OWNER & INSTRUCTOR

Meet Jenna! Studio owner and business woman extraordinaire. Jenna has been practicing pottery for the last three years and now finds herself waist deep in the art world. Pottery presents her with challenges and rewards, and is why she finds ceramics so addicting!

@felixceramics

INSTRUCTOR & STUDIO CONSULTANT

Katie studied ceramics at AUArts, trained as a geologist before that, and has always liked rocks whether in their natural or artistic form. She loves teaching and sharing what she knows about clay! She met an incredible woman named Jenna in 2020 and was brought on board to help build Mud Potters. When she is not at the studio Katie tries to get out into nature as often as possible to camp, ski, bike, and climb.

@katiero_ceramics

INSTRUCTOR & STUDIO TECHNICIAN

Pat's love affair with clay began in the 90's and it's continued ever since (when he wasn't being pulled away by his other career as a minerals chemist). He's lived and worked in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. For the last ten years he was the owner/operator of a teaching studio in Malaysia. He is drawn to the joy of discovery. Even after all this time, he still finds clay revealing new mysteries all the time.

@pat_jaffray

INSTRUCTOR

Hanna first fell in love with pottery at the young age of 14 when she discovered the wheel at a local art studio. She is so excited to find herself working and playing with clay day to day and loves to share her passion with others.

@myclayfilledhome

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INSTRUCTOR

Chase Key is a functional potter from a small cattle farm in central Alberta. He attended both Red Deer College and the Alberta University of the Arts, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Art in 2017 with Honours. Chase gathers local clay from his family farm, river beds, and commercial developments throughout Alberta to be used as glaze. These locally gathered materials give his work something truly unique, and he hopes the users can reflect on the deeper connections clay can offer to place.

Chase believes that building strong fundamental skills allows makers to be better equipped to create unique pots that highlight the beauty of functional objects. While thinking of the end users experience potters can make more informed design decisions that allow for a blend of personal aesthetics and perfect functionality.

@keypottery

INSTRUCTOR

Emily has been potting since 2010 and graduated from ACAD in 2016. She fell in love with the material and process as well as the endless potential clay has! 11 years later she finds herself still going strong! Note to her students: prepare yourself, pottery making is super messy, fun as hell and seriously addicting!

@emilystoney

Etsy Shop

INSTRUCTOR

Kellsey is a potter living and working in Calgary, slowly filling her studio with hand-built pottery and cats. Kellsey fell in love with clay at AUArts and graduated in 2016. Since then, she finds herself in the studio part-time and selling her work at various local markets. Over the last year, she’s been selling more work online and spending a little more time outside.

@madebykellsey

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INSTRUCTOR

Jacquie has been throwing clay and teaching for many years after graduating from AUArts. With an impressive background in glazing, she has shared some invaluable recipes with us. Jacquie loves working with clay and glazes and hopes to pass along her love of all things pottery to her students!

@jaxxbpottery

ADMIN

Jill has been dabbling in ceramics since taking her first wheel throwing class in 2019. She has been a drop-in member at mud since the early days, mainly making pots to give all her plants a home. Today she helps with the administration side of the studio; scheduling, sales, and answering your emails!

INSTRUCTOR

Megan first tried out wheel throwing while attending ACAD in 2012. After being successful on the wheel, she changed her major and focused all her attention on ceramics. Watching people learn and grow is her favourite thing, and teaching is a passion of hers; she also has her Bachelors of Education!

In her own pottery practice she likes to make funky functional objects that spark joy in everyday rituals.

@motormouthceramics

Etsy Shop

INSTRUCTOR

Melanie has been working with clay for years but has been on the wheel since 2019. She has taught both wheel throwing and hand building classes in her home town. She is a secondyear student at Alberta University of the Arts taking a bachelor of fine arts, majoring in ceramics.

@melanie.mcewing_art

INSTRUCTOR

Emily is the ‘em’ behind CERemICS CERAMICS, and she has been hucking mud since October 2021. Originally part of the marketing and digital design world, pottery became a ‘hands-on’ creative outlet for her without the safety net of an undo button. Curiosity quickly developed into a passion, and with over a decade of teaching experience in power skating, the transition to instruction came naturally. Emily specializes in functional shapes and sets, and adores going down the rabbit-holes of techniques and science that ceramics involves.

@ceremics.ceramics

INSTRUCTOR

Madde found her love of clay by accident when she stumbled across the pottery studio on her college campus. 5 years after an immediate switch into the arts program, Madde is still throwing pots and no where close to getting sick of it. She has a love for teaching and is stoked to call Mud her home. If you hear someone obnoxiously whistling around the studio, nine times out of ten, it will be Madde.

@maddesullivan.ceramics