Size
8" diameter
5" deep

Technique
Wheel thrown and carved ceramic bowl

About the Artist
Andrea is currently a studio potter, who has learned and worked with clay for seven years.  Her primary forming method is wheel-thrown functional pottery.

Studio/Business
Quillay Pottery

Size
8" diameter
5" deep

Technique
Wheel thrown - textured with a Steve tool

About the Artist
Artist and Mother practicing art mediums that are functional and delicious.

Studio/Business
The Polly Potter

Size
9" diameter
2" deep

Technique
Hand built Raku

About the Artist
Linda produces beautiful wearable art, extraordinary pottery and unique copper creations.  She often utilizes Raku sculpture in her copper art as well as her wearable art.

Studio/Business
Linda Chidsey Designs

Size
15" diameter
2.5" high

Technique
Hand built Raku

About the Artist
Linda produces beautiful wearable art, extraordinary pottery and unique copper creations.  She often utilizes Raku sculpture in her copper art as well as her wearable art.

Studio/Business
Linda Chidsey Designs

Size
6" diameter
3" deep

Technique
Coil

About the Artist
Heda is a senior at McKinney High School.  She is a Marquette and is very gifted artistically.

Studio/Business
MHS Art Classes

Size
10" diameter
7" deep

Technique
Clay and Raku Fired - decoration only

About the Artist
Magda Dia creates free flowing whimsical designs from clay and employs raku firing techniques to create imperfection.

Studio/Business
Jump Into Art

Size
10" diameter
6" deep

Technique
Clay and Raku Fired - decoration only

About the Artist
Magda Dia creates free flowing whimsical designs from clay and employs raku firing techniques to create imperfection.

Studio/Business
Jump Into Art

Size
17" x 9" x 5"

Technique
extruded ceramic and welded steel

About the Artist
Will and Kim are a married couple who enjoy collaborating on art projects.  Will works with metal and Kim makes the ceramics.

Size
8.5” x 5” x 10” high (with handle)

Technique
Hand thrown on the wheel, altered, w/a reed handle

About the Artist
B.S. Degree in Art Education.  Most of what I create are functional, contemporary with a mixed media effect, using clay, wood and metal.

Studio/Business
Nan Grey Designs

Size
21" x 11.5" x 9"

Technique
Slab and Thrown

About the Artist
I come from of family of "makers".  The first time I touched clay I knew I had found my medium.  I throw and alter with hand building stoneware & porcelain.

Studio/Business
Leapin Lizard Studio

Size
14" x 11" x 4"

Technique
Handbuilt

About the Artist
Sona Knox is a local potter and painter and art teacher.  Her pieces are mostly about nature and the struggle of nature vs industrial and development

Studio/Business
McKinney Art House

Size
7" diameter
4" deep

Technique
Wheel thrown ceramic bowl glazed in green & brown

About the Artist
Alex is an art student of Sona Knox & Lisa LaBarge.  She is a Freshman at McKinney High School has been doing pottery for 5 years.

Size
6" diameter
3.25" deep

Technique
Wheel thrown ceramic bowl glazed in blue, silver and mustard.

About the Artist
Alex has been doing art at McKinney Art House with Sona Knox and Lisa LaBarge.  She is a Freshman at McKinney High School.

Size
11" diameter
4.55" deep

Technique
This bowl was made on a pottery wheel and shaped with a wooden tool called a rib.  The textured area on the exterior of the bowl was created with a metal tool called a chattering tool.  Only the smooth surfaces of the bowl were glazed and the remainder was left untreated.  The bowl is fired to 1,850° F and then placed into an air tight container with sawdust and newspaper.  This procedure is called a reduction burn because the flames consume or reduce the oxygen in the container.  This causes the flames to seek out the chemically bonded oxygen in the clay and glaze.  The result is untreated clay becomes black from the reduction burn.  The finished bowl is left with an interesting appearance in contrast between the glossy and matte areas and the contrast of the smooth and textured area.
Clay: White Stoneware
Glaze: Lustrous Copper
Fired: Raku, (oxidation burn - propane gas), (reduction burn - saw dust and newspaper)
This bowl is for decorative use only.

Studio/Business
SPARC

Large Bowl with Handles

Size
16.25" diameter
5.75" deep

Technique
This bowl was made on a pottery wheel and shaped with a large curved tool called a rib.  Texture was added to the exterior of the bowl with a metal chattering tool.  The recessed areas were cut and handles added after the clay was firm.  A hand-carved, wooden stamp was used to attach the handles to the bowl and thus the texture of the stamp remained in the clay.  A combination of glazes were used to create the stream of colors on the interior of the bowl.  The term of art, for the result of combining glazes, is called breaks.  For example, one might say, "Notice how the glaze breaks."  Break is an unusual term since break is not a term we like to hear around ceramics.
Clay: White Stoneware
Glaze: Root Beer and Mars Red
Fired: Electric kiln, cone 6
This bowl is food, microwave, dishwasher, freezer, and oven safe.

Studio/Business
SPARC

Size
16" diameter
4" deep

Technique
Handbuilt

About the Artist
Jennifer McLarty has thrown and built ceramics by hand as a creative escape for over 20 years.  Having grown up in rural and forest areas, her works reflect natural textures and colors.  At this time, Jennifer is an elementary instructor for kindergarten through 5th grades in Denton I.S.D.

Size
9.25" diameter
5.25" deep

Technique
Wheel thrown

About the Artist
I am a practicing artist and a 30 year veteran art educator.  I presently teach at McKinney High.  I also work and teach in my studio in Denton.

Studio/Business
Miriam Studios

Size
11" diameter
3" deep

Technique
Wheel thrown

About the Artist
I am a practicing artist and a 30 year veteran art educator.  I presently teach at McKinney High.  I also work and teach in my studio in Denton.

Studio/Business
Miriam Studios

Size
12.25" diameter
2.25" deep

Technique
Wheel thrown

About the Artist
I am a practicing artist and a 30 year veteran art educator.  I presently teach at McKinney High.  I also work and teach in my studio in Denton.

Studio/Business
Miriam Studios

Petal Bowl

Size
7" diameter
4.5" deep

Technique
Thrown and slab construction

About the Artist
Gabby is a sophomore at McKinney High School.  She is very interested in ceramics and all other art.

Studio/Business
MHS Art Class

Size
10" diameter
3"" deep

Technique
Wheel thrown

About the Artist
 

Studio/Business
 

Size
12" diameter
3" deep

Technique
Slab

About the Artist
 

Size
10"H x 15"W x 18"L

Technique
Handbuilt white stoneware, underglazes.  Cone 6 fired.

About the Artist
I am a classically trained painter and sculptor specializing in portraiture and figurative arts. Work available by commission. Instruction in painting and sculpting available.<\p>

Studio/Business
Rachel Reitan Fine Arts