Is one of the first members of the Collective and is one of its most experienced and successful commercial ceramic artists, having designed and is selling totems,which are great for gardens! She is here working on one of the pieces for her totems. Wendy is a member of the Collective’s board of directors.

Helped the Collective get started on its ceramic tile business with a local tile distributor, but he also used a preform from the Collective on which to hand paint a beautiful design on the order of famous Jun Ware (called “sacrificial cobalt blue” after the ancient Chinese rituals during which ceramics decorated with these colors were used). These plates were part of a two person show at a gallery in New Haven (pictured).

Is another long-standing member of the Collective and has created full sets of dishes and other tableware for gifts. She is shown here performing one of the favorite activities of the members (not!): reclaiming slip. Gail is currently on sabbatical, and we are eager to see her return.

Are a couple that like to experiment with a wide variety of both formation and surface techniques. Living a ways from the Collective’s studio, they cannot come often, but when they do, they enjoy their experiments. Here they react to something of theirs that is emerging from the kiln.

Is the “Jean” of Jean Elton, in whose studio the Collective works. Her work has been featured in national catalogs by Artful Home and at Cortile Gallery, the leading art gallery in Cape Cod. While she continues at Jean Elton, she loves working with the Collective, making many of the preforms and helping Collective members decorate them. She is shown here helping a person at a Collective Experience.

The “Elton” of Jean Elton. Married to Lois, Bill assists her by creating the ceramic molds she uses for most of her Jean Elton vessels. But he also uses that skill to create molds for preforms for Collective members. Bill is a member of the Collective’s board of directors and is the current manager.

Has the broadest experience of anyone at the Collective, other than Lois and Bill Barker. Though shown here working on tiles for a local distributor, she independently glazes, stacks the kiln, pugs the clay, operates the 30 ton press and uses the slip pump to make preforms for use by other Collective members. Lauren is a member of the Collective’s board of directors.

Is the veteran of many Collective Experiences, who, although she lives out of the area, returns over and over again to enjoy experimenting with new ideas she brings from her jewelry–making passion. The joy and excitement (as shown here) is infectious and helps transform the studio into a party whenever she is here.

Is the youngest member of the Collective, but this doesn’t stop her from being her creative best! Shown here decorating by hand the Collective’s ring bowl preforms, Audrey also draws digitally, creating designs applied via decal to Collective plate and bowl preforms, and which are offered for sale on the Collective’s gallery pages.

Is currently a sophomore in college studying architecture. She’s confident that the skills gained working at the Collective–both engineering and creative–will help her in her formal studies. Here Gracie assiduously inspects a tile.

Is a member that is qualified to operate the 30 ton press and de-airing pug mill and as such, he is mostly engaged in making tiles for the Collective. Shown here inspecting the press before the next cycle, Isaac makes a great contribution to the Collective.

Visits the studio periodically, though she lives in San Diego. She runs her site, Isiko, where she sells, among other things, her own ceramic designs. She helps make Collective preforms during her visits and decorates some for her own use and some for sale on her site. Here she is evidently pleased with what she is making!

Is the founding member of the Collective, shown above, right, inspecting one of Lois’s recent designs. Kelly originated the Round Hill Pottery Collective name, designed the logo, and was the first manager for the Collective. But she also created a variety of great work in the studio of which she kept a great deal for gifts, but that she also sold. While she has moved out of the area (to work for a commercial ceramic manufacturer for which the Collective provided a recommendation),we cannot forget her enthusiasm and vision for the Collective. Thanks, Kelly!