
Theo Helmstadter
Owner
Green River Pottery
Sante Fe, NM USA
“It’s not something people tell you when you’re in high school: You’re going to come up with a plan, but then you’re probably going to have to come up with another plan after that!”
Green River Pottery
Sante Fe, NM USA
“It’s not something people tell you when you’re in high school: You’re going to come up with a plan, but then you’re probably going to have to come up with another plan after that!”
Owner
I make reduction-fired stoneware and teach pottery classes.
I make reduction-fired stoneware—mostly large functional forms. I love the artisanal challenge of making a really good ceramic piece—one that gets reached for and used. I also love the earthy, ancient, feel of stoneware clay as a raw material. My work is a collaboration with the earth. Together we strive for beauty.
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