Fall Open House: best ever!

We had more than 2,000 people come through the gallery adn studio for the annual fall open house. This year we had baskets from Claire Swanson the weaver; jewelry from Patty Conlin; leather from Sharon Cherney and the new artist: Jennifer Ionta who creates her own glass bead jewelry.

Meet the cats

Squirty

Maggie

and Weezie

At work

Some of our pots

Midnight Garden covered bowl, plate and creamer.
Yellow salt tureen

From Above

A customer came by recently in their helicopter, and they took Betsy up and she took these really awesome picturesâ?¦.Mind you it IS the middle of winter so you are lucky you can see ground. The white building is the house. The big cluster of red buildings are the studio, gallery, kiln building, packing and shipping, the new garage (where Too keeps his Triumph) and the old garage. There is also the silo, the granary, and then the pump house (which used to be the self-service gallery back in the 90s before the new Gallery opened).

There are a few bodies of water in the pictures. The ponds near the house are the result of returning the 30 acres behind the Studio to their natural state about 10 years ago. A project we did with the Department of Natural Resources. The lake that is about a quarter mile behind the Studio is Todd. Durring the summer people often bring a picnic and set up out in the back by the lake.

A short history...

Here is how it worksâ?¦Tom (thatâ??s me) and Betsy used to work for Bakers Square (back in the days) and in 1994 we got the bright idea to quite our jobs and move to Minnesota and take up pottery. We had dabbled and done some studying of pottery in our younger years. We originally had just the studio and then we showed and sold all of our pottery in the old â??pump houseâ?? on the farm. Stay tuned for pictures of what it all looks like today.

Inside the Gallery

The gallery has more than 120 artists from all over the country and even a few from Canada (our neighbors from the North). Each and every piece is special, unique and handmade. We have pottery, blown glass, leather, jewelry, paper, metals, fibers, and more.

The Gallery at the Clay Coyote: Warm and Welcoming

Meet the potters