Cedar Swamp Pottery

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Cedar Swamp Pottery

Wood-fired, handmade stoneware and porcelain by Lori Mader. Tim and I married in 1987. We moved to Columbia, SC where our first child, Alex, was born.

I grew up on my grandparents’ dairy farm in north-central Pennsylvania, riding horses with Mom and collecting rocks, bark, and dirt. My Dad lived on the Hudson River near the Adirondack Park, NY where I spent holidays and summers collecting more rocks, bark and dirt. I fell in love with ceramics when I began studying at the University of South Carolina in 1989. We made Massachusetts our home in 19

90. Our family has since grown to include two more children, Shelby and Lily. Over the years I studied at the UMASS-Amherst and attended clay classes and workshops at the Worcester Center for Crafts. That’s where my clay met the wood kiln and I’ve never looked back. I’ve been an instructor at the Worcester Center for Crafts since 2004 until the recent pause in operations. I have participated in juried arts festivals throughout southern New England, New York and Pennsylvania. I continue to be intrigued by the process of making pots and captivated by the movement of soft clay in my hands, choosing which pots to fire, the rhythm of stoking a wood-burning kiln, each step a new experience. Firing with wood gives my work the soul and gravity worthy of their permanence. I create parts of myself to share, to enrich life’s everyday rituals with handmade art intended for use.

06/02/2024

Cone 9 after 14 hours Three hours to go.

05/31/2024

The Cedar Swamp little dragon is all ready to fire up this weekend!

10/25/2020

Shirley first day of her new job as my supervisor, today mudding.

12/10/2018

Thank you to everyone who braved the very chilly days to visit the studio this weekend! Stay cozy my friends!

12/09/2018

Take your gardening indoors this winter with these handmade windowsill planters, and populate those plants with a plant stake! Stop on by my studio sale today until 4pm! 54 Decorie Drive in Wilbraham!

12/08/2018

Open Studio Sale today! 11-4 at 54 Decorie Drive in Wilbraham, MA

Come on over for some handmade gifts for you and your loved ones this holiday season!

12/04/2018

Countdown to the weekend is on! I’ll have some pots for plants, mugs for cocoa (or steins for beer!), and trays for jewelry! Stop by this weekend for handmade gifts at my studio sale.

12/02/2018

Almost time for my studio sale! Stop by Saturday and Sunday (12/8 & 12/9) and gift yourself or a friend some local handmade pottery!
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06/30/2018

Hot day in Boston! Cool breezes on the Greenway Open Market 11-5! Fire roasted pots for everyone! , ,

06/23/2018

Good morning Worcester! Firing up the wood kiln today with the double whammy wood firing 2nd round! # wood fired pots

05/26/2018

Out in Boston today 11-5! Come over to the Greenway and you’ll find these pots and lots more! @ Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway

12/09/2017

All set up and ready to go!

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Wilbraham, MA
01095

Website

http://cedarswamppottery.com/Site/Home.html

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