APF Ceramics by Artist
Madrid, NM
Patty Bilbro
Bilbro creates both functional and non-functional work utilizing wheel-thrown and hand-built forms with geometric patterns and free-form illustrations.
Lincoln, NE
Andy Bissonnette
Bissonnette is acutely interested in the union of form, surface, utility, and the relationship between clay body and glaze.
Kansas City, MO
Bekah Bliss
Bekah Bliss' functional ceramics are carefully considered—utilizing textured surfaces, modeled on elements of nature and architecture.
Seagrove, NC
Yael Braha
Yael Braha creates functional ceramics with bold and stylized surface patterns which feature tessellations, optical, and geometrical illusions.
Randallstown, MD
Sam Briegel
Sam Briegel grew up in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains in Knoxville, TN. She was awarded her MFA in ceramics from Ohio University (Athens) in 2018 and went on to a year-long residency at District Clay Center in Washington, DC.
Philadelphia, PA
Sarah Chenoweth Davis
Sarah Chenoweth Davis earned an MFA in applied craft and design from the Oregon College of Art and Craft and the Pacific Northwest College of Art, and a BA in biology from the College of Wooster in Ohio.
Omaha, NE
John Cohorst
John Cohorst, a Midwest-based artist, creates functional and sculptural art objects. He holds a BFA and MA with a concentration in functional ceramics from Pittsburg State University (Pittsburg, KS).
Candler, NC
Will Dickert
Will Dickert creates stoneware pottery and vessels in his shared studio space situated among a vibrant community of makers and artists along the French Broad River.
Seattle, WA
Jennifer Fujimoto
Jennifer Fujimoto's art conveys themes rooted in her mixed-race heritage and the universal desire for connection with others. It features delightfully expressive faces and simple line art with bold splashes of color and references traditional Japanese and European motifs.
Athens, OH
Stuart Gair
Stuart Gair grew up in Northeast Ohio where his interests in local materials, historiography, and the ceramic process first began. He often references past cultures and civilizations in his work as a way to understand specific groups through the objects they created.
New York, NY
Mary Gattorna of Weather Report Ceramics
Gattorna's vessels are inspired by a lifelong obsession with dramatic landscapes and skies, and are created with the intention of enhancing the drama and distinctiveness of flora and fauna.
Dollar Bay, MI
Kenyon Hansen
Kenyon Hansen is a studio potter and educator in the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan. His work has appeared in numerous publications and exhibitions around the country and abroad.
Evansville, IN
Alisa (Al) Holen
Al Holen's ceramic work focuses on formal and metaphorical relationships, often staging forms in postures of dependency, elevation, support, aggression, or comfort. Her work is nearly always functional while maintaining a strong sculptural presence.
Kansas City, MO
Meredith Host
Meredith Host produces contemporary tableware and textiles with retro flair. Her dot patterns are inspired by her collection of toilet paper and paper towel designs.
Shafer, MN
Peter Jadoonath
Jadoonath’s work is centered around functional, narrative-driven pottery with a sculptural presence. He describes it best in his own words: “My intent is to create pots that are drawings, and drawings that are pots.”
Yarmouth Port, MA
Nicole McLaughlin
Nicole McLaughlin was born and raised in Massachusetts but spent much of her early childhood in Mexico. As a first generation Mexican-American, she is heavily influenced by her multicultural upbringing and her childhood memories of visiting her mother’s home town of Cuernavaca, Mexico.
Sebastopol, CA
Didem Mert
Didem Mert (she/they) was born and raised in Cincinnati, OH. Mert received their BFA in ceramics from Northern Kentucky University (Highland Heights) in 2014 and MFA in ceramics from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania in 2017.
Vancouver, WA
Kim Murton
Kim Murton combines illustrating with clay by painting on handbuilt and wheel-thrown cups and plates. Her sculptures are painted with colored slips. All of her work is inspired by Pre-Columbian art and contemporary comics.
Santa Fe, NM
Matt Repsher
Matt Repsher’s exposure to art, design, and ceramics started early—learning from his father about making pots. Repsher earned his BFA in ceramics from Penn State and then went on to receive his MFA from Indiana University in 2003.
Hutchinson, MN
Andrew Rivera
Andrew Rivera is inspired by function, history, design, and culture. His wares reflect on personal identity and his Mexican heritage.
Atlanta, GA
Masa Sasaki
Masa Sasaki, is a classically-trained artist, with multi-facetted interests. He is an accomplished pianist, award-winning painter, and uniquely stylistic potter.
Westhampton, MA
Sam Taylor
Sam Taylor is a self-described “slow potter,” making pots on his foot-powered treadle wheel and handbuilding functional forms, using local materials and firing them in his wood kiln. Pottery, art, and collaboration are the main ingredients in his life.
Greensboro, VT
Jerilyn Virden
Jerilyn Virden is a studio artist and along with her husband, glass artist Devin Burgess, they co-own Borealis Studios, comprising Virden’s pottery studio and her husband’s glass studio.
Hackettstown, NJ
Dallas Wooten
Wooten’s work explores historically utilitarian and simple forms. These pots are then adorned with process and gestural marks abstracted into status-based patterns, such as vine scroll and floral imagery.