PENINSULA POTTERS

In 2015 I took a six-week pottery class and became hooked.  After my husband and I retired and moved to Monterey, I took some ceramics classes at Monterey Peninsula College where I learned about Peninsula Potters, a cooperative studio.  Now as a member of Peninsula Pot...

I love the play between chaos and control in my work. I love soft organic shapes and use big open forms as a canvas.  I love the primitiveness of hand building but use a restrained hand while glazing to let the marks and cracks speak. When I throw a form, I go for clea...

After retiring as an elementary school teacher of 32 years, with a stroke of good luck I found myself at a potter’s wheel with teacher, Peggy Alonas. It was love at first touch.  Each spinning ball of clay exudes such exciting potential. This conversation between earth...

Victoria Thompson has been a local potter on the Monterey Peninsula for the past 17 years.

"I worked as a Lab Technician in the ceramic studio for 13 years at Monterey Peninsula College. I retired from the college and have been working for the last 3 years at the Penins...

Barbara Ranier, long time member of Peninsula Potters. 

Born in Quebec City, Canada, Johnston was raised in a military family and moved frequently before settling in Kingston, Ontario. She earned a degree in French from Concordia University after a course of study that included a year abroad at the Sorbonne, Paris. Her form...