Schwantes Pottery

06/16/2026

This piece is on the way to Wyoming. It’s going to a person who wanted to take a little bit of South Carolina in her new home in Wyoming.

04/28/2026

My studio assistant has grown! She is working on her tasks. Emptying the trash - one piece at a time. Finding my sponges - and reforming them. Landscaping the grounds around the studio. Finding offending tools and racing them out of the studio. Wears an older puppy out.

04/24/2026

04/24/2026

03/25/2026

Birds! For all you bird watchers out there, I love them too. Come to Open Studios. Ten to six Saturday and 12-6 Sunday.

03/23/2026

Bells! Come see me during Open Studios and you may see me throwing porcelain bells on the wheel. Chances are you will see some failures because I throw them very thin and they collapse but the thin ones make the most beautiful ring after being high fired. On Saturday I will throw the bell as a cup and let it dry to almost bone dry. Sunday I will turn them over and throw the handle. These bells are for a future event and are not for sale.

03/21/2026

Frolicking Fish! Use every chance you can to frolic. Enjoy life and come see me at Open Studios this coming Saturday.

03/14/2026

Ginkgo leaves! I enjoyed working ginkgo leaves into my pottery so much that my husband planted a ginkgo tree in our front yard. The impressions in these plants and pitcher come from that tree.
Check out Columbiaopenstudios.org for information about the artists who will be on the tour this year.

03/12/2026

Save the date! Go to this page to find the Richland and Lexington county artists whose studios will be open for you to visit:
https://www.columbiaopenstudios.org

03/10/2026

The Guinea Fowl Pitcher is almost 13 inches tall. My husband laughed and said it could hold a whole gallon of h***h.