Hands on, Week long workshop:

Discover the idiosyncrasies of working with porcelain on and off the wheel as Martha demonstrates how to make her signature undulating functional forms. Martha will share her special throwing and altering techniques that exploit this elegant and sensuous material’s best qualities. Working with a variety of bottomless wheel-thrown forms and slabs, in both the soft and leather-hard stages, Martha will demonstrate various altering techniques and additions of slabs, handles, and spouts to create an assortment of functional forms. Forms will include cups, bowls, vases, pitchers, lidded forms, and baskets. Crack repair and mending techniques will be addressed as well as the use of a spray gun for glaze application. This workshop will include bisque and cone 10 glaze firings.

Martha is a functional potter living in Bethel Maine, creating thrown and altered porcelain pieces. She attended Bennington College, VT, where she received her undergraduate degree in Architecture. Martha received her MFA in ceramics from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. She has been awarded multiple residencies and fellowships including the Fogelberg Fellowship at the Northern Clay Center in Minneapolis, Sage Scholarship, Taunt Fellowship at the Archie Bray Foundation, and a yearlong residency at Red Lodge Clay Center. Her work is shown internationally and has been featured numerous publications including Ceramics Monthly, Clay Times, Pottery Making Illustrated, and the Lark 500 series.

Workshop FULL - contact for waiting list, or to inquire for 2020.

Join Martha for this unique opportunity to spend spend seven days learning about porcelain in her studio in Bethel, Maine. 

Discover the idiosyncrasies of working with porcelain on and off the wheel as Martha demonstrates how to make her signature undulating functional forms.  In this hands-on workshop, Martha will share her special throwing and altering techniques that exploit this elegant and sensuous material’s best qualities.  Working with a variety of bottomless wheel-thrown forms and slabs in both the soft and leather-hard stages, students will learn various altering techniques and additions of slabs, handles, and spouts to create an assortment of functional forms.  Forms will include cups, bowls, vases, pitchers, lidded forms, and baskets.  Crack repair and mending techniques will be addressed, as well as the use of a spray gun for glaze application.  Martha will also talk about her sources of inspiration, philosophy of making, and studio practices.  A glaze kiln will be fired, as well as two bisque kilns. 

The workshop will begin at 1pm on Sunday.  The rest of the week, class will take place from 9 am - 5 pm, with a one-hour lunch break.  Lunch will be provided and will be served onsite.  The studio will be open for after-hours work during the week.  On the last day, Saturday, we will conclude with the opening of our glaze kiln and be finished by noon. 

Class size is limited to 8 participants. 

Price includes tuition, lunch, all firings, glazes, use of equipment, and 50# of porcelain.  More clay may be purchased during the workshop if needed.  

Cost: $700

Please email Martha@MarthaGrover.com to reserve your space.  A 50% deposit is required at time of registration.  The remaining balance may be paid at the start of the workshop.  A full refund is available, less $35 processing fee, if cancellation is made by June 1.  No refunds will be made for registrations cancelled after June 1.

A list of local accommodations and flight information is available HERE

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Join Martha for this unique opportunity to spend spend seven days learning about porcelain in her studio in Bethel, Maine. 

Discover the idiosyncrasies of working with porcelain on and off the wheel as Martha demonstrates how to make her signature undulating functional forms.  In this hands-on workshop, Martha will share her special throwing and altering techniques that exploit this elegant and sensuous material’s best qualities.  Working with a variety of bottomless wheel-thrown forms and slabs in both the soft and leather-hard stages, students will learn various altering techniques and additions of slabs, handles, and spouts to create an assortment of functional forms.  Forms will include cups, bowls, vases, pitchers, lidded forms, and baskets.  Crack repair and mending techniques will be addressed, as well as the use of a spray gun for glaze application.  Martha will also talk about her sources of inspiration, philosophy of making, and studio practices.  A glaze kiln will be fired, as well as two bisque kilns. 

The workshop will begin at 1pm on Sunday.  The rest of the week, class will take place from 9 am - 5 pm, with a one-hour lunch break.  Lunch will be provided and will be served onsite.  The studio will be open for after-hours work during the week.  On the last day, Saturday, we will conclude with the opening of our glaze kiln and be finished by noon. 

Class size is limited to 8 participants. 

Price includes tuition, lunch, all firings, glazes, use of equipment, and 50# of porcelain.  More clay may be purchased during the workshop if needed.  

Cost: $700

Please email Martha@MarthaGrover.com to reserve your space.  A 50% deposit is required at time of registration.  The remaining balance may be paid at the start of the workshop.  A full refund is available, less $35 processing fee, if cancellation is made by June 1.  No refunds will be made for registrations cancelled after June 1.

A list of local accommodations and flight information is available HERE

Join us as we welcome Martha Grover for a two day intensive. Learn how to alter your forms into something special by combining skills and imagination

Join Martha in CT for this 4 day hands on workshop at Alison Palmer’s studio.

Martha Grover, Joshua Rysted are having a spring pottery sale this weekend at our studio in West Bethel.  

Saturday and Sunday, May 11 & 12, 10 am – 5 pm

630 West Bethel Road (US Rt. 2)


We've each been busy making lots of planters, vases, Mother's Day gifts, and other functional pottery for the home.  Come see the studio, meet the artists, and do a little shopping for mom and yourself. 

Driving Directions:

From Bethel, drive west on Route 2 about four miles.  We are located on the left hand side of the road about two blocks after you pass Mountain Greenery and just before Groan and McGurn "Tourist Trap."  If you get to the brown hostel on Westwood Road, you've gone too far.  Our studio is not visible from the road.  It is set back in the trees.  Look for the "Pottery Studio" sign and turn down the gravel driveway marked "Evans Hill."  We are in the big white metal warehouse about a half-block down the road.  Park anywhere and enter through the glass double doors at the front of the building.  

Every year on the first weekend in May, pottery and ceramics studios in Maine open their doors to the public. It's a fun day and a chance meet the artists, peek in the kilns, see demonstrations, and shop for pottery and other handmade goods. 2019 will be our eighth year, and we will have dozens of participating studios. If you'd like to take the Pottery Tour, scroll to the bottom of this page for downloadable maps, and links to interactive online maps and plan your pottery road trip.

Martha is please to be part of this years Pottery Invitational!

Join Martha in IL at The Clay Space for a two day workshop this March!

Martha will join the students from the University of Alaska Fairbanks as a Visiting Artist.

The Gandee Gallery and the Shaped Clay Society at Syracuse University invite ceramic artists to apply to participate in  the upcoming show, The Almighty Cup 2018, a national juried and invitational exhibition. The show is a fundraiser for the Shaped Clay Society and the entry fees will help support Syracuse University student scholarships, activities, and NCECA Conference attendance. The entry fee is $30 for up to 5 entries and the idea of ‘cup’ may be interpreted freely.  All entries must be primarily made of clay and be for sale.

The show will present an eclectic mix of styles of drinking  and sculptural vessels made by ceramic artists from all over the country. It will be on view at the Gandee Gallery September 29 through November 26. There will be a reception on Saturday, September 29, from 6:00-8:00 PM and it’s free and open to the public.  This year’s juror, DJ Hellerman, is Curator of Art and Programs at the Everson Museum.  Local business, Clayscapes, is sponsoring the prizes for the exhibition.

The Wichita National 2018 Ceramics Exhibition

September 28 - October 20

Final Friday | September 28th | 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm

We have invited esteemed ceramic artists from all across the nation to participate in this fundraising exhibition that supports Empty Bowls. The Empty Bowls Project is an international movement supporting the fight against hunger. Artists gather around the world every year, including Wichita! Each fall, Wichita State University’s Ceramics Guild, along with the School of Art, Design and Creative Industries, the Ulrich Museum of Art and many others, work together to raise money for the Kansas Food Bank.

Exhibition and sale ends October 20th.

Martha will be displaying work again this year at Worcester Center for Crafts annual Cup and Bowl Shows - just in time for the holiday season.

WORKSHOP FULL - please email to be added to the wait list.  The same workshop will take place in 2019.

Join Martha for this unique opportunity to spend spend seven days learning about porcelain in her studio in Bethel, Maine. 

Discover the idiosyncrasies of working with porcelain on and off the wheel as Martha demonstrates how to make her signature undulating functional forms.  In this hands-on workshop, Martha will share her special throwing and altering techniques that exploit this elegant and sensuous material’s best qualities.  Working with a variety of bottomless wheel-thrown forms and slabs in both the soft and leather-hard stages, students will learn various altering techniques and additions of slabs, handles, and spouts to create an assortment of functional forms.  Forms will include cups, bowls, vases, pitchers, lidded forms, and baskets.  Crack repair and mending techniques will be addressed, as well as the use of a spray gun for glaze application.  Martha will also talk about her sources of inspiration, philosophy of making, and studio practices.  A glaze kiln will be fired, as well as two bisque kilns. 

The workshop will begin at 1pm on Sunday, July 8.  The rest of the week, class will take place from 9 am - 5 pm, with a one-hour lunch break.  Lunch will be provided and will be served onsite.  The studio will be open for after-hours work during the week.  On the last day, Saturday, July 14, we will conclude with the opening of our glaze kiln and be finished by noon. 

Class size is limited to 7 participants. 

Price includes tuition, lunch, all firings, glazes, use of equipment, and 50# of porcelain.  More clay may be purchased during the workshop if needed.  

Cost: $700

Please email Martha@MarthaGrover.com to reserve your space.  A 50% deposit is required at time of registration.  The remaining balance may be paid at the start of the workshop.  A full refund is available, less $35 processing fee, if cancellation is made by June 1.  No refunds will be made for registrations cancelled after June 1, 2018.  

A list of local accommodations and flight information is available HERE

For this year's La Mesa show, Santa Fe Clay asked nearly 40 artists to interpret a special theme: Garden Party. For the first time, we also asked them to produce 4 coordinated place settings, so collectors could set a full table. Some artists opted to create centerpieces, vases, tea sets, cocktail items or serving platters, with marvelous results. The full show is best seen in our gallery in Santa Fe, but many items are available online - and more will be added.

Friday, July 6 - Friday, August 17

Noel Bailey / Hayne Bayless / Tom Budzak / Davis Craig / Natasha Dikareva / Paul Donnelly / Justin Donofrio / Allee Etheridge / Steven Gorman / Martha Grover / Wesley Harvey / Delores Hayes / Amy Henson / Autumn Higgins / Lauren Karle / Gail Kendall / Yoonjee Kwak / Teresa Larrabee / Farraday Newsome / KyoungHwa Oh / Joe Pintz / Chris Pickett / Shelley Rosenstein / Julia Roxburgh / Abby Salsbury / Amy Santoferraro / Melanie Sherman / Terry Siebert / Amy Smith / Lauren Smith / Malcolm Mobutu Smith / Joyce St Clair Voltz / Mike Stumbras / Ali Taj / Eric Van Eimeren / Gwendolyn Yoppolo / Lisa York 

Artist’s Reception: Friday, May 18, 2018 from 5-7 pm MT

Exhibition Posted Online: Monday, May 7, 2018 by 10 am MT

An Exhibition of ceramic flower vessels. This show will include vases, flower bricks, baskets, bud vases, and other vessels intended for the containment and display of flowers.

Participating Artists include: HP Bloomer, Julia Galloway, Martha Grover, Kate Johnston, Suze Lindsay, Justin Rothshank, and Kari Smith.

14th Annual Asparagus Valley Pottery Trail

April 28 & 29, 2018
10 am - 5 pm

The Pottery Trail is a self-guided driving tour of clay studios in western Massachusetts. This year there will be 13 guests in addition to the 9 potters that will welcome visitors to their studios.

Martha is pleased to be a guest of Lucy Fagella on this year's Asparagus Valley Pottery Trail.

Sue Tirrell, Kevin Crowe and Martha Grover will present at this year's Functional Ceramics Workshop in Wooster Ohio.

Visit the website: www.functionalworkshop.com for more information.
 

Join Martha at Penland this fall as she teaching a one week workshop in the beautiful mountains of North Carolina.

http://penland.org/classes/fall/fall_1C.html

Visiting Artist: Martha Grover

Workshop

Saturday, October 28, 2017 - 

10:00am to 4:00pm

Sunday, October 29, 2017 - 

10:00am to 4:00pm

VISITING ARTIST: MARTHA GROVER

Porcelain On and Off the Wheel

Two-Day Demo Workshop

Saturday, October 28, 10am – 4 pm and Sunday, October 29, 10 am – 4 pm

Tuition: $300.00, members $150.00

Martha will present a Tuttle Talk on Friday, October 27, 6-8 pm. Free to all.

October 5-8, 2017 (Columbus Day Weekend)

The Mid-Atlantic Clay Conference is held every other year in the beautiful landscape setting of Front-Royal, Virginia. Ceramic artists of all skill levels will benefit from our four day conference! On Saturday and Sunday, three nationally-known potters will present demonstration workshops featuring their unique techniques for constructing, decorating, glazing and firing their work. On Friday, multiple regional ceramists will lead a variety of exciting hands-on and demonstration workshops. There are also great opportunities to socialize, make new acquaintances, and renew past friendships! Participants come away with new ideas and inspiration from this stimulating learning experience!

Discover the idiosyncrasies of working with porcelain on and off the wheel as Martha Grover demonstrates how to make her undulating functional forms. She will discuss special throwing and altering techniques suited for this elegant and sensuous material and how to exploit its best qualities. Demonstrations will include working with various wheel-thrown forms and slabs in both the soft and leather-hard stages to create a variety of cups, bowls, vases, pitchers, lidded forms, and teapots. She will explore bottomless thrown forms, with the additions of slabs, handles and spouts.  Crack repair and mending techniques will be addressed as well as the use of a spray gun for glaze application. Martha will also talk about her sources of inspiration, philosophy of making, and studio practices.

Discover the idiosyncrasies of working with porcelain on and off the wheel as Martha Grover demonstrates how to make her signature undulating functional forms.  In this hands-on workshop, Martha will share her special throwing and altering techniques that exploit this elegant and sensuous material’s best qualities.  Working with a variety of bottomless wheel-thrown forms and slabs in both the soft and leather-hard stages, Martha will demonstrate various altering techniques and additions of slabs, handles, and spouts to create an assortment of functional forms.  Forms will include cups, bowls, vases, pitchers, lidded forms, and baskets.  Crack repair and mending techniques will be addressed, as well as the use of a spray gun for glaze application.  Martha will also talk about her sources of inspiration, philosophy of making, and studio practices.

NTERGENERATIONAL Weekend - July 7-9, 2017 - Elegantly Altered with Martha Grover

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Work with porcelain on and off the wheel as the artist demonstrates how to make her signature, undulating forms. Gain experience with special throwing and altering techniques that exploit porcelain's best qualities. Work with a variety of bottomless wheel-thrown forms and slabs in both the soft and leather-hard stages. Learn to add slabs, handles and spouts while creating a variety of functional forms including cups, bowls, vases, pitchers, lidded forms and baskets. Cover crack repair and mending, too. Skill level: Intermediate Advanced

Undulating Functional Porcelain

June 19th – 23rd, 2017

Discover the idiosyncrasies of working with porcelain on and off the wheel as Martha Grover demonstrates how to make her signature undulating functional forms. In this hands-on workshop, Martha will share her special throwing and altering techniques that exploit this elegant and sensuous material’s best qualities. Working with a variety of bottomless wheel-thrown forms and slabs in both the soft and leather-hard stages, Martha will demonstrate various altering techniques and additions of slabs, handles, and spouts to create an assortment of functional forms. Forms will include cups, bowls, vases, pitchers, lidded forms, and baskets. Crack repair and mending techniques will be addressed, as well as the use of a spray gun for glaze application. Martha will also talk about her sources of inspiration, philosophy of making, and studio practices.

Artist Bio

Martha Grover is a functional potter, living in Bethel Maine, creating thrown and altered porcelain pieces. She attended Bennington College, where she received her undergraduate degree in Architecture. After a fifth year in ceramics at Syracuse University, Martha went on to receive her MFA in ceramics from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.

After graduate school, she was awarded multiple residencies and fellowships including the Fogelberg Fellowship at the Northern Clay Center in Minneapolis, Sage Scholarship and Taunt Fellowship at the Archie Bray Foundation , and a yearlong residency at Red Lodge Clay Center. Her work can be found at many galleries across the country. Her work has been published in Ceramics Monthly, Clay Times, Pottery Making Illustrated, 500 Pitchers, 500 Platters and Chargers, and 500 Vases. It was the cover feature of Ceramic Monthly’s May 2010 issue.

To learn more about Martha, please visit: www.MarthaHGrover.com