Welcome to Good Earth Pottery! We are located in the Fairhaven district of Bellingham WA! We showcase pottery pieces from local Whatcom County Artists.

* Click on any image to see that artist's gallery page * Good Earth Pottery proudly represents the following artists:
	Teapots February is our traditional month to feature an item many people use everyday: the teapot. The artistic interpretations on this classic form are endless, as you'll see in this multi-artist showing. You may never look at your teapot the same way again! *More photos will be added as additional artists bring in their work throughout the month, so be sure to check back to see more delightful teapots.
	Deb Martin Deb was introduced to pottery by taking lessons in the old studio at Good Earth Pottery. Initially Deb worked part time as a potter while maintaining her career as a local instructor and guide for mountain climbing, skiing, and kayaking. After selling for several years at local arts and crafts shows she brought her work back to Good Earth where she now sells exclusively as one of the owners. Her brilliant high-fired stoneware glazes reflect her love of nature's intense color and design. Deb continuously strives to develop glazes and shapes to produce functional yet beautifully crafted pottery.
	Linda Stone Linda studied art throughout high school and college while growing up in the Midwest but always felt like an "artist without a medium" until she moved to Bellingham, Washington where she discovered pottery. After many years of raising and supporting her family she began to sell her pottery at local art and craft shows and now sells exclusively at Good Earth as one of the owners. Linda enjoys working in stoneware because of its functionality and texture. "My hope is that those who use my pottery can experience a little of the joy I feel about my life in the Pacific Northwest."
	Clarissa Callesen Clarissa is inspired by folk art, mandalas, Mexican art, ancient symbols, tattoo imagery,the feminine form--and puts them all together with a touch of whimsy. Her pieces are meant to bring joy and fun to your everyday life.
	Patsy Thola Chamberlain Patsy was born in Yakima, Washington and raised on a fruit orchard; she loved hiking and fishing in the nearby mountains. She received a BA degree in Art and Design and and MFA in painting from the University of Washington. Later, in Berkeley, she began working with clay, throwing cups and bowls on the wheel. After several years, handbuilding begain to interest her as she felt a more intimate relationship with the clay.
	Ann Marie Cooper Ann Marie has always had a passion for pottery, and for years had wanted to try her own hands at making it. When she began working at Good Earth, she was surrounded with inspiration, encouragement and support from the local potters. She began with wheel-throwing, but it was through hand-building that her passion truly came to life. She's particularly drawn to texturizing clay with stamping, carving, and especially coiling. The organic naature of coils--their ability to go anywhere and be anything--has her "seeing the world through coiled glasses".
	Jayme Curley The wild and alive Northwest beaches, forests, land and seascapes provide a world of imagination for Jayme's creations of sculptural watercolor and collage in clay. Her vases and sculptures are hand-built from a low-fire clay which becomes white and slightly porous when fired, revealing exciting surfaces for water color, pencils collage--a receptive theatre for her imaginings.
	Ann Marie DeCollibus We know Ann Marie as the great ceramics teacher at Bellingham High School, but she was actually raised "severely Italian" from the Eastern United States. The colors and patterns of her majolica ware reflect her roots as well as her love of cooking homemade food. "My pots are designed to serve food and feed the soul." Her greatest joy is seeing one of her pots in someone else's arms, filled with gorgeous food!
	Lynn Dee Lynn studied and created pottery as well as fiber art for many years and after moving to the Pacific Northwest, she initially established herself as a potter and as a fiber artist. These past few years though, creating Raku pottery has become Lynn's fulltime endeavor in her studio on Lummi Island. Raku pottery glazes continue to challenge and intrigue Lynn. "Every Raku firing is exciting, and continues to stimulate my imagination. There is no limit to the possibilities."
	Julie deRouche' Julie uses porcelain clay to hand build whimsical shapes that are both functional and decorative. She uses oxides over glaze to create a patina effect sometimes using china paint on the finished ware to create a floral look to her dinnerware, baskets or pocket vases.
	Lynn and Judy Foley - Weasel Glass These sisters are the creators of Weasel Glass Jewelry. Each piece is handmade with polished stones and gems to create a harmony of earthy hues and elegant designs. Lynn credits the forest and the beach for her designs. "While sitting on the beach I always look for the perfect stone for my pocket. I take it home and I'm easily pleased by nature's element." Their handmade bracelets, pendants and earrings are a well-known attraction at Good Earth.
	Wendy Gingell After three art degrees and several years of work in the social services sector--not the arts--with tons of support from friends and family, Wendy finally starting taking ceramics seriously. Wendy enjoys functional ceramics because it's an easy way for anyone to incorporate art into their everyday lives. The imagery she uses plays one role: to make you smile. One of Wendy's greatest joys is seeing others use pieces she's built with love, patience and excitement.
	Kent Herschleb Kent lives in Portland, Oregon now, and is, therefore, an exception to Good Earth's "within a 50 mile radius of Bellingham" rule. However, his relationship to Good Earth dates back to the late 1980's, and he's a big part of our history. So when he moved away, we couldn't let him go all together. Kent strives to create elegant and simple forms reminiscent of his roots in Minnesota where he studied pottery from Warren McKenzie. Kent is dedicated to functional ware and feels it is important to enjoy the physical interaction of using the pottery as well as the visual appreciation.
	Isaac Howard Isaac strives to create work that accentuates the sensual experience of our daily habits and rituals. "I am interested in exploring our relationships with pots by relating nature and the inherent body language that can be seen in pottery. We describe pottery in human terms: pots have lips to drink from, necks, shoulders, bellies and feet that carry. This association with the human body may be a pot's most potent way to relate to the user and enhance the experience of eating and drinking. To me this is what makes pottery singular."
	Linda Hughes Linda's pastime activity of learning ceramics turned into a passion to discover as much as possible of the ceramic world. The influence of Mexican and Islamic art led her to a study of Cuerda Seca, a technique developed in Turkey during the 12th century as a way to decorate mosques. Linda has updated this process to create her own unique variation of decorative and utilitarian stoneware that is food safe and dishwasher proof.
	Karen Jackson Karen began working in clay with molds and then discovered hand-building to be more creative and rewarding. Her "Sea Baskets" are unglazed to reflect the beach while a glossy glaze on the inside is used to represent the sea water. The food safe glazes enable her baskets to be used for serving dishes as well as vases or floats for candles and tea lights. Molded starfish and shells are embellished on the outside reflecting her love for the sea.
	Irene Lawson Irene is an avid quilter, bead artist, and Pysanky egg artist. She has always been interested in ceramics with a focus on intricate surface decoration. She has decorated eggs in the Ukrainian style for over 15 years and now she is trying to translate these patterns from the outside curve of an egg to the inside curve of a functional bowl. The unlimited possibilities of geometric designs and color combinations keep her motivated to add just one more dot or one more color!
	Cheryl A. Lee Cheryl has combined her lifelong interests and education in both art and biology to create clay vessels based on native plants and animals of the Northwest region. She is continually inspired by the beautiful varieties, shapes and textures, patterns and repetitions that nature offers in these organic forms. Stoneware forms, including lidded containers, vases, bowls and rattles, are constructed by hand through a combination of pottery-making techniques, including slab-building, hand pressing from original molds and handbuilding. All are glaze-fired in kilns at her home studio near Bellingham. Cheryl currently features four major themes in her clay works: the garden, the pond the forest and the sea.
	Eugene and Ene' Lewis Ene' and Gene together have a total of almost ten decades of playing and working with clay, beginning with digging clay from the creek beds in the wilds of New Jersey. They first met each other at Alfred University in New York and opened their first studio in Brooklyn. In 1980 they moved to Bellingham and created Indian Street Pottery as their studio and gallery. They are both well known as accomplished ceramic artists and art educators who enjoy exploring the endless possibilities of clay.
	Michael McDowell Michael began making pottery at Good Earth in the early 70's. He thinks of working in clay as a spiritual practice. "I am a monk for your clay." Michael prefers working in stoneware because of its functionality which he believes allows the user to develop an intimate relationship with the vessel. His goal is for his pottery to quietly capture the users' attention and add a depth of meaning to their daily experience.
	Chris Moench Chris fled a desk job doing legal work to pursue a full-time career in ceramics. He began his career by producing garden sculptures, tiles, and functional house ware. In 2000, Chris's claywork took a wondrous new direction when he created his first prayer wheel. Later, mounted on a revolving stand at an outdoor gallery, the wheel became a vessel for people to place thoughts and prayers inside on pieces of paper. Today, Chris works full-time designing and sculpting modern prayer wheels that have been revolving and evolving at public exhibits across the west.
	Patricia Morse Formerly a passionate painter of large abstract paintings, Patricia's love affair with clay began unexpectedly when she found herself teaching clay workshops on the UC Berkeley Campus during the Sixties. After making thrown tableware for twenty years, Pat has turned to hand-building fulltime. Her source of inspiration is the majesty of the natural world, as revealed in its rhythms and cycles.
	Jeremy Noet Jeremy was born and raised in Alaska where he first studied pottery in high school. Although he considered himself more a science or math major when he began college, by his second year he had changed his major to art because of his interest in pottery. His desire was to make and sell pottery that was functional as well as affordable. When he moved to Bellingham he was introduced to Good Earth and to his studio upstairs. Jeremy looks at pottery as an "accumulation of ideas and levels of experience" appreciating the ways that the form and glaze interact with each other.
	Terry Quinn Beach combing has been a passion of Terry's since spending time at her Grandfather's home on a nearby beach. She enjoys making art from found objects. These Beach Angels are created by combining wire wrapping, beadwork and beach glass. Each piece is unique and original.
	Larry Richmond and Peggy Kondo Larry Richmond's ceramic work shows the influence of Northern California Indian baskets and his time spent working and teaching on the Hoopa Indian Reservation. Using contemporary interpretations of traditional basket shapes and designs, Larry achieves a balance between woven materials and clay that is both natural and pleasing. Peggy Kondo's punch needle originals add textural splashes of color to Larry's pots, and make stunning framed wall pieces on their own.
	Lonnie Schang A local high school art and ceramics teacher, Lonnie creates whimsical ceramic sculptures and vessels using a surface decoration technique called sgrafitto. He embellishes the black and white forms with a variety of colorful underglazes. Strange creatures, bugs, animals, plant forms, bacon and baseball players populate Lonnie's ceramic world.
	Carrie Selting Carrie had an adventurous and imaginative childhood full of travels and the arts, which has inspired a love of the natural world and of beautiful things. Carrie strives to create unique items that enhance our personal spaces and experiences, and demonstrate a deep appreciation for history, geometry and our earth.
	Robert Small Robert was a busy Doctor of Optometry before retiring and having the time to finally pursue his desire to work with clay. He has painted in oils and watercolors, but his true attraction is to the vibrant colors and the spontaeous variety found in the art of Raku, a clay-firing process dating back to the 16th century. He enjoys the challenge of combining nature's scenic beauty and the world of clay through the Raku process.
	Shelly Stark "I can't keep my hands out of clay. As a mother, commercial fisherman in Kodiak, and construction worker I've had my hands in all kinds of things, but clay is best. I learned to love clay in the 80's in between fishing seasons and winter travel in Alaska. When I bring a good natured usefulness and gentle animated happiness to the clay, I know I've made a successful pot. I am lucky to be able to finally realize my hearts desire: to make well-crafted useful pots that are pleasing to the eye and hand. I hope to connect the user of my pottery to a craft with a rich tradition, knowing that it was made with care and attention."
	Todd Stephens Todd's passion is creating distinctive art pieces for the home and teaching clay art classes in local public schools. His interest in ceramics began while working in Mexico. The vivid colors and variety of designs captivated his imagination. The ceramics Todd creates, often have surface decorations of mountains, leaves, and salmon which reflect his love for the natural environment. Classical art designs he viewed while visiting Italy and Greece also influence the forms and decoration of Todd's work. Stoneware clays, along with the potter’s wheel and hand-building are used to produce the forms. Surface designs and colors are achieved by using in-house glazes (made in small batches from raw materials), by carving into the clay, and with post-firing treatments (for example, horse hair reduction).
	Debra Stern Debra grew up in the rural Midwest, which gave her insight and appreciation of her surroundings from an early age. She continues to be inspired spiritually in interpreting nature's three-dimensional gifts unto the two-dimensions of her clay vessel walls. Each piece is hand-thrown on a wheel and fired in an electric kiln. After bisque firing, she sketches and hand-glazes each before a second firing. Newly arrived in Bellingham, Debra is the newest artist to join the Good Earth Pottery gallery.
	Andy Wollman-Simson "The thing that inspires me most about being a potter, out of a universe of factors, is probably a visceral, sensory attachment I have to the clay." Andy started out at Good Earth as an apprentice then opened his own studio in Deming. His high-fired stoneware glazes have an understated timelessness that reflects his attention to the functionality of his craft.
	Yuki Adams Contemporary Northwest Coast Art Prints Terrea Bennett Notecards of Original Artwork Tom and Anne Constans Clay Artists Joseph Illg Crabcat Northwest Coastal Tiles Kristen Fisher Flameworked Pyrex Glass Jewelry and Pens Jill Heuser Handmade Soaps and Lotion, Bath Salts and Soy Candles Jan Lor Mixed-media Prints & Originals Ben Mann Art Prints Ginger Oppenheimer Photographic Notecards Belinda Parten Clay Artist Laurie Potter Prints and Notecards of Original Artwork Timothy Siegfried Hand-built Stoneware Pottery Pat Smith Stoneware Vessels and Urns Jamie Veirs Functional Stoneware

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