My pottery story…

I graduated in 2003 from Katherine Gibbs in NYC with a degree in Visual Communications-Graphic Design. After graduation I went back home to the South Coast of Massachusetts and worked at Salt Marsh Pottery, learning about kilns and painting bisqueware. While visiting my aunt in Stowe, Vermont that Thanksgiving, I knew I found my next adventure. I moved to Vermont in January 2004 and began my graphic design career.

After 2 decades of designing and creating on the computer I was yearning for a creative outlet away from the screen. I took my first official wheel class at Muddy Creek Pottery with Heather Stearns in 2022, which led me to handbuilding and surface design. Wanting to dive deeper into all things clay, I found my way to River Arts in Morrisville, Vermont and became the Clay Technician for a time. There my love for ceramics grew while mixing reclaim, making glazes, loading and unloading kilns, and chatting about all things ceramics with fellow studio members & students every day.

I have always been drawn to math, nature (earth, water, air, fire, and ether) and art. With math there’s one right answer, with nature there’s multiple answers, and with art we get to turn everything on it’s head and make up our own answers.

Clay allows me to explore, learn and create everyday drawing on all three, all at once. And that’s where you’ll find me - in my home studio located in Wolcott, Vermont - diving deeper and deeper into clay.

Lindsay H. Thurston, Co-Owner/Designer/Potter