Amy began working in clay over 15 years ago. From the beginning, her work was heavily influenced by nature (echoing her prior career as a landscape designer and floral designer). She started as a functional potter, participating in art shows and exhibits. In 2004, she decided to pursue her art more seriously and entered the [ Read More ]
Anne Egitto is an archaeologist currently working on her doctorate degree in the Anthropology Department at The University of Kansas. Her porcelain pottery is wheel thrown and hand-painted. Although her work is primarily fired in a gas reduction kiln, some pieces are occasionally wood-fired. From time to time, she works with stoneware. The firing process [ Read More ]
Amy is an artist who sees inspiration everywhere she looks, whether it’s the birds outside her dining room window, her children’s adventures, or the architecture on a family trip to France. Her stunning three dimensional clay canvases can be seen at local galleries like the Phoenix in Lawrence, Strecker-Nelson in Manhattan, and Stuff in Kansas [ Read More ]
Our most popular second saturday returns for a fourth performance. Bring your own bisque fired pots to glaze and fire or use one of ours. We’ll grill hot dogs in between raku firings (on a separate grill, *not* in the raku kiln). We’ll have some chips and lemonade and hot dog type of condiments. Feel [ Read More ]
Stephanie Kantor is both a functional potter and a painter. Working in these media allows Kantor to translate her ideas onto different surfaces and explore materiality. She is inspired by urban landscapes and their decay. This motif is emphasized by color and pattern on low fire red clay. Kantor graduated from Penn State in 2009 [ Read More ]
Fritz Buster divides his time between educating the young artists at Shawnee Mission South, creating beautiful thrown crystalline-glazed pottery, and inventing reasons to take weekend motorcycle rides with his lovely wife. This is his 3rd appearance as a Second Saturday Artist (also appearing previously in 2009) and I personally learned a LOT of very interesting [ Read More ]
Bracker’s is proud to announce the April Artist for our Second Saturday Series will be Cindy Buehler! Cindy’s work is predominately black-and-white sgraffito with pops of a single bright color. She sells her work online through sites like Etsy and Beautiful Bowls , at local stores like Stuff (in Brookside, and at shows throughout the area. [ Read More ]
We did two raku firings as Second Saturday events in 2010 and they was so popular that we decided to do it again. Bring your own bisque fired pots to glaze and fire or use one of ours. We’ll grill hot dogs in between raku firings (on a separate grill, *not* in the raku kiln). [ Read More ]
Kelly is a full-time potter working in a rural area about 50 miles southwest of Kansas City. “Everything inspires me to create. I love open spaces and sunlight. I create pottery that reflects the life found within all things. I love to throw on the wheel and combine these pieces with hand built forms.” Kelly [ Read More ]
Patricia is a contemporary Hopi/Zuni artist originally from Arizona/New Mexico and currently living in Kansas. Her work is unique and reflects her Hopi and Zuni background, but she also incorporates ideas and styles learned over almost 20 years as a student of handbuilding clay pieces. She travels to many Indian Markets, Art shows and Pow [ Read More ]
