Thank you for taking an interest in me and my pottery. I currently live in Hilton Head, SC with my retired husband and two golden retrievers, Carson and Cisco. I have two grown children who were raised in the Washington, DC area. I have a new light filled home studio where I continue to create and rejuvenate my passion for all things clay.
I have taken many classes and workshops in clay over the years. I have learned and continue to learn from all of the teachers’ instruction I have experienced. In turn, I have passed the knowledge I have gained and the skills I’ve learned to other students both young and old. Clay is an ongoing, never-ending pursuit of what’s already been made.
I fell in love with pottery at the age of 14. I grew up in the Washington DC area. My first clay class was at the Corcoran School of Art Saturday program. Since I was one of the younger members of the class of mostly adults, I was somewhat ignored, but that didn’t deter me! There was something about the feel of clay on my hands that thrills me to this day. I took a variety of classes at the Corcoran and then moved to the Hinckley studio in Georgetown. There I learned the fundamentals of throwing a pot that I still use today. Jill Hinckley still teaches pottery in the Washington, DC area. I took classes from other renowned potters Cliff Lee and Mark Tahbo. Cliff helped me improve my wheel throwing techniques and Mark gave me a greater appreciation of traditional Native American Pottery production. There were classes while I was in college and time spent at a local community college just after I received my BA degree in Communications from Goucher College. I participated in Adult Edcucation Open Studios for many years while my children were young in Maryland. The most recent classes were specialized in hand-building techniques by Amy Sanders in Charlotte, NC. You’ll see evidence of Amy’s influence in much of my current work.
I built my own studio space in Potomac, Maryland in the late 1980’s. I soon began selling my work in open studio sales and some local galleries to help support my habit. I have also sold my work at Craft shows.
I have a philosophy that has helped free me as a potter. It came to me when my children were young and one of their friends accidently broke one of my favorites pieces of pottery. I kept a shard of that pot, but I realized that every pot has a life. Some are very short-lived and never make it past the development stage. Other’s can live for centuries (think about the pottery in museums that are hundreds of years old). The pieces of pottery in our care also have a specified life span.
I combine a variety of techniques including hand building, wheel thrown forms and raku firing. I like to describe my work as FUNctional pottery with a whimsical flare. My inventory ranges from berry bowls to bird feeders.
- Laura Silberman
Mallory, Jordan and Cisco Barry, Cisco and Carson Laura working
Carson Silberman Cisco and Carson Cisco Silberman
Carson digging in the mud
Thank you for taking an interest in me and my pottery. I currently live in Hilton Head, SC with my retired husband and two golden retrievers, Carson and Cisco. I have two grown children who were raised in the Washington, DC area. I have a new light filled home studio where I continue to create and rejuvenate my passion for all things clay.
I have taken many classes and workshops in clay over the years. I have learned and continue to learn from all of the teachers’ instruction I have experienced. In turn, I have passed the knowledge I have gained and the skills I’ve learned to other students both young and old. Clay is an ongoing, never-ending pursuit of what’s already been made.
I fell in love with pottery at the age of 14. I grew up in the Washington DC area. My first clay class was at the Corcoran School of Art Saturday program. Since I was one of the younger members of the class of mostly adults, I was somewhat ignored, but that didn’t deter me! There was something about the feel of clay on my hands that thrills me to this day. I took a variety of classes at the Corcoran and then moved to the Hinckley studio in Georgetown. There I learned the fundamentals of throwing a pot that I still use today. Jill Hinckley still teaches pottery in the Washington, DC area. I took classes from other renowned potters Cliff Lee and Mark Tahbo. Cliff helped me improve my wheel throwing techniques and Mark gave me a greater appreciation of traditional Native American Pottery production. There were classes while I was in college and time spent at a local community college just after I received my BA degree in Communications from Goucher College. I participated in Adult Edcucation Open Studios for many years while my children were young in Maryland. The most recent classes were specialized in hand-building techniques by Amy Sanders in Charlotte, NC. You’ll see evidence of Amy’s influence in much of my current work.
I built my own studio space in Potomac, Maryland in the late 1980’s. I soon began selling my work in open studio sales and some local galleries to help support my habit. I have also sold my work at Craft shows.
I have a philosophy that has helped free me as a potter. It came to me when my children were young and one of their friends accidently broke one of my favorites pieces of pottery. I kept a shard of that pot, but I realized that every pot has a life. Some are very short-lived and never make it past the development stage. Other’s can live for centuries (think about the pottery in museums that are hundreds of years old). The pieces of pottery in our care also have a specified life span.
I combine a variety of techniques including hand building, wheel thrown forms and raku firing. I like to describe my work as FUNctional pottery with a whimsical flare. My inventory ranges from berry bowls to bird feeders.
- Laura Silberman
Mallory, Jordan and Cisco Barry, Cisco and Carson Laura working
Carson Silberman Cisco and Carson Cisco Silberman
Carson digging in the mud