SEEKING IDENTITY
The Potters of Miranda Thomas Pottery Studio
April 1st - April 27th
Beginning April 1st, Frog Hollow Craft Association and Gallery will exhibit “Seeking Identity,” featuring recent work by the potters of Miranda Thomas Pottery Studio. The show, which includes functional and decorative ceramics, captures the individual craft person’s aesthetic and practice within the larger team of a world famous production poetry studio, in Bridgewater, Vermont.
The pottery has always been set up on a long established “workshop” model, not as an “assembly line factory”. A place where a team of highly talented, skilled people and potters, are brought together to make lines of refined pottery to Miranda’s design, in shape, glaze, and decoration. It is a shared pursuit, to make in production, highly skilled beautiful pots for everyday use. It is cooperation at the most fundamental level. Everyone in the team of six is employed to bring their skills to the table. They learn to take part in all aspects of the making process- from throwing, decorating, making glazes, glazing, packing kilns, sorting finished pieces, etc. Everyone has a part in, and understanding of the whole process- not just a siloed part of it. It is this collaboration of skills that brings the studio pots to life. The result is a truly unique pot, each piece a true original, made by individuals for individuals.
During their own time, the potters are encouraged to use the studio to explore their own work and “identity”. They are welcome to sell independently, as they are artists. The show exhibits their individual characters through a variety of styles. The artist’s identities are reflected in their own new work.