Professional Experience
2011 - Present Studio Potter, Nashville TN.

2011 - Present Clay Artist in Residence, Abintra Montessori School, Nashville, TN. 

2018 - 2019 Summer Clay Resident, Valley View Ranch Equestrian Camp, Cloudland, GA. 
2005 - 2010 PartOwner and Gallery Manager of cone10studios LLC, Charleston, SC.
2000 - 2010 Studio Potter, Charleston, SC.
2003/2004 Teaching Assistant with McKenzie Smith, Penland School of Crafts, NC/Arrowmont School of Crafts, TN.

 

Education​

2001  Work Study for Will Ruggles and Douglass Rankin: Pots for the Home, Penland School of Crafts, NC.
1999  Work Study for McKenzie Smith: Wood and Saltfiring, Penland School of Crafts, NC.
1993  Master of Arts, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany, Japanese Studies.

 

Tableware 

Audrey Nashville, Nashville, TN.

1892, Leipers Fork, TN.

Earnest Bar and Hideaway, Nashville, TN.

The Butcher and Bee, Nashville, TN.

Husk Nashville, Nashville, TN.

Silo Restaurant, Nashville, TN.

 

Masterclass Workshop

2016 Everyday Tableware, Sugar Maple Art Center, Catskills, NY. 

2012 Everyday Pottery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. 

2012 Glazing at cone 10, Midsouth Ceramics, Nashville, TN. 

2010 Glazing and Brushmaking, cone10studios, Charleston, SC. 

2009 Glazing and Brushmaking, Claymakers, Durham, NC. 

2009 Everyday Pottery, Claymakers, Durham, NC. 

2003-10 Beg - Adv Throwing and Handbuilding Functional Pottery, cone10studios, Charleston, SC. 

 

Abintra Montessori Artist in Residency (PreK - 8th grade) 

2019 African Clay Masks, grade 1-8. 

2018 Haniwa: Japanese Ancient Clay warriors, grade 4-6. 

2017 Summer Camp: Building with Clay, Abintra Montessori School, grade 3-6.

2017 Shino vases, grade 1-6. 

2016 The ancient Egyptian story bowl, grade 4-6.

2016 Slump molded bowls with Stencil leaves, grade 1-6.

2015 Summer camp: Travel with Clay, grade 3-6. 

2015  A Spanish Tile Project, grade 1-3. 

2014  Exploring the face jug and early TN potteries of the 1800s, grade 4-8. 

2014  The community coil bowl, PreK. 

2014  The first discoveries with clay, grade 1-3. 
2012  A Hopi Pottery Project, grade 4-6.  
2011  Knee Bowls, PreK. 

2011  Exploring pinch pots, grade 1-8. 

Publications

101 Reasons to eat up Music City, Nashville Lifestyles, December 2013.

500 Best, Lark Books, 2012.

Local Potter Caroline Cercone, Middle TN Home + Garden, Winter 2012.
Shino Redux, Clay Times, 2010.
Flux and Refraction, Clay Times, 2005.
500 Cups, Lark Books, 2004.
500 Teapots, Lark Books, 2003.

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Galleries

The Copper Fox, Leipers Fork, Franklin, TN.
American Folk Art and Framing, Ashville, NC.
Signature Shop & Gallery, Atlanta, GA.

The Claylady Studios and Galleries, Nashville. TN

Gray Bear Lodge, Hohenwald, TN. 

 

​Exhibitions

2021

Inspiration and Discovery: Pathways to Expression, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MI.

 

2019

To Have and Hold, American Folk Art and Framing, Asheville, NC.

 

2018

The Southern Table, Signature Gallery, Atlanta, GA.

 

2017

Dining Out, Frank Gallery, Chapell Hill, NC. 

 

2015

3x3, Copper Fox Gallery, LeipersFork, TN. 

 

2014

Invitational Teapot Show 2014, Cedar Creek Gallery,  Chapell Hill, NC. 

 

2013

Commission for Design and Production of Tableware for Husk Restaurant, Nashville, TN. 

2012
Home Show 2012, Nashville, TN, November.
4 Bridges Show, Chattanooga, TN, April.
Pour, American Folk Art and Framing, Asheville, NC, June.

2011
Art of the Cup: Functional Comfort, Ogden Museum of Southern Craft and
Design, New Orleans, LA, September
American Artisan Show, Nashville, TN, June.
Yunomi Invitational Akar Design, Iowa City, IA, March.
Spring Vase Invitational, The Artisan Gallery, Northhampton, MA, March.
American Craft Council Show, Atlanta, GA, March.


2010
TACA Fall Crafts Fair, Nashville, TN, September.
The Art of the Cup, Ogden Museum of Southern Craft and design, New Orl, LA, October.
The American Craft Council Show, Atlanta, GA, March.
Shino Redux, ClayArtCenter, Port Chester, NY, February.
Yunomi Invitational, AKAR Design, Iowa City, IA, March.

2009
12: Light and Dark, Plum Elements, Charleston, SC, December.
The Art of the Cup: Functional Comfort, The Ogden Museum for Craft and Design, New Orleans, LA, November.
TACA Fall Crafts Fair, Nashville, TN, September.
Mentor, cone10studios, Charleston, SC, May-June.
Wonderfully Functional (Solo Show), Claymakers, Durham, NC, Feb - April.
Yunomi Invitational, AKAR Design, Iowa City, IA, March.

2008
Invitational Teapot Show 2008, Cedar Creek Gallery, Chapell Hill, NC, September.
Winged Earth, Roswell Art Center, Roswell, GA, July.
Neue Keramik (Solo Show), cone10studios, Charleston, SC, June.
Invitational Cup show 2008, cone10studios, Charleston, SC, May.
Yunomi Invitational, AKAR Design, Iowa City, IA, March.

2007
Invitational Cup Show, The Artisan Gallery, Northhampton, MA, November.
Place Settings, Lexington, KY, NCECA, March.
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​2006
American Craft Council Show, Charlotte, NC, November.
Connections, Southside Gallery, Oxford, MS,



2005
The Abundant Table, American Folk Art and Framing, Asheville, NC, November
American Craft Council Show, Charlotte, NC, November.
Invitational Teapot Show, Cedar Creek Gallery, Chapell Hill, NC, September.
Flux and Refraction, Greenwood, SC, May.
American Craft Council Show, Atlanta, GA, March.
Shino: Endless Variations, NCECA, Baltimore, MD, March.

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2004

Ceremonial Elements: Paper and Clay, Nina Liu and Friends, Charleston, SC, March.