mysticism of folk art, religious iconography, and ancient artifacts of Africa, the Americas, Europe, and Asia.
Steve Pate
209-933-9585
stevept7@gmail.com
- I started working with clay in 1970 then got a job as a production potter in southern California. The business moved to Healdsburg and I moved to Santa Cruz. In 1975, I began working at Unicorn Pottery before going out on my own. In 2002, I moved to Stockton with my business specializing in cone 10 pottery.
Nancy Paterson
916-965-7789
rightsign@lanset.com
Mark Pratton
916-296-3790
mng52@comcast.net
www.oldhomepottery.com
- Pottery to me has become a life's passion and my plan is to be making pottery the rest of my life. I started making pottery in my first year of college (1980). Little did I know then that I was "smitten;" but here I am (mumble mumble) years later, still making pots.
Jacqueline Proulx
510-531-7580
jacqueline@clayandfire.org
www.clayandfire.org
- I make sculptures up to 6 feet tall for in my garden, smaller ones for my pots, hanging flower pots with hardware frames, and vases for my home or for shows.
Elawy Prusa
530-432-8736
jerusa6@gmail.com
John Reiger
916-456-4595
reigers@earthlink.net
www.johnreigerpottery.com
- So here I am, a gently graying potter, with a modicum of success, slowly potting my way through a good life. It's a hard way to make a living, but a wonderful way to live a life!
Sharon Rizzato
916-253-3958 (H)
916-798-3016 (C)
sdizzyrizzy@gmail.com
Elemental
Designs
- A lump of clay, a spinning wheel, throwing, trimming, glazing-> Hypnotic! Open the Kiln -> Magic Pottery! Hooked!!
Darrci Robertson
916-690-1743(c)
916-685-9407(h)
darrciceramicartist@gmail.com
Colleen Romig
916-983-5244
colleen@windspiritchimes.com
www.windspiritchimes.com
Virginia Salomon
916-967-7340
vsalomon@comcast.net
Cecilia Sayer
916-834-8291
csayer45@hotmail.com
Jack Scanlon
916-737-8712
jackscanlon@comcast.net
Margo Scarpulla
707-422-2681
stormymargo@yahoo.com
smokeandclay.com
- About seven years ago I began focusing on alternative firing techniques to finish my ceramic pieces. I typically do pit-firing, naked raku, saggar-firing, and horsehair pottery. However I'm always experimenting with new ideas in ceramics, as well as other areas of art, my two new interests are encaustic painting and clay monotypes.
Christine Schultz
209-795-3789
cshultz00@yahoo.com
L. O. (Linda) Smith
916-721-0916
Brenda Soi
510-325-4541
bvansoi@yahoo.com
brendavansoi.blogspot.com
- With a passion and love for art; I specialize in handmade ceramics and jewelry.
Christine Templeton
916-686-5204
chi.ma.era@hotmail.com
- My first experience with clay and its endless possibilities, was in a series of classes with Robert Arneson. I am particularly interested in the self expression, narrative aspect of clay sculpture; that it can also be used to create functional forms is an added bonus. Life experience and my relationship to nature are what inspire my work.
Ann Testa
916-254-8457
anntesta@aol.com
www.anntesta.com
- Active in ceramics continuously since 1976, Ann does functional work in addition to the non-functional raku. She first studied ceramics at the University of California at Davis and has continued with many ceramics classes since.
Toni Thomas
916-723-5809
tft4600@yahoo.com
Jennifer Noel Tucker
530-626-4724
jtucker@internet49.com
Dianne Van de Carr
916-944-0115
cnfuzn@mac.com
www.confusionglass.com
- "I've always loved the color and texture of glass. Working in both 2-D and 3-D mediums offers many challenges and rewards. It's a thrill to see how light affects my work!"
Patience Vargas
916-425-9261
norcalartglass@gmail.com
www.norcalartglass.com
- Nor Cal Art Glass, created by Patience, features kiln formed and torch glass; including beads, pendants, and small sculptures; along with fused glass clocks, and fused glass jewelry. After making art glass for over five years, Patience is happy to say that she has many happy, repeat customers.
Elizabeth Wocasek
916-802-4722 (H)
916-761-8616 (C)
elizabethwocasek@yahoo.com
www.ewocasek-art.com
- I have been a working artist for about 10 years and work in several media including art furniture, ceramics, and paintings. My "Earthen Critters" for the garden or home, are inspired by my love of furred and feathered creatures.
Kathy White
209-477-4273
claybike73@sbcglobal.net
David Wilkerson / ACAI Studios
916-966-2453
acaistudios@gmail.com
www.acaistudios.com
- ACAI Studios is a community studio operated by the Allied Ceramics Art Institute (ACAI). The Studio provides the space, equipment and support needed for ceramic artists and offer outstanding artistic, educational, and collaborative opportunities in ceramic arts.
Don Yost
916-961-3306
doyost@aol.com
- Started ceramics program at Cordova High. Retired in 2000 and built a studio. More craftsman than artist. Invented "greedy cup." Been around since dirt was invented.
Itsuko Zenitani
510-271-6775
itsukoceramics@sbcglobal.net
itsukoceramics.net
- For the past several decades, Itsuko has developed unique throwing and decorating techniques such as hand-throwing porcelain to near translucent thinness.
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