potter

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Chamlee once picked up a charming ceramic sun at a yard sale for $30—only to learn via Google that the stamp on the back marked it as a rare piece by midcentury potter David Gil.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 8, 2025

"It really set me back, because I used to be able – in my own time – potter around the house and do a wee bit of gardening," she said.

From BBC • May 17, 2025

During her residency, she met Michael Frimkess, a Los Angeles potter who had studied with ceramic revolutionary Peter Voulkos at what would become the Otis College of Art and Design.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2024

The couple made the place their own by lining open shelves with vintage cafe pitchers, old stoneware confit pots and sgraffito ceramics by the Marseillais potter Vincent Verde.

From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2024

“Would this be the potter who made the wine pot used at last night’s dinner?”

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park