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Winter Elegance with Sculptural Vessels
As the colder months approach, I invite you to consider how a well-chosen piece of sculpture can transform your winter landscape. When placed outdoors, sculptural art takes on a dynamic life: through the cold months snow and wind accentuate the form, and ever-changing light creates a lively interplay between the natural world and the presence of the manmade.
Winners of the 2025 Grants for Apprenticeships Program Recipients
Studio Potter is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 Grants for Apprenticeships Program. Each of these five mentor/apprentice teams will receive awards of $15,000 as they work together in 2025 to expand their practices, deepen their ties, and share the rhythms of the studio throughout the year. Congratulations to each of you!
The New York Times Article: Is Your Garden Missing Something? You May Need a Large Pot (or Several).
The New York Times Article. By Margaret Roach
An imposing work of pottery can be as important to the design of a landscape as any well-placed plant. And no, we’re not talking about flower pots. Read this full page article about Stephen Procter in The New York Times!
Podcast: Pottery Worthy of a Legacy | Stephen Procter | Episode 804
For Stephen Procter a chance encounter with clay grew into a passion and a mid-life career change. Formerly a classical guitarist, Stephen found that making gestures through sound and time offered many analogies to making gestures in clay and space.
2024 Shows with Steve!
Mark your calendar and experience Stephen’s work at the following shows!
Local potter mentors next generation at Brattleboro Union High School
BRATTLEBORO — Drawing inspiration from local potter Stephen Proctor's innovative techniques, ceramics teacher Rachel Suplee introduced the concept of sectional throwing to her advanced ceramics class at Brattleboro Union High School.
Podcast: Sculptural pots in the garden, with Stephen Procter
IT’S THAT TIME of year when we gardeners are shopping, shopping, shopping, often in hot pursuit of just the right plant that will make the design of a bed or the larger landscape hang together—that elusive missing ingredient. But what if the answer isn’t a plant sometimes, but a pot or a sculpture or some other non-living elements strategically placed?