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Tom and Nancy Guisti's fine Raku fired pottery is a studio who's work I have long admired, and now have added to our gallery. The copper flashes on each piece are spectacular, and their gentle images look welcome in any home. My favorites are the leaves and ferns in wall hangings.

Jeanette Bottari is a Georgia potter who has perfected leaves in her work. The many different styles, shapes, sizes and uses of her pottery leaves has grown and become more elaborate over the many years she has had her work in the Funky Chicken Art Project. From windchimes to serving platters, and beyond, her leaves find their way into collections. We are also very fortunate to have some of her rare and spontaneously produced sculpture that express her delight in fairy folk as well as lost souls and heroes.

Sunset Canyon Pottery is the most popular functional pottery in our gallery. Bridget and Bill Hauser, and Arnold and Syd Popinsky create very pleasing color combinations in their many glaze combinations on hand thrown pieces as well as slab work.

Ester Lipscomb has joined us as another artist in residence this season. Her recent works, now on display in the gallery, include raku fired vessels in both white crackle glazes and a wonderfully dreamy peacock green with copper flashes in the surface. Lipscomb has come to Dahlonega most recently from California, but her journey has been a completed circle including time spent living in Colorado and Japan. She is a 1999 graduate of the North Georgia College with a degree in art education where her studio focus was pottery .

Jerry Pruitt has been selling his pottery through us for years, and now has decided to retire from displaying in our geographical area and keep it all closer to his home in Augusta, Georgia. The display that we have now will be our last bit of his functional pottery.

Tom & Judy Touchstone have a primitive style in their pottery with home-made stories to go with the home-made glazes on each one. Their studio is called "Turkey Mountain Pottery" and each piece just speaks for itself.

David Vincent often combines wheel thrown, hand built and extruded elements to form unique, one of a kind pieces. He experiments with a variety of textures and architectural type elements to create both functional and artistic forms. His use of plaster molds and stamps of his own design imprint a variety of effects onto his pieces. He applies engobes, or colored clay, to many of the pieces to accentuate these stamped designs and textures.

Jamie Voiveditch brings a fresh and colorful pottery to our gallery. It has a fairy tale atmosphere with one piece even called "Cinderella jar". Most items are petite and functional with details that need a close look to appreciate. We welcome her and her work into the gallery in August, 2002.