Dinner Plate #1 by Sam Taylor

Sam Taylor has been making pottery in the foothills of the Berkshires for nearly 40 years. He is a self described “slow potter”, making pots on his foot powered treadle wheel and handbuilding useful art that he fires in his wood burning kiln. Sam regularly amends his clay with sand from the North Branch of the Manhan River, which dominates his front yard, as well as sands collected from all over the world. Pottery, art and collaboration are the main ingredients in Sam’s life.

Sam’s work is getting to know, discovering, experiencing all the ways these ingredients go together. Art feeds the soul. Pottery is soul food. Sam is a studio potter and has performed all the associated tasks that go along with that title: maker, educator, community builder, promoter.