April Featured Artists
Cedar Creek Resident Artists
Potters: Brad Tucker, John Martin, Tim Turner, Jennifer Stas & Pat Oakley
Glass Blowers: Lisa Oakley and
The Four Winds: Dana Smith, Pringle Teetor, Will Kurylo & Stephen Galla

Cedar Creek is unlike any craft gallery having four pottery studios, two glass blowing studios, and a rich history of artists that have occupied those studios. It is with great pride that we have chosen our current resident artists as the April Featured Artists. The festival is really a chance for us to show off each of these talented craftspeople. See all of their beautiful pottery and blown glass and watch them demonstrate. Hear from them first hand their histories, stories and how they make their craft.

At the potter’s wheel watch Brad turn a hunk of wet clay into a pitcher, or see Tim’s hands transform the clay into a lidded canister. Jennifer will take a slab of clay and sculpt by hand a planter or a mug. Carving and stamping details as she builds. Make sure to ask Jennifer about her garden totem in Sid’s garden, behind the gallery.

In the glass studios, also known as hot shops, watch Lisa and the Four Winds blow hot molten glass into vibrant colored bowls or vases. In each studio, the lead glass blower and the assistant dance between the furnace and the bench. Be sure to see Lisa pull glass cane the length of her porch. Pulling cane is looks like pulling taffy but keep in mind the material is closer to 2000 degrees. Move over to the cold shop, where Lisa will explain how she cuts the glass cane down into beads for her jewelry. During the Friday Night Gala, Pringle will be joined by guest potter Alan Bennett in Lisa’s studio to demonstrate their collaborative Throw ‘n Blow process they created in January.

In the gallery, the extraordinary work of the artists will be featured in the front room, in the jewelry section, and in The Great Vase Show. During the Friday night Gala, we will unveil Lisa’s new small bowls, collaborative birdbaths by Jennifer and Tim, and crystalline glazed tiles by John and Jennifer. Pringle will be introducing some of her glass bowls. We are also really excited that Pat came out of pottery retirement to hand coil clay into three few vases for The Great Vase Show.

While you are out and about on the grounds, make sure to visit John and his plants in the nursery. The Cedar Creek gardens are a great inspiration for the skilled or novice gardeners.
PS. All of John’s plants were grown locally and many of the plants are drought tolerant and deer resistant.