Featured Archives - Brackers Good Earth Clays

Announcing New Ceramics Lesson Plans

by claygirl | Aug 10, 2020 | Education, opportunities, Featured, Lesson Plans, News

Many of you have been following our instagram posts sharing the work of artists of color for the last couple of months. We started to feature these ceramic artists in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, which brought on the most recent surge in the Black Lives...

August hours – details on store policies for back to school shopping/order pick up/appointments

by claygirl | Jul 27, 2020 | Featured, News

Our contactless pickup option continues for August, available from 10 am-4 pm Monday-Friday and 10 am-3 pm on Saturday: Call and place your order, or shop our online store and select the contactless pickup option. We will put together your order and then you will...

Clay: yes! Covid: no ….safety in the ceramics studio

by claygirl | Jul 22, 2020 | Community, Education, opportunities, Featured, News

It used to be when we talked about safety in the ceramics studio we were refering to various glaze chemicals, maybe some airborne silica. Or maybe we were referring to body strain from sitting a potter’s wheel or fatigue in the muscles of our hands. Now it...

Black Lives Matter, Instagram, Juneteenth

by claygirl | Jun 19, 2020 | Community, Featured, News

“I refuse use to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality…I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final...

Materials Monday: Mullite, Mulcoa & more

by claygirl | Jun 8, 2020 | Featured, News, Raw Materials

A lot has happened since my last Materials Monday post. i had intended it to be a regular monthly column, but then well, a lot happened…as we start to return to work and familiar activities, I thought it was time to get this started back up….. Today...

Happy 50th anniversary, Anne & Bill Bracker: June 6th, 1970

by claygirl | Jun 5, 2020 | Anniversary, Family, Featured, News

June 6th, 1970 is a special day indeed. On that beautiful day, a young lady, born and raised in the Texas Hill Country, married an Iowa farmer turned artist and eventually gave birth to Bracker’s Good Earth Clays (as well as two daughters who both WORK at...