Father’s Day Fire Sale!
Literally…we’re putting fire on sale, because what father doesn’t like fire? (I could probably just say what POTTER doesn’t like fire… in our industry, there is definitely an increased liklihood of having an affinity for the flame.) My...
Clay at Home: 2 Tile Projects Kit
We are excited to announce the official release of our Clay at Home Tile Project Kit. We found two AMACO lesson plans that both use glazed tiles and teacher’s palette glazes. We had a great time completing the projects ourselves at home while in quarantine....
Clay at Home – Mid April Flash Sale
Now that many of us are working from home, it is important to make sure we keep the drain pipes clear of all that clay. The Gleco Trap is the only sink trap of its kind on the market to carry the Uniform Plumbing Code certification. The semi-translucent bottle lets...
Clay Body Research & Testing…part 1
make new friends, but keep the old the song i learned at 6 in girl scouts still rings true.... In case you are new to the Bracker Community/Family, you may not know that just a few years back, we purchased Flint Hills Clay Works from its retiring owner, Les Byer....
2019 Small Business Saturday Demo-Rama
This year for Small Business Saturday, I will be demonstrating how to make the hanging succulent planters you see here. Also demonstrating will be Anne Egitto, a skilled potter who adorns her work with beautiful brush decoration. She is also known for her elegant...Check out our Instagram Feed!
![Jordan Alexzandra is currently studying art at Millersville University. In addition to Ceramics and painting, she also studies psychology, anthropology, and English. “I’ve been an artist throughout my entire life, but it wasn’t until recently that I called myself a ceramicist. My work has gone through a long journey of finding the perfect medium, which is now clay,” she writes. She’s just starting her journey, taking her first ceramics class in high school, but I see so much promise in her. Her experiences with clay give her many teachable moments in patience, planning, and time management, which she applies to her full-time studies in Psychology.
During a Summer break and away from the clay studio, she found herself without a rudder and focused her angst and her energy toward exploring naturally dyed silk and yarn. She found solace in the world of textiles and fiber art. Her minimalist pre-Columbian clay forms mesh well with the purity of cotton and silk. Her current body of work is titled, “Cotton.” In addition to the sampling of photos included in this profile, there are many more at her website (link in our bio).
Jordan said, “I desire that this work also sparks conversation of African - American history. The embodiment of being one of the few Black students in college in most of my classes, it is a conversation that follows me. Clay as a direct connection to the multiple cultures that make me who I am, to cotton that cloaks not only a dark history but to the environmental costs of the plant.“ [by Anne]](https://www.brackers.com/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)
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