Starting pottery classes at High School age gave me a jump start for the years it takes to learn how to throw well on the potter’s wheel. A few years later, I was lucky enough to get an apprenticeship with a master potter, Harry Holl at Scargo Pottery, Dennis Ma. It was during the cold winters I really got good at the difficult shapes, compound curves, and larger forms, which define a good potter. There was a supportive community of potters and artists there, which I’ve remained friends with to this day. Also, many of the skills I learned, I continue to use with my students.

I now have several ceramic styles. Raku, sagger fired work, and sculpture, to name a few. Most of my work is high-fired stoneware. Pieces are hand thrown on a potters’ wheel, trimmed, handles added if needed, possibly carving and incising, or altering the pieces sculpturally. After firing, each piece is glazed by pouring, dipping, or brushing, then fired again to 2,350. degrees F.

Teaching ceramics is a fun and rewarding part of my career. My students are ages 6 through adult. Group classes and week-long summer programs let the students create sculpture/hand building, glazing projects and will learn the technique of throwing on the potters’ wheel.

ArtistElizabeth WoolrychJuried MediumClay/CeramicsLocationStudio 6Websitewww.ewoolrychpottery.comPhone619-236-8997Emailewoolrych@hotmail.comClass Flyerspanishvillageartcenter.com