Trish Danby – Ceramics
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Trish’s journey as a ceramic artist began with a spark of inspiration and has evolved into a decade-long adventure in crafting hand-made pottery. Her pieces are functional and well-crafted, and also exquisitely beautiful. Driven by an undeniable need to create, her passion shines through in the balance, texture, and color of her work, adding a touch of beauty to any home. Trish specializes in functional pieces that include platters, plates, and functional pieces in all shapes and sizes.  

Richard Rowe – Ceramic
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Richard Rowe has been a Central Coast ceramic artist for over 40 years. Richard prides himself in creating unique pottery that is both functional and decorative. He creates one-of-a-kind pieces; vases, plates, bowls, mugs and exquisitely decorative cache pots for avid succulent plant lovers! Richard's pieces are colorfully designed and executed with the eye of a painter, combined with the skill of glazing techniques. His ceramics also are engaging with their playfulness and happy expression!

Tom Knight – Ceramic
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Tom describes his current work as "Color Fusion”, while exploring how different glazes overlap and melt together. He begins with what he calls a "blank canvas" of white porcelain clay on a potter's wheel and strives for simplicity of form. His pieces are then painted with layers of colored glazes and fired at a high temperature in a gas kiln. The result is unique and colorful works that are beautifully well crafted and extremely functional.

Kenyon Banks – Ceramic Pottery
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Kenyon Banks enjoys the experiential process of creating Raku style pottery. A traditional Raku pottery firing process involves subjecting the vessel to intense stages of heat, fire, and rapid cooling. This sequence infuses carbon into the ceramic body and glaze, resulting in distinctive patterns and colors. The outcome is unpredictable, yielding dramatic, one-of-a-kind effects.  

Patricia Griffin – Ceramic
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Patricia Griffin makes unique contemporary pottery rich in imagery, pattern and texture. All are handmade in her seaside studio located in Cambria, where she’s inspired by the ocean, meadows and forests. After forming a design, she applies fields of color and then etches imagery into the clay to resemble the look and feel of woodcut designs. She uses lead-free non-toxic glazes and her functional ware is micro wave and dishwasher safe. Whether on the wall or on the table, her pieces invite a closer look and bring a sense of delight.    

Dana Randall – Ceramic
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Dana Randall first became interested in pottery through an art class at Cal Poly, and she participated intermittently in pottery classes that included both wheel-throwing and hand-building techniques. Dana loves to make functional and usable pieces that bring art into everyday life, and is currently branching into more decorative and sculptural pieces. She’s drawn to forms and colors seen in nature, rocks, sea, and sky, and continues the exploration of clay and what it can do.

Kenny Standhardt – Ceramic
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Kenny grew up on a working Pennsylvania Dutch farm in Pennsylvania, where he spent most of his childhood in nature. Around the age of thirteen, Kenny met the potter he would eventually apprentice under at a local craft show and convinced his father to help him build a kick wheel. Kenny has worked in clay ever since and has developed a specialized type of folk pottery he calls, Church Key Pottery. Continuously exploring, Kenny has developed dozens of distinct patterns over the past three decades.

Emily Tobin – Ceramics
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Emily is passionate about art and discovered her love for ceramics in high school. After becoming deeply interested, she decided to invest in her own pottery wheel and kiln, allowing her to create ocean themed ceramic pieces. Her artwork reflects a love of the sea and the central coast of California. Her business marketing degree has been instrumental in helping her open her launch Endless Designs by Tobin.