Meet Squirrel Wood Pottery

Samantha Radcliffe first took ceramic classes as a young artist in 2004, but has been a professional potter since 2012. Her passion for clay, or "the magic mud" as she likes to call it, really started to blossom after graduating from The New Hampshire Institute of Art with a BFA in Ceramics. Her journey in clay continued; Teaching high school ceramics, leading demonstrations for the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, and holding titles of Studio Supervisor and Lead Trainer for Farmhouse Pottery in Woodstock, VT. Over Samantha's years of experience in clay, she has gravitated towards functional wares and how pottery interacts with human touch. How throw lines fit between your fingers, how a rim nestles against your lips, how the foot of a piece interacts with the table underneath it, are just a handful of details she focuses on while working. Passion, confidence, and lots of laughter is what you can expect from this quirky New Hampshire native's creative process.