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About the Peninsula Potters

For generations, the Blue Hill Peninsula in Penobscot Bay has been home to an active fishing and boat building community, and is a beloved destination for summer visitors, sailors, writers, musicians, and artists. The Peninsula Potters is a loosely knit group of potters and clay artists who have settled and established working studios in the area. We have been drawn here by the beauty of the surrounding landscape and by the creative spirit of its inhabitants, and feel privileged to live near The Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, on Deer Isle, whose multifaceted summer program provides us with another source of inspiration and community.

We encourage you to experience, year ’round, the breathtaking scenery, art and music events, and great food of this region. While exploring, please visit the diverse studios and galleries of the Peninsula Potters. Most of us are open to the public throughout the year or by appointment. Please check individual websites found in the listings below.



Down to Earth Pottery  
#1 on Map
Keith Herklotz / 199 Ellsworth Rd, Blue Hill, ME 04614 / 207.374-5492 / e-mail: kherklotz@myfairpoint.net  / Open Mon. thru Sat. 10-5 PM.

Utilitarian stoneware with local wildflower decoration and tombstone impressions
in earthenware for home and garden.


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Mark Bell Pottery
  
#2 on Map
Route 15, PO Box 1074, Blue Hill, ME 04614
207.374-5881 / Open Daily

Fine porcelain delicately thrown, bright rich glazes.
Kiln openings July 5, Aug. 14,
Columbus Weekend Guests:
Melody Lewis-Kane & Jemma Gascoine

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Clay Forms Pottery
   #3
on Map
Melody Lewis-Kane / 189 Rope Ferry Rd, Sedgwick, ME 04676
e-mail: melody.lewiskane@gmail.com / 207.359-2320 / www.clayformspottery.com

Unique and decorative porcelain for the rituals of daily life.
Showing at Mark Bell Pottery for Columbus Day Sale

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R-Place Studio
   #4
on Map
Kathy Burton / 3 South Cross Rd, Sedgwick, ME 04676
e-mail: kathyb1221@gmail.com  / 207.359-8044 /   www.rplacestudio.com
Open Sat., Sun., and Mon. 12:30-5 PM or by appointment

Functional stoneware and more.

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Brooklin Pottery Co-op  
#5
on Map
BUNNY GORSKI & JANE STORY / 24 Mountain Ash Rd, Brooklin, ME 04616 / 207.374-5248
Summer hours: Fri. and Sat. 10-3 PM or by appointment.

Hand built and wheel thrown stoneware pieces.

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Greene-Ziner Gallery
  
#6 on Map
MELISSA GREENE / 73 Reach Rd, Deer Isle, ME 04627
207.348-2601 / e-mail: greeneziner@gmail.com  /   www.melissagreene.com
Open Tue.-Sun. 10-5 PM

Vessels and bowls with figurative and animal motifs painted with terra sigillata.
Functional soda fired pots.

Columbus Day Guests:
Betsey Copp
– functional pots with animal motifs.
Marcia Kola – functional porcelain and stoneware.
Stephen Rodreguez – Stoneware and porcelain inspired by ancient Asian forms.

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Bunzy Sherman the Potter 
 #7
on Map
56 Pressey Village Rd, Deer Isle, ME 04627
207.348-6422 / e-mail: bunzy@midmaine.com
Open Thurs.-Sun. 11 AM - 4 PM or by appointment

My pottery functions well and is decorated with simple but effective glazes.
They are straightforward, honest, and affordably priced.

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Mountainville Studios
   #8
on Map
MARCIA KOLA / 19 Winding Hill Road, PO Box 14, Deer Isle, ME 04627 / 207.348-5681

email: kokkola@localnet.com   Open by appointment
Functional stoneware and porcelain… high fired in electric and wood kilns.
Showing at The Clown, Stonington.
Showing at Greene-Ziner Gallery on Columbus Day Weekend.

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Barbro Chapman
    #9
on Map
34 Chamberlin Drive, PO Box 602, Deer Isle, ME 04627
207.348-5641 / e-mail: barbro@midmaine.com   Open by appointment

Functional, wheel-thrown stoneware in warm, earth-tone glazes. Mugs, pitchers, bowls, etc.

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HG Pottery 
 #10
on Map
HANNAH GOSSARD / 741 Oceanville Rd, Stonington, ME 04681
207 367-2269 / email: hannah@hgpottery.com   Open daily 10 AM - 5 PM
Traditional wheel thrown
porcelain and stoneware with various vivid glazes.
Showing pottery at the Stonington Farmer’s Market every Friday during the summer.

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