Nature In Clay
Red Oak Pottery studio and gallery is located in the wooded hills of Middle Tennessee. Bill and Judy’s scenic farm outside of Lascassas, Tennessee provides inspiration for their functional, contemporary pottery. The influence of nature is reflected in forms which often use a leaf, bamboo, or a horse motif.
Bill first dabbled with “throwing” pottery in the late 1980’s to relieve stress from his job in engineering. It was about the time he met Judy that his hobby started getting serious.
Although Judy had received an art minor in college with emphasis in clay, all that had been put away while she taught middle school for many years. That art background resurfaced years later when she and Bill met, married, and built a studio together. Since then, both have left jobs in the public sector to become full time artists with the establishment of Red Oak Pottery.
Bill and Judy both hope that people experience a renewed connection with nature by association with a product shaped by hand and inspired by the beauty that is a part of their everyday life.
