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Webster Pottery is Katie and Andrew Webster. Together, the Webster’s make finely-crafted utilitarian pottery decorated with archetypal imagery inspired by the natural world. Their process of creating pottery is collaborative from start to finish, allowing Katie and Andrew to bring their unique strengths and perspectives to the finished work, notably Andrew’s background in Art History and Katie’s in Marriage & Family Therapy. The surfaces are achieved using raw clay, paper-resist, slips, stains, glazes, and overglazes. The variety in techniques used allows the decoration and imagery to build intuitively and in multiple layers. The finished work portrays a synthesis of the Webster’s craftsmanship, creativity, metaphor, and individual experiences. Webster Pottery is fabricated from stoneware and fired with wood and soda, giving each piece depth, quality, and individuality.

This Pottery Life…

~Andrew~

From an early age, Andrew found himself attracted to creative processes of all kinds, which continued into his late teens and early twenties at the University of North Carolina at Asheville. Andrew’s creative interests were broad, however, leading him to pursue Art History rather than studio crafts. In 2010, he earned his BA in Art History with a minor in Ceramics. He continued at the University of Oregon, where he earned a Master’s in Art History in 2013.

After teaching for several years and increasing his presence in the studio, Andrew rededicated himself to pottery in 2017 full-time. For Andrew, making pottery is a way for him to achieve connection to things he values—artistic tradition, aesthetics, nature, and people, to name a few. He loves the grind and humble nature of pottery; the manual labor of wedging, rolling, throwing, and pinching clay. Today, his work combines influences from ancient art and a love of nature, texture, and utility.

~Katie~

Katie’s passion for pottery began in childhood when she befriended Robyn Hegland, whose father, Peder Hegland, was an accomplished functional potter. Inspired by the materials and process, Katie began working at public ceramic studios in Saint Cloud, Minnesota, such as the Paramount Visual Arts Center, which continued through adolescence.

Katie continued to pursue pottery in 2006 at the University of North Carolina at Asheville, where she eventually earned her BFA in ceramics in 2010. The psychological and philosophical undertones in her work stems from a background in therapy. In 2013, Katie earned a Master’s degree in Marriage & Family Therapy. Currently, she works part-time as a therapist and part-time as a potter.