Download the Map!

The downloadable version for the 2016 Pottery Tour map is available! Plan your road trip - get yours at this link.
 The first page is a list of studios, with addresses and phone numbers (in case you need directions!) The second is a map with markers for each of the 35 studios. The tour is laid out as a loop, starting in Kennebunk and through the studios in the Lakes Region, then turning back through the Portland area, up through Bowdoinham into Central Maine, then down the coast from Warren to Arrowsic.

But hey - start wherever you like! There's a lot to see.

Maine Pottery 2016: The Interactive Map

Maine Pottery Tour, 2016!

This year's Maine Pottery Tour will happen Saturday & Sunday, April 30th - May 1st. Studios will be open 10-5 on Saturday, 11- 4 on Sunday, unless otherwise noted.

This year we have 37 participating studios. Watch this space or check out our Facebook page for news and information about events and the artists that make up this great weekend. Maps will be available as we approach the date, making it easy to plan your trip.

Participating studios	Contact	Town	Leg	address
A Lakeside Studio Pottery	Martha Hoddinott	Wayne	Central	10 Cedar Point Rd
Fine Mess Pottery	Lori Watts	Augusta	Central	131 Cony ST
Loken Pottery	Barbara Loken	Farmingdale	Central	26 Bowman St
Mudgirl Pottery	Diane Harwood	Winthrop	Central	30 Old Village Rd.
Maple Lane Pottery	Robbi Portela	Windsor	Central	36 Greely Rd
Rob Seiminski	Rob Seiminski	Philips	Central	Bog Pond Rd
The Potter's House	Mary K. Spencer	Litchfield	Central	82 Stevenstown Rd
Barbara Walch Pottery	Barbara Walch	Thorndike	Coastal	33 Knox Station Rd
Prescott Hil Pottery	Betsy Levine	Liberty	Coastal	261 Prescott Hill Rd
Alexsondra – Studio Potter	Alexsondra Tomasulo	Walpole	Coastal	Clarks Cove Rd
Ash Cove Pottery	Susan Horowitz	Harpswell	Coastal	75 Ash Cove Rd S
Fireside Pottery	Nancy Button	Warren	Coastal	1478 Camden Rd
Liz Proffetty Ceramics	Liz Profetty	Newcastle	Coastal	118 West Old County Rd
Tyler Gulden	Tyler Gulden	Walpole	Coastal	45 Clarks Cove Rd
ANK Ceramics/ Meghan Flynn Ceramics	Ariela Kuh & Meghan Flynn	Lincolnville Center	Coastal	209 Main St
Arrowsic Island Pottery	Bob Santerre	Arrowsic	Coastal	344 Old Stage Rd
Van der Ven Studios	Simon Van der Ven	Lincolnville	Coastal	257 Main St
The Pottery Project	Rebecca Smith	Bowdoinham	Coastal	6 Main St,Bowdoinham
Everyday Pottery	Mary Trotochaud	Belmont	Coastal	103 Northport Rd, Belmont,ME 04952
Peg's Pots	Peg Astarita	Portland	Portland	39 Cumberland Ave
Portland Pottery	Lisa Bonariggio	Portland	Portland	118 Washington Ave
Richard Boyd Art Gallery	Richard & Pam	Peak's Island	Portland	15 Epps St
Bayside Clay	Meg & Christine	Portland	Portland	250 Anderson St
Nedware Pottery	Ned Motley	Portland	Portland	570 Ledge Road, North Yarmouth 04097
Barrelmaker Pottery	Chris Cooper	Portland	Portland	162 Congress St
Lisa B Evans	Lisa Evans	Portland	Portland	27 Belknap St, Portland ME 04103
Gallery on the Green	Kathleen King	Alfred	Southern	11 Oak St
Homeport Pottery	Cathie Cantara	Kennebunkport	Southern	131 Beachwood Ave
Pottery Girl	Karen Discenso	Standish	Southern	1104 Pequaket Trail
Wendy Twitchell Porcelain	Wendy Twitchell	Kennebunkport	Southern	232 Beachwood Ave
Saco River Pottery	Kathy McGreavey	Brownfield	Southern	62 Denmark Road Rd
Earth and Soul	Sarah Sorenson	Hollis Center	Southern	168 Bonny Eagle Rd
Zwellen Pottery	Milly Welsh	Limington	Southern	20 Spencer Lane
Hands On Pottery	Albert Pelletier	Kennebunk	Southern	14 Storer Street, Kennebunk 04043
Ellen McCarthy	Ellen	Scarborough	Southern	18 Mast Rd

The Map is Available!

The interactive online map of the Maine Pottery Tour is now available! Click this link to see a map of all forty stops on the tour. Click a marker to learn more about that studio.

If you just want to see if there's a tour stop near you, here's the full list, with towns:

Only a few weeks away now! I'll soon post maps of the three legs of the tour, which break it down into manageable chunks for a day trip. Watch this space!

New Mugs from Fireside Pottery

Nancy Button of Fireside Pottery:

Mugs! I'm indulging myself in a slow flow with these mugs. Each one is different, and I've made 40. It feels like such a grand indulgence to not worry about how much time I spend on each piece. Potter Nick Joerling says that all design work equates to a short term loss of income, but a long term gain, as it keeps us excited and energized by what we do. I agree!

Fireside Pottery is loacted in Warren, on the coastal leg of the Tour.

Group Studios

Though most of the stops on the Maine Pottery Tour are individual or partner potters, three are group studios. These are fun because visitors get to see many different potters working many different ways, in one stop!
Portland Pottery, at 118 Washington Avenue, is a teaching studio where students of all ages and skill levels work. With two big gas kilns three electric, and a raku kiln Portland Pottery fires the work of about 70 students at any given time.

Hope Clay is a newer studio located at 725 Camden Rd in Hope, Maine offers wheel, handbuilding, and even slip-casting classes for kids and adults, and memberships for people who just need space to work.

 

Bayside Clay at Running with Scissors is a different kind of group studio. Answering a need for working space for potters, Bayside Clay hosts private studio spaces for 20 potters and ceramic artists. Artists share kilns and glazing spaces, while working independently.

What's New at Unity Pond

Wendy and Espo are making lots of beautiful things in their studio at 22 Bangor Rd in Unity, Maine. See what else they've been working on here.