About our work ...
In this age of advanced technology we labor to be a voice for the earth: simple, beautiful, useful.

 Mark is the "pugmaster" of the studio, recycling clay in the pug mill.  The pug mill is the clay mixer and extruder that allows us to have clay to throw on the potter's wheel.  Mark assists by lifting heavy pieces off the wheel and turning them for trimming.  He is also the web designer for the studio.

Tomelene is the potter.  Originally from New York, she  received her early art training at the Brooklyn Museum Art School, the National Academy of Art & Design, and the Art Student's League of New York.  While pursuing a BA in Art from Queens College, CUNY, Tomelene fell in love with clay.  Considered the most abstract of all art media, ceramics combines painting, drawing and sculpture.  Having completed her BA, she obtained a Master of Fine Arts in Ceramics from Otis Art Institute of Los Angeles.

Her work has been shown in the White Oak Gallery, Los Olivos, the Nancy Phelps Gallery, Santa Ynez and Artisance Gallery, Laguna Beach, California.  Her functional work and fountains are in private collections in Europe, Canada and throughout the United States.  Tomelene continues to explore hand thrown stoneware celebrating daily life and the healing sound of water as part of ceramic sculpture.

New work is shown by appointment at our private gallery in Lompoc.






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