Nan Rothwell
I’m closing Nan Rothwell Pottery at the end of 2024, so this will be my last year participating in the Artisans Studio Tour. The alchemy of transforming soft clay into finished pots continues to delight and inspire me. But after fifty years of running a production pottery, I’m ready for a change. I plan to continue playing with clay, but will no longer be running a pottery business.
After my decision to “retire” from the business, I initially planned to move away from making functional pottery. But making pots to be used has always been at the heart of my urge to work with clay. I quickly realized that as long as I follow processes that interest and entertain me, I can make whatever I want. In traditional working pottery studios, where time equals money, some techniques are simply too labor-intensive to be viable. Now that I no longer operate with that constraint, some of my newly-inefficient processes are creating weird and lively forms. My final Studio Tour exhibit will include a range of the functional pots I’ve loved producing for all these years, along with some of my newer work. Join me and my guest-artisan Sarah Grace Cheek in Studio 10 to see what we’ve been up to!
Studio 10
Charlottesville cluster
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