Ceramics, Sculpture
Monkeytown Pottery
20603 Airmont Road,
Bluemont, VA 20135
Snickers Gap Cluster, 2025 Stop #25
Stoneware clay
Artist's Statement
I have been a potter for over 30 years, my focus is on form and function as well as surface design. I mix and use colored slips on bare clay to carve and sculpt illustrations, often featuring nature, especially trees and mountains, and many recurring animal characters from the woods and fields of the Blue Ridge. I strive to make beautifully crafted functional art. I have always been fascinated by Art that tells a story, many of the pots I make tell a story. Some of the characters you might find are tortoises, owls, ravens and birds, bears and deer, foxes, bunnies and horses. They interact with each other, they seem to be having very full lives outside our windows. Dinosaurs, and many mythical “monsters” show up in the stories as well. It just depends on the pot as to what you see. I can tell you what the characters mean to me, but it’s up to the viewer to decide the story.
Bowl with mint green glaze on inside, carved black slip with nature scene and birds on outside.
Stoneware clay
Casserole dish with blue glaze on inside, carved horses and owls in nature scene with black slip on outside.
Stoneware clay
Dinosaur scene with asteroids and UFOs black slip on red clay, carved. Green glaze on inside.
Stoneware clay
Large bird bath designed as a tree. The base is the trunk and the bowl is the branches.
Stoneware clay
Stoneware clay
Stoneware clay
Stoneware clay
Stoneware clay
Stoneware clay
Available from this artist:
From mugs to casseroles, vases, plates, teapots, big bowls, serving trays, and more!
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday - June 6, 7 and 8, 2025
Map and Directions:
Get directions from Google Maps (opens new window) or Apple Maps (opens new window).
Additional notes on the directions:We are really in the village of Bloomfield. Look for the Coca-Cola sign saying Freeman's store, there is also a Monkeytown Pottery sign there, park in the parking lot and come on in.
Connect with this artist:
You can also find this artist on Instagram as @monkeytownpottery and on Facebook as @monkeytownpottery