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
Our next meeting is
Saturday, March 25th, 2023, 3:00-5:00
WHERE
The Clay Lady’s Campus
1416 Lebanon Pike, Nashville, Tennessee 37210
HOW
Due to the large attendance, we request you RSVP your intention to attend by emailing danielle@theclaylady.com
MEETINGS
The focus of our meetings center on how we as potters, which are usually solitary workers, are stronger together than apart. Community is important to sustain our industry.
We will have speakers, Q&A, table talk with specific topics and of course, networking and conversation!
Due to the large attendance, we request you RSVP your intention to attend by emailing danielle@theclaylady.com
DUES
Members will not be asked to pay monetary dues. However, there will be an ask at each meeting for a piece of your work to benefit our creative, non-profit, communities of Tennessee.
March 25 meeting will require a bowl donation for Cooking on the Square Empty Bowl event to benefit Habitat for Humanity.
Come early to the meeting and participate in our Spring Bowl-A-Thon in our pottery studio from 9:00-3:00! Clay is provided!
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.
We are honored to announce that the speakers for our March 25 meeting will be Susan DeMay, Alexia Marcelle Abegg, and Becca Jane Koehler. All production minded potters with highly successful careers as makers.
Susan DeMay
Susan DeMay produces functional and decorative stoneware pottery and other artistic forms, such as wall works, sculptural vases, and tile projects. Since 1985 she has maintained a studio, Made by deMay, in Smithville, Tennessee with the help a number of assistants. Her work includes a production line of tabletop wares as well as a series of art pieces. All clay work uses colorful glazes with a variety of surfaces, put together to create rich, expressive palettes and distinctive designs.
Alexia Marcelle Abegg
Alexia Marcelle Abegg is an artist currently working in Nashville, Tennessee. Her hands are always moving. Alexia works with clay, paper, textiles, paint, ink and dye. After establishing a successful career designing, selling, and curating a textile line, Alexia embeds these same elements of simple, yet elegant designs on the surface of her functional pottery.
https://alexiamarcelleabegg.com
Becca Jane Koehler
Becca Jane Koehler is a ceramic artist and illustrator in Nashville, TN. Becca earned her BFA in Furniture Design in 2005 from Savannah College of Art and Design. After 10 years of designing and illustrating for major dinnerware retailers worldwide, Becca is now a maker of hand painted ceramics.
Speakers from our last meeting
Members
| MEMBER | LOCATION | BUSINESS NAME | SOCIAL | WEBSITE | |
| Adriane Smith | LaVergne | Clay & Company | hello@clayandcompany.net | clay_and_company | www.clayandcompany.net |
| Aleta Chandler | ArtCurious Studio | Aleta@artcuriousshop.com | www.artcuriousstudio.com | ||
| Alexia Abegg | Nashville | alexiamarcelleabegg@gmail.com | |||
| Alexie Smith | Nashville | LXCeramics | alexie.smith78@gmail.com | youknowlexx | |
| Alexis Colbert | Nashville | When Bunnies Fly | info@alexiscolbert.com | whenbunniesfly | www.alexiscolbert.com |
| Alissa Goss | Nashville | alissagoss@gmail.com | agstudio | www.agstudioshop.com | |
| Amanda Mason | Ginkgo Pottery Studio | ginkgopotterystudio@gmail.com | |||
| Anna Turner | aturner@dtccom.net | ||||
| Anna Whitworth | From Earth to Art | Fromearth2art@aol.com | fromearthtoartpottery | www.fromearthtoart.org | |
| Anne Wilkins | annemwilkins@gmail.com | ||||
| Anne-Marie Narey | Nashville | Anne-Marie Narey Ceramics & Glass | anarey@artic.edu | corner_of_mischief | |
| Ashely Claiborne | languageisliquid@gmail.com | rumcatclayworks | |||
| Asia Mathis | Nashville | asiamathis@icloud.com | |||
| Audra Ladd | Nashville | Audra Ladd Studios | audraladd@gmail.com | ||
| August Bremer | august.bremer@gmail.com | ||||
| Avery Sledesky | asledesky@gmail.com | ||||
| Barb Bates | bates.bb123@yahoo.com | ||||
| Beth Barnard | Nashville | Beth Barnard Art | bethbarnardart@gmail.com | ||
| Brad Henderson | Nashville | Old School Farm Pottery | brad@oldschoolfarm.org | oldschoolfarmpottery | |
| Carly Swindell | carly.a.swindell@gmail.com | ||||
| Cass Fagan | Fairview | Posh Porcelain | faganck@gmail.com | clay_and_company | www.clayandcompany.net |
| Cass Minutillo | cassi.minutillo@gmail.com | ||||
| Cassis Pitman | Nashville | cassis.pitman@gmail.com | |||
| Cathy Power | claygirlcat@gmail.com | ||||
| Chandler Al | chandler.anc@gmail.com | ||||
| Chelsea Lingerfeldt | Nashville | Chelsea Faith Ceramics | hello@chelseafaith.com | chelseafaith | chelseafaith.com |
| Cheryl Benus | Nashville | cheryleveclayworks@gmail.com | |||
| Christine Roth | Clarksville | The Singing Gecko | skot2526@msn.com | ||
| Claire Marie | claire.wachowiak@gmail.com | ||||
| Claudette Tidwell | Nashville | claudt2002@aol.com | |||
| Courtney Steck | Nashville | cabelson21@gmail.com | |||
| Dan Gutzman | Hendersonville | Part of Me Pottery | partofmepottery@yahoo.com | ||
| Danielle McDaniel | Nashville | The Clay Lady | danielle@theclaylady.com | clayladycampus | www.theclaylady.com |
| Dan Swindell | Nashville | dcswindell@gmail.com | |||
| Debbie Copley | Debbie@dc-pottery.com | ||||
| Dena Hershkowitz | dena1025@comcast.net | ||||
| Devi Sanford | Nashville | Devi Sanford Photography | devi@devisanford.com | ||
| Emilee Martin | Nashville | Mineral Haus | emilee@shopmineralhaus.com | mineral.haus | www.shopmineralhaus.com |
| Emilia McCann | Nashville | West America Pottery | emilia.c.mccann@gmail.com | westamericapottery | |
| Emma Elliott | emma.boyd.elliott@gmail.com | ||||
| Emoke Pulay | Nashville | emokekat@yahoo.com | emoke_pulay | ||
| Ginny Smith | virginia0571@att.net | ||||
| Heide Weidner | Cookeville | Pine Hill Pottery | hzweidner@gmail.com | ||
| Ingrid Alexander | iialexa49@gmail.com | ||||
| Isha El | goddessofwisdom222@gmail.com | ||||
| Jenn Beresford | jenn_beresford | ||||
| Jenna Beth Walker | Nashville | jennabethw@gmail.com | |||
| Jenni Kelly | Rockwood | Kelly Pottery | jennisculpts@yahoo.com | ||
| Jennifer Dutton | jduttondesign@gmail.com | ||||
| Jessica Russell | Dickson | Studio Ember | jtrussell27@gmail.com | sudtio.ember | www.studio-ember.com |
| Jill Anderson | Nashville | Feral Pottery Co. | drjillelizabeth@gmail.com | ||
| Jill Sink | jdsink@comcast.net | ||||
| Joanie Curry | Nashville | Curry & Clay | curryjoans@gmail.com | backyardpotter | |
| JoAnn Velez | |||||
| Joseph McDaniel | Nashville | joseph@midsouthceramics.com | |||
| Joshua Wagner | Nashville | Round Table Pottery | jodadesign@gmail.com | roundtablepottery | |
| Judith Kenigson Kristy | jkinterp@gmail.com | ||||
| Julie Cummings | College Grove | juliegc4@gmail.com | pottersgrovestudio | ||
| Julie Filson | Nashville | juliesglazedgallery@gmail.com | |||
| Karen Kupelian | klkupelian@gmail.com | ||||
| Kathy& Martin O’Donnell | Franklin | odonnell5661@gmail.com | |||
| Kelly Carter | Nashville | ke.carter@me.com | |||
| Kelsey Klein | 2000kelseyk@gmail.com | ||||
| Kerby Wilkes | Nashville | kerbywilkes@gmail.com | |||
| Kristen Frenzel | kristenfrenzel@yahoo.com | kristen_frenzel | |||
| Leah Looper | leah.looper@pcsstn.com | ||||
| Leah Quazi | Nashville | LeeBee Pottery | leebeequa@gmail.com | leebeepottery | |
| Leam Lescheck | lescheckleam@gmail.com | ||||
| Lee Marshall | Silver Ridge Pottery | lmarsh1220@aol.com | www.silverridgepottery.com | ||
| Linda Crossan | Franklin | Crowsthree Studio | lcrossan@comcast.net | crowsthreestudio.com | |
| Lisa Brown | librown@TractorSupply.com | ||||
| Lola Duff | Nashville | loladuff22@gmail.com | |||
| Lyndy Rutledge | Nashville | Meant to Soar Designs | lyndyrutledge@gmail.com | meanttosoar | |
| Malinda Brafford | malmorgan7@gmail.com | ||||
| Marilee Hall | Marileehall1@gmail.com | ||||
| Marissa Shapiro | shapiro.marissa@gmail.com | ||||
| Martha Duff | Nashville | marthabduff@gmail.com | |||
| Mary Margaret Ulderich | Camden | Ulderich Pottery | ulderichmm@live.com | ||
| Megha Rodriguez | megha@higherhumanity.com | ||||
| Melissa McKee | Nashville | melissadmckee@gmail.com | |||
| Melissa Trace | Nashville | tracemelissa@yahoo.com | |||
| Merideth Holder | Nashville | Merideth Holder Pottery | merideth.walter@gmail.com | merideth.holder | www.meridthholder.com |
| Michael Tackeff | michael.tackeff@gmail.com | ||||
| Michelle Coker | Nashville | annamichellecoker@gmail.com | |||
| Namir Rivera | namir_rivera@yahoo.com | ||||
| Nancy Castle | finleys5@yahoo.com | ||||
| Patrick Green | Cookesville | Misty Mountain Studios | patrick.green@volstate.edu | ||
| Philip Woodard | Westmoreland | Philip Woodard Art | philipwoodardart@gmail.com | ||
| Ralph DiPalma | Nashville | ralph.dipalma@comcast.net | |||
| Rachel Kirby | Nashville | rachel.kirby96@gmail.com | |||
| Rebecca Jacobs | Nashville | rebeccaajacobs@hotmail.com | |||
| Rebekah Tran | rebekahjtran@gmail.com | ||||
| Robbie Lustig | Nashville | Ceramics by Robbie | rjl209@aol.com | ||
| Roy Overcast | Nashville | roy@royovercast.com | |||
| Sandrine Hope | Clarksville | French Frog Pottery | sandrine@frans2bama.com | ||
| Sarah Bollinger | Nashville | Slow Life Pottery | bollinger.se@gmail.com | slowlifepottery | |
| Sarah Ferguson | Fairview | souchee@gmail.com | |||
| Sarah Forno | Fairview | sarahforno@gmail.com | |||
| Sarah Hearn | Nashville | sarahwhearn@gmail.com | |||
| Sarah Humphreys | sbyrd95@gmail.com | www.sarahbyrdhumphreys.com | |||
| Sharla Williams | dsbwilliams@yahoo.com | ||||
| Sherry Whitten | sherry@thewhittens.net | ||||
| Susan Fuller | Black Eyed Susan Pottery | suecfuller1994@gmail.com | |||
| Susan Lawless | Clarksville | Susan Lawless Ceramics | slawless01@att.net | susanlawlessceramics | www.susanlawlessceramics.com |
| Susan DeMay | Nashville | Made by DeMay | susandemay@gmail.com | www.susandemay.com | |
| Susan Jackson | Nashville | sandjjackson@msn.com | |||
| Suzanne Bingham | Nashville | smlbingham@gmail.com | |||
| Tami Archer | Nashville | tami@midsouthceramics.com | |||
| Tammy Gentuso | Nashville | Studio Gentuso | tsgentuso@yahoo.com | tammygentuso, Nashville_clayscape | https://studiogentuso.com/ |
| Thomas Svitek | thomas.svitek@gmail.com | ||||
| Theresa Alley | theresamarie827@gmail.com | ||||
| Timothy Weber | Kingston Springs | T Weber Pottery | tweberpottery@gmail.com | ||
| Tina Atkinson | Nashville | Art with Dr. A | dr.tinaatkinson@gmail.com | ||
| Tish Witkin | tish92610@aim.com | ||||
| Tom Turnbull | Nashville | turnbullpottery@gmail.com | |||
| Tom Rice | Tom Rice Pottery | tomrice03@yahoo.com | |||
| Treva Gordon | Nashville | The Wish Farm | treva@trevamusic.com | trevab, thewishfarm | www.thewishfarm.com |
| Victoria May | Nashville | hvbmay@icloud.com | |||
| Virginia Wiley | wileyvf@comcast.net |
CONTACT
danielle@theclaylady.com
Danielle McDaniel~The Clay Lady
2022-2023 Representative of Tennessee Potter’s Society
615-242-0346
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