about

 Bloom Pottery was born from a desire to have place for ceramic artists, potters and pottery students be able to explore work in clay, and create community.

There is a group of working members that are clay artists running the studio, (along with our students and monthly members). These members work together to run the studio, teach classes and host open studios.

Stephanie Friedman, Penelope Dews, Tina Guerra, Jane Street, Jeff Nagel, Hina Kuhlow, Caroline Chanthaporn, and Megan Montgomery.

Penelope Dews

Penelope Dews, Director and Educator, has been making ceramic sculpture for 35 years, and teaching ceramics for 30+. Her Sculptures are primarily of animals and some natural forms such as shells and seed pods, built in a modified coil process. Multiple Glaze Techniques are used on the surfaces.

6 week classes are for Begginning to Intermediate students, 3 day workshops include Sculpture and Surface Decoration and 4 week classes are for developing advanced skills.

A graduate of the San Francisco Art Institute with a BFA in Ceramic Sculpture she is a fifth generation from Southern Oregon.

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Jane Street

Jane participated as a member of the Art Center for 8 years. She took throwing classes and several other classes for glazing, slab work, and other specialized clay work. Jane loves to experiment with different forms, throwing plates, and using various surface treatments. She enjoys painting plates with natural themes.

Jane loves running Open Studios at Bloom Pottery!

Tina Guerra

Tina Guerra, teacher and social media coordinator, is a California native who began her career in pottery in 2017. After studying ceramics at Humboldt State University, she earned a bachelors degree in art education. Tina has a strong background in painting which fueled her love of glazing. She specializes in underglaze & sgraffito techniques. Throughout Tina’s portfolio there is a pattern of wheel thrown pots, whimsical glazing & bunnies

Stephanie Friedman

Stephanie Friedman, founder and administrator, has been working in clay since 1995, and teaching pottery classes since 2000. She makes wheelthrown and handbuilt ceramics, in both porcelain and stoneware. She is interested in the convergence of form and function.

Stephanie has collaborated with MÄS restaurant in Ashland, Oregon. She makes custom orders for chefs and home cooks.

She studied ceramics at the Oregon College of Art and Craft in Portland, OR, and SOU in Ashland, Oregon.

Stephanie enjoys creating her own work as well as inspiring others to delve into their own creative explorations. Her students appreciate her engaging and personalized teaching style.