Clay Space private studios are occupied by an eclectic groups of individuals representing a variety of disciplines and interests.

Barbara Herman | Ceramics
Melody McKenzie | Ceramics
Renee Manford | Painting and Printmaking
Jim Laub | Ceramics
Trudy Earls | Ceramics
Nolan Blansit | Ceramics
Lawrence Hopper | Painting
John Sconce | Photography
Kristine Morich | Ceramics
Kathy Turner | Ceramics
Ellen Davidson | Ceramics

Barbara Herman
My pottery is primarily wheel thrown porcelain. My pieces are inspired by garden scenes. I derive my designs from actual places I have been or from my imagination. The brushwork is influenced by Chinese brush painting. I love to paint and I love to use clay. Combining painting with clay work is a natural evolution for me. My hope is that each piece is delightful to use.

Bonnie King
You may meet Bonnie King welcoming you to Clay Space on a week day morning.

Fun! Clay is fun. Touch it; feel it; mold it to a form that's been swirling in my brain.

Earth, dirt, clay. I feel the ooze of life's beginning in my hands. Clay is elemental and I love to see what it can become. All of the infinite possibilities of what is in the universe are in my hands. The glazes, the enormous range of the color palette, remind me of the minerals of the earth.

And then the clay goes into the fire and you have to let go of yourself, let go of your vision and let the fire have its way.

After the firing, you have a piece, a part of you and a part of the earth. There is nothing more satisfying.

Melody McKenzie
After many years as a fiber artist, Melody McKenzie has fallen in love with clay. In her studio at Clay Space, she explores hand building with porcelain, creating delicate organic forms. A perfect leaf, or a scrap of lace become tools to create impressions in the clay. Melody shows her work at the Saturday Market and Holiday Market, as well as at studio sales at Clay Space.

John Sconce
I’m an Oregon native but lived in California and Washington before coming back to Oregon four years ago. Many of my photographs are taken here in the Willamette Valley although there are also a number of shots taken in rural areas of Washington.
 
Photography has been one of the most consistent aspects of my life. In college I was a marine biology major with a minor in scientific photography. I’ve been a science teacher, owner of a stained glass business and a medical lab technician, in addition to a number of other short-lived occupations. But I always loved photography. Being semiretired, I now have the opportunity to take it more seriously and am printing and framing a collection of my recent work.
 
My photographs begin as 4x5 transparencies and are then scanned and printed digitally. I use only archival materials. Hope you like them.

jsconcephoto.com