Tomoko Abe

I am a mixed media artist with a background in painting and interest in pursuing clay as a way to explore textural and spacial dimentions.My work to date has involved low fire sculpturalwall piecesand surface treatment with, for example, silkscreenand Raku. I would liketoexpand the range ofmy works particularly from a more installational perspective.

Sally Aldrich

Sally Aldrich began as a painter, and started her adventure with clay in 1978 when she was asked to teach a ceramics class at Pleasantville High School, where she headed the Art Department K-12 and taught for 23 years. She took early retirement to pursue an art career in 1995, joining the Katonah Museum Artists' Association, where she served as co-president for 4 years, and the CAC, where she continues to study and exhibit. In her clay figures and animal sculpture, she likes to look for the essence of each form and express its simple beauty in a bold way.

Caitlin Applegate

Peter Arnow

My work has it's roots in Japanese pottery. I have become very interested in using texture to help define shape and design in my pieces. I view working with clay as a metaphor for life; It teaches you how to be flexible.

Robin Ascher

Robin Ascher studied pottery in Seto, Japan and received her MFA in sculpture from Pratt Institute. She has been a textile designer for many years, creating fabrics for many of the worlds leading clothing designers. Robin also taught art at White Plains High School for 15 years. My hand-built pottery and sculpture is inspired by nature. I love to draw and paint the natural world and incorporate my observations into the textures and surfaces of my work.

Keiko Ashida

Keiko Ashida studied pottery in Mashiko, Japan and received her BFA at the Musashino Art University in Tokyo. She has had numerous solo exhibits in Japan and recently a solo exhibit at Silvermine. Keiko teaches "Cone 6 with Keiko" and "Movement in Stillness."

Parviz Batliwala

Dalia Berman

I hope my pots communicate to their user the pleasure and tranquility that I experience throughout the process of turning clay into everyday objects. Whether I use rough stoneware of fine porcelain, I focus on the form and function of my pots and use minimal surface decoration and few colors. As a lover of all things hand-made I came to clay late in life. I was formally trained as a textile designer and then abandoned it to raise a family. A friend's gift of beautiful high-fired stoneware bowl drove me to seek a wheel-throwing teacher. Judy Webber of New Rochelle guided me through the first years of making pots, and for the last seven years I have benefited tremendously from a membership at the Clay Art Center. Working in the company of dedicated ceramists is stimulating and inspiring.We share our knowledge of skills and techniques, we critique each other's work and weenjoy the richness of workshops and classes offered at the center.

Douglas Breitbart

Douglas Breitbart has an BFA from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. He has worked as the manager of Petrillo Stone Shop and has been a CAC artist for several years. He is a potter and sculptor and enjoys firing a wood kiln.

Monique Brooks

After a degree and career in architecture, I fell in love with working with clay. My work is about form and about feelings. Some of my work is about people and what I feel is unique as well as universal about each person. I am also fascinated by animals. Having enjoyed the company of dogs for many years, some of my work tries to express their spirit and joy. If I live to be 100, there will always be something new to learn about working with clay and I’ve got lots to learn.

Julie Buyon

Jennifer Cherpock

Jennifer Cherpock has been working in clay for over ten years. She exhibits her work in numerous fine art and craft festivals throughout the northeast. She is an instructor at the Rockland Center for the Arts in West Nyack, NY where she also gives workshops on her unique ceramic techniques. See more of her work at www.serenityceramics.com

Paula Cook

I have been affiliated with the Clay Art Center for about five years. My work has been primarily functional up until now, but I seem to be moving in a more sculptural direction. In general, my work references the human form and the natural world.

Karen Ford

My work celebrates the union of friends and family in a communal fashion. I strive to harmonize the relationship between form, function and nature in porcelain and glass. I wish to enhance the everyday ritual of eating, drinking, and living by making it a beautiful, peaceful, and shared experience.”

The link to my site is: www.karenfordceramics.com

Robin Henschel

I draw my inspiration from ancient myths and medieval iconography. Ancient man called forth tree spirits to enlist their help. This became our modern supersition for good luck: “Knock on wood.” When I make my clay creatures I try to bring out, through the expressive qualities of the clay, ananimating spirit that can communicate with the viewer. Fantastical creatures were real to our medieval ancestors. Through them they projected their fears and desires onto the animals and monsters they’d never seen. Further inspiration comes from observations of natural forms, like the foldings of the earth in my folded clay bowls, with my glazing inspired by water standing in a still pond inhabited by lizards and dragonflies. The work is made by combining forms thrown on the potters wheel with slabs. Quickly thrown pots joined together and augmented with slabs for legs, ears and tails come to life with additions of porcelain teeth andeyes. Sculptural additions animate a thrown casserole or rhyton.

Debra Holiber

Cory Brown

Using aesthetics, science, and proficient construction, I create works of art using materials that come from the earth. I am constantly amazed by the possibilities of ceramic materials and processes.
Nature is more beautiful than anything a person can produce. I often try to set up situations in which the clay can create its own natural beauty. By setting up clay to be stretched or a mold to be altered I create life and fluidity in my pieces, though I work in a very controlled way. I explore the gestural qualities of clay while striving for excellence in form and function.

Natalie Kase

The work of Natalie Kase has been influenced by a combination of teachers, experiences and the desire to experiment and explore. Her hand built clay forms evolve from the simple to the complex and have sculptural and earth-like qualities. She has been at the Clay Art Center for some 20 years. This has afforded her the opportunity to share and work with many artists.

Reena Kashyap

Sarah Koster

Sarah Koster has been potting for over 40 years, and has a broad experience in many facets of the clay arts. She has concentrated on high-fired stoneware and porcelain functional ware but has also explored the non-functional. She finds the relationship of clay to archaeology and history offers many fascinating insights - to observe the panoply of human activity in cuneiform writing, a sunken shipload of Chinese porcelain, Greek maidens dancing around a vase. She also finds the feast of ancient and modern clay art to be humbling - and a beacon. Currently she is working on creating pots for wood-firing, making porcelain tableware and exploring paper clay in very thin, translucent slabs. Sarah has enjoyed the stimulation and camaraderie of the close-knit clay family at CAC for seven years.

Janet Lipow

For many years I have enjoyedthe seemingly transformational magicof the interaction of clay, glazes and the firing process. I am intrigued by the way thedistinct characteristics of each clay bodyinteracts with a given glaze and firing process. I enjoy hand building, wheel throwing and a combination of both to create utilitarian pieces that I imagine filled with particular foods or flowers. The simplicity of the glazes I use complement the color and texture of whatever the pieces hold. I have had the honor of being part of the CAC community for more than a decade.

Loren Maron

Loren Maron received a BFA from Syracuse University majoring in Photography with a concentration in ceramics. After years of classes at both the Westchester Art Workshop and at CAC she now maintains a studio at her home in Ossining. She works primarily in porcelain making wheel thrown functional pottery. She loves the satisfaction she gets when her pieces are used in daily life rather than put only display. Loren's ceramic work (as well as her photos of other ceramic artists work) has been published in Lark Books' 500 Pitchers, 500 Plates, Platters and Chargers and also in the Up Front section of Ceramics Monthly. She has been an artist at CAC since 2004.

Deborah Mawhinney

Leigh Taylor Mickelson, Executive Director

Leigh Taylor Mickelson, Program Director, has a studio at her home in Ossining. Her abstract organic sculpture has been exhibited widely, most recently at SOFA Chicago 2008 through Sherrie Gallerie of Columbus, OH. Her work was featured in an article in Ceramics Monthly in March 2005.

Bob Miranti

Through photography I am learning about color, light and composition. From ceramics I’m learning form, volume and texture. I’ve learned about drama while growing up in a dysfunctional Irish-Italian family.

Doris Montagna

My clay pieces represent the world as seen with an inward eye. They deal with such subjects as the effects of the passage of time and the effort of solitary beings to find their way in the world. Memories, dreams, and fantasies reshape my figures as they interact within a framework. I like to draw the viewer in by using an intimate scale.

Rimmie Mosley

Sally Ng

Sally Ng, a ceramic artist. Quiet Beauty. The astonishing result of firing is the very essence of my aesthetic sense of ceramic art. Uniquely elegant vessels are the product of the spontaneous magic of flame, wood, soda ash, unhurried firing and relinquishing control to nature. As the raw clay interacts with the changing atmosphere, flame, and ash deposit, its surface chronicles the creation of new radiant beauty. My hope is to share and create ceramic art that speaks of beauty and nature in our daily lives whether the vessels themselves hold a cup of tea or a feast for the eyes – A Timeless Quiet Beauty.

Kiyomi Noda

For over 12 years I spend my time to create my inspiration and joy into the clay art. I love create functional work so that I can use to present the food is made in my cooking class. I also do flower arrangements using my clay vases. That collaboration work always gives me more joy and happiness and new creativities! You can see my activities in http://www.kiyomimacro.com/ .

Mari Ogihara

Mari Ogiharais a ceramic sculptor exploring ornamentation rituals of various cultures on her clay forms. She received an MFA in ceramics from Tyler School of Art of Temple University in 2006, and began at CAC as an artist in residence from 2006-07. Much inspiration is derived from thedecoration oftemples and cathedralsvisited duringher residencies abroad including Japan, India and France. More of her work can be viewed at http://www.mariogihara.com/.

Cynthia O'Leary

 I create functional pots, tiles and sculpture using any clay type and technique I can find. I love the energy of clay. My work explores the ever changing connections we make with ourselves, other people, nature and God. I examine the charge of these connections; the electricity of the moment. I also include other factors in creating my pieces, such as childhood and ancient memories and the drama of our life adventures. Ideally, these influences enhance the connection between my work and its observers.

Ariel Plantz

Ariel Plantz received a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art with a concentration in ceramics. Ariel recently relocated from Baltimore, Maryland where she was Children’s Programming Coordinator at Baltimore Clayworks. She lately completed a year of Americorps service in the Community Art Corps, in partnership with the Maryland Institute College of Art, which gave her the opportunity to integrate the ceramic arts into the public school curriculum, and to form lasting partnerships within underserved communities throughout Baltimore.

Marilyn Richeda

My work depicts the 'universal human' form sometimes appearing with an animal-like face with minimal features. The faces hint at fear, isolation, suspicion and alertness. I can't say enough about color. It's fun, it's dramatic, it's a bit magical; the mixing of colors is like a laboratory experiment. When reaching for a glaze to use, even the name affects how I use it.

Lily Schor

I have been creating both functional and sculptural ceramics for over 35 years. I love exploring the texture, malleability and expressiveness of clay. My recent work focuses on the human face and its range of emotions. Using the unique method of pressing out the face from behind the clay, I preserve the impression that the face is emerging from the distant beyond, or dreamscape. Finishing my work in Raku creates beautiful colors on the surface without concealing the texture of the clay. I am currently teaching ceramics at Lakeside Pottery in Stamford Ct. In my career, I have exhibited widely, won show awards, and in 2007 received an Arts Alive project grant from Arts Westchester for a sculptural installation at City Hall, Yonkers.

Roberta Shapiro

Roberta Shapiro is a ceramic artist whose interest is the relationship between form and surface decoration. Her painterly style is inspired by the female form. The love of clay has brought her to the Clay Art Center where she maintains a studio and learns from other artists every day.
She received a B.S. and M.A. in art education and most recently taught in the Byram Hills Schools. Roberta is on the Arts Westchester roster of artists.
Her work has been published in Lark Books 500 Pitchers, 500 Plates and Chargers, and 500 Vases.

Florence Suerig

My work is about the human body, and how beautiful it is.I hand build my figures in porcelain paper-clay.My affiliation with CAC has nurtured my interest in clay and my desire to grow as an artist. My website address is: http://www.florencesuerig.com/

Hatsumi Suyama

Creating beautiful functional tableware which you want to use every day is my main interest.  I want my tableware to be capable of producing a harmony between the container and food, allowing the dish to become more alluring and pleasing to the eyes. The line design at the rim intends to lead your eyes toward the food at the center of a plate or a bowl. My pieces are wheel thrown with high fire porcelain clay and altered with wooden tools and hands while they are soft.  Coils are attached to the pieces and shaped at leather-hard state. After trimming the bottom, those pieces are cut and carved with small sculptor's tools to obtain final shape.
 

Priya Tambe

Priya Tambe has enjoyed sculpture since her teen years. She now works professionally in clay and wire mesh, with an emphasis on human relationships – to each other, to their environment, and to other objects in space. Several styles have influenced Priya’s work over the years, including Alberto Giacometti’s figures and African Tribal art, and she is especially inspired by everyday relationships and natural textures. In her creations, she strives to evoke passion and awe, and ultimately, LOVE.

Georgia Tenore

For over thirty years I have enjoyed making functional pots that enhance everyday life. This extraordinary medium allows us to create an amazing variety of forms, textures and colors. Most of all, I enjoy teaching this uniquely creative process and learning from my students.

Denis Licul

Carol Wilkinson

Susan Wortman

Working in clay is truly a joyful experience for me. I hand build objects that are both sculptural and functional. I enjoy using textures and create images from nature and trinkets, such as seashells, paper clips, leaves and keys. For more information, please visit my website: http://www.susanwortman.com/