Potters
Evan Williams
Master Potter
Evan started working for ShackletonThomas in 2002, while finishing his training as an apprentice potter at Simon Pearce. Evan is an incredible thrower, and is known for his ability to throw pots both large and small with great skill. He also has a special interest in glaze chemistry, developing and refining ShackletonThomas glazes. Evan especially likes making bowls and teapots; teapots because of the skill and attention to detail needed to make them both attractive and functional, and bowls because their simple shape allows for incredible depth and subtlety of form.
Evan studied Art at Syracuse University, and in his free time makes his own pots, which are then wood fired in his Anagama kiln at his home studio in Bethel, Vermont.
Evan started working for ShackletonThomas in 2002, while finishing his training as an apprentice potter at Simon Pearce. Evan is an incredible thrower, and is known for his ability to throw pots both large and small with great skill. He also has a special interest in glaze chemistry, developing and refining ShackletonThomas glazes. Evan especially likes making bowls and teapots; teapots because of the skill and attention to detail needed to make them both attractive and functional, and bowls because their simple shape allows for incredible depth and subtlety of form.
Evan studied Art at Syracuse University, and in his free time makes his own pots, which are then wood fired in his Anagama kiln at his home studio in Bethel, Vermont.
Eric Moore
Master Potter - Pottery Manager
Description
Jackie Padich
Master Potter
Jessica King
Master Potter
Jess has been a potter for ShackletonThomas since 2001, when she joined the team for the ability to make a living throwing and decorating pots. She has a passion for the handmade pieces she makes, and loves the community of people she works with. Jess has become a unique craftsperson with skill in all areas of the pottery, from throwing to carving and painting to firing the kilns. She takes special pleasure making teapots, which she believes take true talent, skill, and patience in order to be both beautiful and functional.
Outside of the pottery, Jess is an equestrian, training and riding her horse Apollo. She also loves cooking, reading, being outside, dance parties, snowboarding, and spending time with her family.
Jess has been a potter for ShackletonThomas since 2001, when she joined the team for the ability to make a living throwing and decorating pots. She has a passion for the handmade pieces she makes, and loves the community of people she works with. Jess has become a unique craftsperson with skill in all areas of the pottery, from throwing to carving and painting to firing the kilns. She takes special pleasure making teapots, which she believes take true talent, skill, and patience in order to be both beautiful and functional.
Outside of the pottery, Jess is an equestrian, training and riding her horse Apollo. She also loves cooking, reading, being outside, dance parties, snowboarding, and spending time with her family.
Cassidy Metcalf
Master Potter
Cassidy’s first foray into ceramics was during her senior year of college, when she strayed away from her Environmental Biology major and enrolled in a Introductory Pottery class at the Rhode Island School of Design. Little did she know that years later pottery would become her career. Although she studied Biology, she believes the methodical nature of pottery suits her, and the materials of ceramics have everything to do with her background and interests; clay comes straight from the earth and working with glaze involves knowledge about geology and chemistry. Cassidy works primarily in the demonstration area beside the ShackletonThomas showroom. Come see what she is making and learn alongside her!
Cassidy’s first foray into ceramics was during her senior year of college, when she strayed away from her Environmental Biology major and enrolled in a Introductory Pottery class at the Rhode Island School of Design. Little did she know that years later pottery would become her career. Although she studied Biology, she believes the methodical nature of pottery suits her, and the materials of ceramics have everything to do with her background and interests; clay comes straight from the earth and working with glaze involves knowledge about geology and chemistry. Cassidy works primarily in the demonstration area beside the ShackletonThomas showroom. Come see what she is making and learn alongside her!
Lucia Magee
Potter Intern
Grace Graham
Potter Intern