Alto Clay Works

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Alto Clay Works Handmade functional pottery showroom is open Thursdays-Sundays from 1-5PM. Alto Clay Works is the studio home of Stephen Grimmer.

The pottery sales gallery is open Thursdays-Sundays, 1PM to 5PM. We also offer ceramics classes for adults and children, resident artist studios, and apprenticeships.

This sour-apple green glaze makes my mouth water. There are three pitchers very much like this one in the shop. Except t...
08/28/2026

This sour-apple green glaze makes my mouth water. There are three pitchers very much like this one in the shop. Except that they're blue.

After some summer travel, we are back to our regularly scheduled programming.
08/27/2026

After some summer travel, we are back to our regularly scheduled programming.

I don't use bats very often anymore because my treadle wheel has a 10" head and no holes for pins, so I lift all my pots...
07/18/2026

I don't use bats very often anymore because my treadle wheel has a 10" head and no holes for pins, so I lift all my pots with my hands. Sometimes that makes them a little wonky. I like wonky.

I wanted to write something about how my practice aggressively forefronts craft manifolding a deep infatuation with pyro...
07/17/2026

I wanted to write something about how my practice aggressively forefronts craft manifolding a deep infatuation with pyrotechnical phenomena, but I'll just say I like a well made pot and an interesting glaze.

We had visitors from Vancouver, WA and the Shenandoah valley, VA in the shop at the same time yesterday. One of them got...
07/11/2026

We had visitors from Vancouver, WA and the Shenandoah valley, VA in the shop at the same time yesterday. One of them got this cup. The other got a couple small bowls. Those pots are the bread and butter for most potters.

Look how the impressions on the outside make the glaze flow on the inside. This specific pot is gone, but there are seve...
07/10/2026

Look how the impressions on the outside make the glaze flow on the inside. This specific pot is gone, but there are several very much like it in the showroom. We're open all weekend from 1 to 5 each day.

Dark clay, white slip, melted wood ash (Maple, Oak, Ash, Elm).I'd use it for Chinese tea or a spot of wh***ey.
07/05/2026

Dark clay, white slip, melted wood ash (Maple, Oak, Ash, Elm).
I'd use it for Chinese tea or a spot of wh***ey.

I don't care how hot it is, I'm opening the shop and leaving the butter out on the counter! (They have fresh corn Rendle...
07/03/2026

I don't care how hot it is, I'm opening the shop and leaving the butter out on the counter! (They have fresh corn Rendleman Orchards up the road, you know...)

Too hot for afternoon coffee, you say? Stop by this weekend for an icy Cold Brew! Really.
07/02/2026

Too hot for afternoon coffee, you say? Stop by this weekend for an icy Cold Brew! Really.

I'm trying to catch up on 2 weeks of yard work. Lucy tells me when it's time to come in for iced tea. It's not the heat,...
06/28/2026

I'm trying to catch up on 2 weeks of yard work. Lucy tells me when it's time to come in for iced tea. It's not the heat, it's the turgidity.

Address

595 Main Street
Alto Pass, IL
62905

Opening Hours

Wednesday 1pm - 5pm
Thursday 1pm - 5pm
Friday 1pm - 5pm
Saturday 1pm - 5pm
Sunday 1pm - 5pm

Telephone

+16186974258

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