Market Vermont Artist: Jennifer Boyer

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I’ve been a full time production potter since 1975. I tried throwing pots during my first year at Goddard College in 1972 and had to drop everything else from that moment on. The college also provided a structure in which I could do an apprenticeship in a production studio for almost a year. That gave me a real feeling for what a life in clay would be like.

The stoneware of Thistle Hill Pottery is created with the functional tradition of the old folk potteries in mind. Each piece is designed for a specific functional use, as well as being pleasing to the eye.  I make each pot on the potter’s wheel and decorate it by hand with my trademark brushwork patterns. The pots are then fired to 2310 degrees F. in a gas kiln I built myself at the studio.

A customer sent me this note and it tells about my pottery better than I ever could:

“Thought you might like to hear that you have a couple of fans in Tennessee. My daughter from Vermont introduced us to Thistle Hill Pottery last year. We now have 9 pieces of the lovely pottery and use it every day. I can only say that to us the pottery is art at its best. The simplicity and grace of the design and the sensibility of the forms combine to produce objects that are both beautiful and useful. Besides, the pieces recall our trips to Vermont and remind us of our young people there: beautiful, strong, and true. It must be rewarding to you to design and create pieces that touch strangers so that we are moved to write to tell you so. Keep up your good work! And thank you.”

– Jennifer Boyer

“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” – Dilbert

Contact Info:

Jennifer Boyer – Thistle Hill Pottery
95 Powder Horn Glen Rd
Montpelier, Vermont 05602
tel: 802-223-8926
email: vtpots@gmail.com
Website: vtpots.com