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CT Clay Crawl, 1115 Main Street, Manchester, CT (2026)

04/02/2026

✨ One month to go! ✨

We’re officially ONE MONTH away from the Connecticut Clay Crawl - a statewide celebration of clay, creativity, and community hosted by

Spend the weekend exploring 14 pottery studios and discovering work by 42 talented ceramic artists. From functional ware to sculptural pieces, there’s something for everyone - and plenty of opportunities to meet the makers behind it all.

🗓 May 2 & 3 ⏰ 10am–4pm

Plan your route, gather your friends, and get ready for one amazing weekend supporting local artists.

Learn more + start mapping your stops: www.ctclayguild.com/claycrawl

03/20/2026

🏺✨ CT Clay Crawl Studio Spotlight! ✨🏺
 Get to know The Firestone Art Studio and Cafe one of the participating studios in the 2026 CT Clay Crawl!

🗓 May 2–3, 2026 🕙 10 AM – 4 PM 📍 1115 Main Street, Manchester CT

ABOUT THE STUDIO: Make Art. Sip Coffee. Create Memories. A creative space for all ages! Whether you’re painting pottery, working with wet clay, or grabbing a treat from the café, The Firestone is designed to help you unplug, relax, and express yourself. Walk in anytime or join us for one of our many workshops and events.

👋 Potters you’ll find at The Firestone during the Crawl: • Glen Deiter  • Amy Brockman
• Missy Niemeyer

This studio stop is going to be a good one — come meet the artists, shop handmade ceramics, and learn more about what this studio has to offer! 🤍

👯 Tag a friend who would love this stop! 📌 Save this post for your Clay Crawl weekend plan.
🗺️ Full studio list + event info: www.ctclayguild.com/clay-crawl (link in bio)

03/09/2026

✨ Meet Barbara Scioscia-Reed @ a participating potter in the 2026 CT Clay Crawl! ✨

🗓 May 2–3, 2026
🕙 10 AM – 4 PM
📍 Find Barbara at Thatcher Clay Studio in Newtown CT

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
“For me, working with clay is a perfect medium. It allows me to create functional items while developing many artistic skills. With it, I can sculpt and paint while focusing on form, color and function. I fire my work in many different kiln environments (electric, wood, gas, pit) making the final products sometimes delicate and elegant or sometimes rustic and earthy! Each piece is unique.”
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Shop handmade pottery and explore Connecticut’s ceramic landscape in a statewide celebration of clay, creativity, and community.

Plan your weekend + view the full studio list at: www.ctclayguild.com/clay-crawl (link in bio)

👯 Tag a friend who needs a pottery road trip buddy!

03/09/2026

✨ CT Clay Crawl Weekly Potter Roundup! ✨

This week we featured some incredible potters who will be participating in the 2026 CT Clay Crawl (May 2–3, 2026) — and we’re so excited to keep introducing you to this amazing community.

🗓 May 2–3, 2026

🕙 10 AM – 4 PM

📍 Studios across Connecticut

This week’s featured artists:
🏺Ashley Paskov who will be at
🏺Alexa Rucinski of
🏺 Amy Brockman who will be at
🏺 Ave Rivera who will be at .ceramics.studio
🏺 Avis Cherichetti of Honey Hill pottery

Go check out their posts, give them a follow, and start building your Clay Crawl must-visit list 👀✨

👯 Tag a friend you want to go Clay Crawling with!

📌 Save this post so you can come back to these artists later.

🗺️ Full studio list + event details: www.ctclayguild.com/clay-crawl (link in bio)

03/09/2026

🏺✨ CT Clay Crawl Studio Spotlight! ✨🏺

Get to know Canton Clay Works , one of the participating studios in the 2026 CT Clay Crawl!

🗓 May 2–3, 2026
🕙 10 AM – 4 PM
📍 150 Cherry Brook Rd, Canton, CT

ABOUT THE STUDIO:

Canton Clay Works is a rustic wood firing studio and ceramics school nestled in the cozy Northwest Hills of CT, in the historic Canton Creamery building from the late 1800s. Established in 2000 by Tim Scull, owner and renowned potter, CCW began as a pottery school and has evolved into a first-rate ceramics facility offering classes, workshops, and firing services in multiple firing methods.

👋 Guest Potters you’ll find at Canton Clay Works during the Crawl:

• Tim Scull
• Stephanie Haines .ceramics
• Elyse Cote

🎉 Special events / offerings at this studio:

🔥 Saturday 5/2 | 12–2 PM: Noborigama Unloading
Join local potters as we unload work from the Noborigama wood and salt/soda kiln. These firings create one-of-a-kind pieces shaped by ash, flame, and v***r. Wood kiln unloadings are truly Christmas morning for potters — it’s the first glimpse of results, and you never quite know what magic will emerge. Expect spectacular color, dramatic surfaces, and work by several artists, including some of our Clay Crawl participants.

🔥 Sunday 5/3 | 12–2 PM: Gas Reduction Kiln Unloading
See the results of another unique firing method featuring rich, colorful glazes rarely seen in a school setting. You’ll find examples of work made by CCW pottery students alongside pieces from a few local potters.

Information and photos about both kilns can be found at cantonclayworks.com

This studio stop is going to be a good one — come meet the artists, shop handmade pottery, witness kiln magic, and learn more about what this incredible studio has to offer. 🤍

👯 Tag a friend who would love this stop!
📌 Save this post for your Clay Crawl weekend plan.
🗺️ Full studio list + event info: www.ctclayguild.com/clay-crawl (link in bio)

03/09/2026

✨ Meet Avis Cherichetti of Honey Hill Pottery, a participating potter in the 2026 CT Clay Crawl! ✨

🗓 May 2–3, 2026

🕙 10 AM – 4 PM

📍 Find Avis at her studio Honey Hill Pottery in Granby CT where she will be hosting fellow potter, Judy Buffolino.

Avis has been an active potter for almost 60 years, exploring various ceramic techniques. Studying pottery at Stetson University in 1962, she realized that was the way she wanted to spend her life. She participates in numerous workshops and classes annually, continuing her adventure in clay. She has made hand built pots and pots on the potter's wheel. She's fired pots in electric, gas and oil fueled kilns as well as pits, saggars and trash cans. Says Avis, "As I continue to design and refine the objects that I make, I find a rhythm and joy in life."

If one word could describe her work it would be the word "Diverse" — That includes work as well as studio spaces. Some pots are meant to be used and some pots are nonfunctional. Avis makes pots for birds and flowers and pots for people and pets. Some pots are for decorating homes. Any of these pots might be high temperature fired stoneware or lower temperature fired Raku or Saggar pieces.

Diversity in the creative environment is very much part of the process. Avis has a studio at home at Honey Hill Farm in Granby, CT. She also participates in a pottery cooperative called Expressions Pottery Workshop in E. Granby, CT., where she taught adult classes for 23 years. Avis participates annually in Granby Artists Open Studios, Granby, CT. She is now a member of Connecticut Clay Guild and will participate in the first annual Clay Crawl the first weekend in May. She was awarded a 2002 Individual Artist Fellowship from the Greater Hartford Arts Council, Hartford, CT. Her work is represented in the permanent collection

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Shop handmade pottery and explore Connecticut’s ceramic landscape in a statewide celebration of clay, creativity, and community.

Plan your weekend + view the full studio list at:
www.ctclayguild.com/clay-crawl (link in bio)

👯 Tag a friend who needs a pottery road trip buddy!

03/09/2026

✨ Meet Ave Rivera a participating potter in the 2026 CT Clay Crawl! ✨

🗓 May 2–3, 2026

🕙 10 AM – 4 PM

📍 Find Ave at Sunshine Ceramics Studio in Milford CT .ceramics.studio

Humor and joy are important factors in my work. It is easy to forget or dismiss the importance of happiness in our lives. Personifying animals in my work not only adds an element of humor, but it makes them relatable and sparks conversation. For example, my sculptural work explores feelings of anxiety and despair but because of the exaggerated expressions, I hope the audience can laugh at their expense.

For my functional work, I want the experience to be explorative and full of wonder. To lead the user, every surface is considered when developing a concept. The punch line to a joke or a morning meditation may be inscribed on the bottom of a mug, or an especially precious detail may be carved into the handle. Each piece often includes layers of sculpted and painted details using techniques such as sgraffito and mishima. Fantasy and whimsy provide a wealth of inspiration for my pottery.

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👯 Tag a friend who needs a pottery road trip buddy!
Shop handmade pottery and explore Connecticut’s ceramic landscape in a statewide celebration of clay, creativity, and community.

Plan your weekend + view the full studio list at:
www.ctclayguild.com/clay-crawl (link in bio)

03/09/2026

✨ Meet Ashley Paskov a participating potter in the 2026 CT Clay Crawl! ✨

🗓 May 2–3, 2026

🕙 10 AM – 4 PM

📍 Find Ashley at Junk Pot Studio in West Hartford CT

Ashley Paskov is a ceramic artist based in Wethersfield, Connecticut. Her studio practice centers on sculptural and functional ceramics inspired by botanical defense systems, growth cycles, and healing processes. Through carved textures, waxy matte surfaces, and muted natural palettes, she explores how small organisms repair, protect, and adapt, translating these quiet transformations into clay.

Ashley discovered ceramics at Central Connecticut State University, where she earned her BA in Ceramics in 2015. She completed her MFA at Edinboro University in 2022 and has since exhibited her work nationally, with experience across New England, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina. She has been actively involved in clay communities along the East Coast, including a past role as Ceramics Director at Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft.

She currently teaches at Central Connecticut State University and serves as the ceramics studio technician at Northwestern Connecticut Community College, alongside maintaining an active studio practice from her home studio in Wethersfield.

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👯 Tag a friend who needs a pottery road trip buddy!

Shop handmade pottery and explore Connecticut’s ceramic landscape in a statewide celebration of clay, creativity, and community.

Plan your weekend + view the full studio list at:
www.ctclayguild.com/clay-crawl (link in bio)

03/09/2026

✨ Meet Amy Brockman a participating potter in the 2026 CT Clay Crawl! ✨

🗓 May 2–3, 2026

🕙 10 AM – 4 PM

📍 Find Amy at The Firestone Art Studio and Cafe in Manchester CT

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Amy Brockman is a multi-disciplinary artist & potter from Rhode Island. After graduating from the University of Hartford, Hartford Art School, she joined a community pottery studio to continue learning and expanding her arts practice. Outside of working full time as a post-production associate at an architectural photography studio, she dedicates countless hours pursuing and exploring clay as a means of creative expression. With a focus on functionality, her work often features hand drawn botanical illustrations, sgraffito, and carved details.

👯 Tag a friend who needs a pottery road trip buddy!

Shop handmade pottery and explore Connecticut’s ceramic landscape in a statewide celebration of clay, creativity, and community.

Plan your weekend + view the full studio list at:
www.ctclayguild.com/clay-crawl (link in bio)

03/09/2026

✨ Meet Claire Engelhardt , a participating potter in the 2026 CT Clay Crawl! ✨

🗓 May 2–3, 2026
🕙 10 AM – 4 PM
📍 Find Claire at Trevor Youngberg’s Studio of The New England Wood Firing Conference in Woodbridge CT

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Claire Engelhardt (she/her) is a Philly based ceramic artist and educator.

“Woodfiring has been the linchpin of my artistic practice. It challenges me to engage with the balance of control and letting go. Knowing the presence of my hand in each sculpture while embracing the surprises that come from collaborating with an undulating atmosphere. Each critter emerges from the kiln their personality crystalized on their surface, marked by their journey.

To me woodfiring has become synonymous with being in community. To bring together our knowledge and our questions. We succeed through our ability to labor, learn, and rely on each other.”
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Shop handmade pottery and explore Connecticut’s ceramic landscape in a statewide celebration of clay, creativity, and community.

Plan your weekend + view the full studio list at: www.ctclayguild.com/clay-crawl (link in bio)

👯 Tag a friend who needs a pottery road trip buddy!

03/01/2026

✨ CT Clay Crawl Artist Spotlight Series begins! ✨

From now until May 2–3, 2026, we’ll be featuring the incredible potters and studios participating in the first annual CT Clay Crawl — and we’re kicking things off with Alexa Rucinski of !

🗓 CT Clay Crawl | May 2–3, 2026
🕙 10 AM – 4 PM
📍 Across Connecticut

Born in New Haven, Alexa fell in love with clay at 14 while working at a pottery studio—and knew right away she wanted to open her own someday. Even while pursuing engineering and building a career, she kept returning to ceramics, working in studios up and down the East Coast and growing from studio assistant to teacher to studio manager.

With 17 years of studio experience and 9 years teaching, New Haven Pottery Studio is the result of years of dreaming, planning, saving. ”I’m proud to create an inclusive, welcoming, relaxed space—for the community, by the community.”

🏺 Find Alexa during the Crawl at New Haven Pottery Studio where she will also be hosting and

This event is all about celebrating handmade ceramics, connecting with local artists, and exploring studios across the state. Whether you’re a collector, a fellow potter, or just clay-curious — this weekend is for you.

👀 Stay tuned for artist and studio features posted daily leading up to the event!

👯 Tag a friend who would love a pottery road trip with you.
🗺️ Full details + studio list: www.ctclayguild.com/clay-crawl (link in bio)

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