Captain Martha Ann Brunsink, Florida
As a native Floridian, raised a fisherman’s daughter, being on the water brings me the joy, peace and happiness that working with clay comes the closest to matching. My love of the colors turquoise, teal & aqua reflect that heritage and I do tend to use them a lot in my clay creations. Most often those creations are fish or fish motifs. When I was exposed to this wonderful group of face jug artists, I just had to created my take on face jugs using my fish fantasies.

Stephanie Burks, Alabama
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The first time I saw a woman potter throwing pots on a potters wheel my heart skipped beats. I sat all day silent watching her make pots, feelings soared inside me, this was familiar to me but I didn't know why, that was the begining of my love affair with clay 36 years ago. I am self taught and I'm still learning. I've worked in many mediums throughout my art career but I always come back to clay. I enjoy creating sculpture, functional pottery and face jugs.
 

Ron Dahline, Florida
www.rondeeclayworks.com
"Inspired by the natural and unnatural world Ron Dahline's unique, masterfully crafted ceramic and clay art pottery radiates a distinct sense of humor, humanity, strangeness, and is always 'screaming' to challenge the viewer..."

Steve Dark, Alabama
www.stevendark.com
Although I am well-educated in the conceptual aspects of sculptural clay art, I have always considered myself to be primarily a traditional vessel maker. I am unashamedly interested in and influenced by the long and diverse history of ceramics and pottery making. Classical utilitarian vessels in clay have always intrigued and inspired me.

Angie Davis, Florida
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I've worked with art my whole life; drawing, painting, fabric, photography. When I found clay, a passion was kindled that still holds my full attention.
I have devoted my creative time to the making of decorative and functional pottery. I especially love the history associated with face jugs, a uniquely American folk art. Sculpting character jugs has allowed my imagination to take me places I would never have dreamed before.

Ron Free, Georgia
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In July of 2007 I was introduced to the potters wheel and a light switch turned on. I had never sculpted before in my life and now it seemed as easy as sketching on paper. I have always had a fascination with the odd, strange, quirky, bizarre always with a liberal dose of humor, but now I could create that in 3-D. So, I gradually built my studio (The Big Duluth Studios) and in May 2010 I am working full time bringing my own sense of the odd to life.

Mitchell Grafton, Florida
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Mitchell Grafton is a full time ceramic artist making unique sculptural works of art in Panama City, Fl.  At age 19 he started working for Odell Pottery in Louisiana while getting an Architecture degree. In 2009 Mitchell started his own art-pottery company, Grafton Pottery, in Panama City where he now creates one-of-a-kind works of art to be sold on Ebay, in art shows and in galleries. He also makes custom pieces.

Karl Kuehn, California
www.kuehnpottery.com
Karl likes to make a variety of ceramic pottery and is inspired from folk art. His style is a mix of folk, funk and classic design. Many of his forms are derived from observation of historical pieces and a desire to create something unique.

Yvette Lepley, Pennsylvania
www.groundhogpottery.net
Artist and potter, Yvette Lepley strives to create unique and quality face jugs. The face jug tradition was born in the South. She is introducing face jugs in the North with her own unique flair.

Freeman Loughridge, Oklahoma
www.wildmud.com
My wife, Cathy, and I started Big Muddy River Pottery in 1971. After more than 30 years working in clay I retired in 2001 to concentrate on welded sculpture. Due to many requests from my long time patrons and friends I have decided to revive Big Muddy River, on a limited basis, for one more "Farewell Tour".

Greg Mathis, North Carolina
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Greg Scott Mathis has always been interested in the arts and creating from every aspect since he was a child, from woodcarving to watercolors. His life has been one creative journey after another, teaching himself and absorbing all he can from other respective artists. It wasn’t until Greg discovered clay, January 2006, that he found a worthy outlet to match his creative mind.

Kevin "Turkey" Merck, Georgia
www.turkeymerck.com
Turkey is a young potter who has been making pottery as a side hobby for around eight years now. Turkey is now a teacher at East Hall High School. At twenty-seven years old, Turkey is a very talented and creative young potter. While he is known for his face stumps, he also loves to make face jugs and sculpt a wide variety of animals. Turkey is extremely dedicated to and passionate about his work.

Darlene Nelson, New Mexico
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I’ve only been creating in clay for about 4 years and I‘m totally in love with it. My style has been shaped by many different events, ideas and experiences in my life. Exposure to other artists’ styles through books, magazines, workshops, and galleries, as well as collaboration with others have all broadened my ideas about style, color, and form. I've developed my own style and personally having fun while discovering a new world to design in.

Kym Nicolas, Michigan
www.kymnicolas.com
Kym Nicolas has been a professional artist for over half her life. Her work has been shown in galleries, magazines and numerous retail locations throughout the United States. Nicolas' work is strongly influenced by nature and spirituality. She works in an array of medias and through experimentation and hard work, has become proficient in all of them.

Dan Norton, Pennsylvania
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I started working with clay in September of 2006.
I attended an "open" pottery studio with my daughter...
I became hooked.
I started selling my work on eBay in August of 2007.
I quit my "day job" in January 2009 to do pottery full-time.
I became a starving artist in February 2009.

Tammy Seggebruch, Illinois
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I am self taught artist. I believe in jumping in and taking life by the horns, no matter what it throws at you. I have won many watercolor awards, also galleried them in New York. I have always loved the arts especially pottery.
As for me it is all about enjoying what I make, and Knowing other people enjoy it also. It has been a great ride!

Lucky Stradley, Nebraska
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I have been making art of some sort almost my entire life. I have been making a living with my art since I turned 21 years old. Now that is a long time. I discovered the wonderful world of making faces on functional pottery in May of 2009. I love mud. I love making faces. I love making faces in the mud. Gosh, I am the happiest when I have mud all over my hands and my apron and a cute little ugly face is looking back at me from the mud.

Randy Tobias, North Carolina
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Randy began woking with clay in 1968. It was not until the 1980's when Randy made is first face jug. Now Randy and his wife Judy live high in the western North Carolina mountains,in the town of Sylva. Randy's work is influenced by historical stoneware, and folk art pottery. Randy's work is best described as...
Southern folk pottery with a mind of it's own.

Steve Weslow, Maine
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I decided one day in 2005 to marry my strange, weird, wacky, creepy, spooky, freaky, and just not right, sculptural faces to the traditional jug form, and whammo!  FACE JUGS!  I have found a great passion in creating my work through this rich folk art tradition in my own unique whimsical style!  I consider myself a constantly evolving artist, one day making tiny face jugs, the next day disturbingly large ones! and a little of everything, and I mean EVERYTHING in-between.