You are invited to attend the inaugural meeting of the Tennessee Potter’s Society, a bi-annual gathering of Tennessee potters for celebration, education and preservation of our clay industry, on Saturday, August 27th, 3:00-5:00pm on The Clay Lady’s Campus. At each meeting, professional potters speak on their experiences of building their skill as well as their career as a potter. The remainder of the meeting will focus on conversation to network, mentor, and educate. To learn more visit www.tennesseepotterssociety.com.
Every skill level is welcomed! It is our connection that makes each of us stronger!
Please plan to join us (and bring 2 mugs for this inaugural year membership dues)! Email danielle@theclaylady.com to reserve your seat.
Tennessee Potter's Society
Tennessee Potter’s Society provides meetings to gather potters of all experience and skill levels for celebration, preservation, and education to ensure a strong community and sustainable industry for clay artists.
WHEN
Saturday, August 27, 3:00-5:00 PM
WHERE
The Clay Lady’s Campus
1416 Lebanon Pike, Nashville, Tennessee 37210
MEETINGS
The focus of our meeting is how we as potters, which are usually solitary workers, are stronger together than apart.
We will have speakers, Q&A, table talk with specific topics and of course, networking and conversation!
DUES
First year dues: 2 mugs. One for a mug exchange with attendees and one for a donation to Cups of Co-opportunity, an event that benefits Borderless Arts of Tennessee, an arts organization for artists with disabilities.
SPEAKERS
Each meeting will have different potters with various experience and backgrounds that share of their experience as Tennessee Potter’s followed by Q&A.
SECURE YOUR ATTENDANCE
BY EMAILING DANIELLE@THECLAYLADY.COM
CHELSEA FAITH
Chelsea faith ceramics was born from a yearning to work with my hands again after retiring from being a hairstylist after having my son. I instantly fell in love with the art form and knew that it was something I wanted to pursue but had no clue just how big it would be for me. My business started in the early months of 2020 and when the pandemic hit it was what kept our family going. During that time my business exploded, within months my Instagram grew by thousands, my shop continued to sell out and before I knew it my little ole hobby was a full blown business. More recently, I opened my very first studio and pop up store.
ROY OVERCAST
Roy got into pottery because he thought it looked easy. An art student at MTSU, he happened upon other art students in a pottery studio and told himself it would be a piece of cake.
Roy chose clay to express himself because of its spontaneity, sculptural and utilitarian aspects. The use of the potter’s wheel and hand-building techniques are used in the productions of his forms since 1970.
TOM TURNBULL
Tom Turnbull creates exquisite pottery—the culmination of a life dedicated to ceramics. Tom’s father was a pioneer who produced clay for the burgeoning field of ceramic arts in the early 60s. He founded Standard Ceramic Supply where Tom learned about clay production and was inspired by the many talented potters who sought his father’s technical expertise.
Tom’s mastery of his craft began with apprenticeships with Charles Counts, author of Common Clay, renowned folk-art potter Legatha Walston, and studied with Bauhaus-trained master potter Marguerite Wildenhain. In 1986, Tom founded Mid-South Ceramic Supply Company, developing the highly-acclaimed Opulence Glaze™ line. Both company and patents were sold to an international corporation and Tom now devotes himself to pottery full-time. He is a craftsman, an artist, and a glaze chemist who is breaking ground by painting with glaze on porcelain canvas.
CONTACT
danielle@theclaylady.com
Danielle McDaniel~The Clay Lady
2022-2023 Representative of Tennessee Potter’s Society
615-242-0346
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