I have always been interested in art; whether it was drawing, oil painting or just working with my hands sewing.

When I started pottery, everything else was put aside and my canvas was decorating my pots.

I started pottery in Aurora, Colorado when I signed up for an Adult Education class in pottery.  We only had kick wheels but I learned some basic techniques that I still apply today.  I also still use pots that I made when I first started.

After I moved to Tacoma, Washington, I took lessons from the renown potter F. Carlton Ball at "Old Town Potters" and then at Tacoma Community College where Carlton Ball taught pottery.  About 12 years ago I added a studio to my house and branched out on my own.

I fire to cone 10, 2,345 degrees, porcelain and stoneware, with glazes I make.  All my work is handcrafted on the wheel, hand built or a combination of both thrown and hand built.  Each piece is one of a kind, so I can make similar pieces but never exactly alike.

All my pottery is microwave, dishwasher and oven safe and there is no lead in the glazes.  With care my pottery will last for many years.  Special orders will be accepted.

 

pandhbeller@msn.com

253-564-6343