Laughin'Gnome Pottery - Port Townsend, WA
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    Naked Pottery Is
    The Future

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Get To Know Your Gnome

Since I was around 4 years old, and just a wee gnome navigating the gardens of life (just kidding, I am a human man… but certainly still navigating the gardens of life), pottery has been a love of mine. Though we lost touch with each other and had what can only be described as an on-off relationship, I began my throwing career when I attended a small school in Grass Valley, CA. After a year of learning to throw and building and firing several kilns, I attended a pottery and kiln building workshop. We built a 6-chamber climbing kiln; each chamber was 6’ x 6’ x 6’ with a 40’ foot chimney at the top of the hill. We mined the clay and glaze materials and made our own bricks to build the kiln. At the end of the 30-day workshop, we spent three days firing our new friend. 
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​Connecting Back to Our Roots

​As I've grown older, I’ve realized this interaction of clay and humans brought me into a closer harmony with Mother Earth and how we are inherently woven to clay throughout our lives. I believe our souls are tied to clay, which is why I do what I do today with passion, a loving attention to detail and joy. Our naked clay evokes this relationship and inspires both us and our clients to interact with the Earth at a primal level, bringing us all more in tune with what the world around us has to offer. 


Our Sacred Source

​The rich red clay we use is from the Ohio River Valley where it is mined from extensive clayfields left in the wake of retreating glaciers 12,000 years ago. So it’s a bit more of a higher quality than what you likely used in your grade 3 art class, and definitely no Play-Dough. Ancient cultures used this clay to make cooking pots, storage jars, water jugs and figurines. Iron oxide gives the clay its uniform red color, and provides a fine texture suitable for both thrown and sculpted pieces.
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LaughinGnome Pottery Studio 

274 Otto Street, Unit U
Port Townsend, WA  98368

(360) 301-5646

Sun:      Closed
Mon:     Closed
Tue:      12:00 pm–5:00 pm
Wed:     Closed
Thu:      Closed
Fri:         Closed
Sat:         Closed


Laughin’Gnome Pottery can be found at the additional following locations:
 
Crusty Crumb Bakery
​(has the best selection of pottery outside of the studio)
1433 W Sims Way
Port Townsend, WA 98368
Wednesday through Friday 9 – 4
Saturdays 9 – 2
 
Chimacum Corner Farmstand
9122 Rhody Drive
Chimacum, WA 87325
Daily 9 – 7
 
Quimper Mercantile Company
1121 Water Street
Port Townsend, WA 98368
Daily 10 – 6
 
Port Townsend Historical Society
540 Water Street
Port Townsend, WA 98368
 
Port Townsend Marine Science Center
1001 Water Street
Port Townsend, WA 98368
 
Mossy Creek Pottery
483 S Immonen Road
Lincoln City, OR 97367
 
Olive & Fig
7580 CA-89
Graeagle, CA 96103
 
The Mother Lode Exchange Community Market
1324 Jackson Gate Road
Jackson, CA 95642
 
 
 
 
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