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Wonderin' what utilitarian pottery is?
Well, it's pottery that you can actually use in your daily life.
Utilitarian pottery selection includes such items as crockery, pitchers, ewers, plates, bowls of all sizes, pie-plates, canister sets, tea-kettles, mugs, and a plethora of other items you'll soon find you can't live without!

These items are made with glazes that are safe to eat from or use with food items.
In fact, some are made durable enough that you can microwave them, use them in your oven, and they're also dishwasher safe for easy cleanups.
The only cooking surface that we suggest that you don't use them on is your stove.
Utilitarian pottery is very sturdy, and with proper care, should last you a lifetime.
The uniqueness of actually using a work of art to eat your soup from will not be lost on your guests either.









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Pottery Magic Studio

Specializing in Wheel Thrown Pottery

Forty three bowls, can we find any that match?

Steven and Becca working on pottery bowls

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Ceramic Indian Women with Wolf Statue

Pixie B

Author of Pottery Magic

Specializing in Ceramics

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Dimpled Jar by John Britt

John Britt

The author of the “The Complete Guide to High-Fire Glaze; Glazing & Firing at Cone 10

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Figure Vases

Barbara Lydon

Potter from Whitefish Montana

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Flathead Valley Studio Potters
welcome visitors to their studios and galleries to watch them produce diverse, highquality work.
Seven days a week, by chance or by call, a tour of these facilities is a delightful way to see Flathead Valley crafts people at work.

■ Jeff Wilson’s Ceramic Studio,
1155 Swan Hill Drive, near
Bigfork, drop-in visitors or call
ahead, 837-5186

■ Loon Lake Pottery & Gardens,
Loon Lake Road, Bigfork,
837-4734

■ Markle Pottery, 520
Badrock Drive, Columbia Falls,
892-3353

■ Montana Earth Pottery,
7348 U.S. 2 E., Columbia Falls,
892-3852

■ Mountain Brook Studio,
3210 Foothill Road, Kalispell,
www.mountainbrookstudio.com,
755-7978

■ Whitefish Pottery and Stillwater
Gallery, 240 Central Ave.,
Whitefish, 862-1417; tour the studio
located at 355 Twin Bridges
Road, Whitefish, 862-8211









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Have you ever come up with a good idea while working with your handmade pottery or ceramics and thought that you would like to share it with others? You have? Well, why not send it to us and we will add it to the tips page for all to see.

Handmade pottery can be a very gratifying hobby that produces fun and satisfying results. For many people it's an enjoyable release that is created by working an inanimate mound of clay into a beautiful work of art that you made through your artistic abilities.

The best way of starting out is to take a few lessons. You will probably waste quite a bit in materials when you first get started. Figuring out how to truly make handmade pottery correctly and shape into what you want it to be can be quite an ordeal. The different tools that a normal shop will have can be fun to try. You will soon see which ones you like to use the most and then when you are ready you will know which ones to buy.

When you get all set up, just enjoy the hobby and have fun at it. Some people get pretty serious and start selling their creations at craft fairs and small stores, but others just like to create items for themselves, relatives, and friends. Whichever kind of handmade pottery you desire to endeavor, enjoy the hobby and have fun doing it.

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Russ Berrie, Teddy Bears from the Past Collection.
Wonder mugs (Amazing how the colors change when adding hot liquid).
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