Fall Studio Open House and Sale
At Purple Sage Pottery
3 Mechanic St. in Merrimac, MA
Saturday, October 18, 10 am – 4 pm
Rain Date, October 19
A diverse collection of decorative and functional works in clay to fit every taste and budget, will be available for purchase by 12 local potters.
While Iris maintains her own studio space, she nurtures a flourishing community of potters who work out of Purple Sage Pottery. Many of the artists started out as students at Purple Sage and will be participating in the Open Studio Sale. Craft work can be a very solitary endeavor. The community of potters at Purple Sage allows them to apply their skills while actively learning from each other in camaraderie at the studio. Their style and creativity shows through in an astonishing variety of pottery, made in small batches or one of a kind pieces.
Below is the list of participants in the fall show:
Purple Sage owner Iris Minc, whose works range from exquisite porcelain and graceful stoneware to rough-hewn art pieces.
Dana Anzalone, a multifaceted artist, is a painter and illustrator, budding novelist as well as a potter. 
Lisa Mistretta will showcase her highly imaginative and beautifully decorated work, featuring a variety of functional wares as well as small animal sculptures and jewelry. Hiromi Satoh brings an Oriental flair to her ceramics with her subtle shapes and colors.
Lucy Hutchinson’s intricate textures invite a journey by the hand and eye.
Judy Nevius’ stoneware for the home and garden put the “fun” in functional.
Emily Samataro is exploring textures found in everyday building materials such as bricks, stones, wood and metal in her surface designs.
Kathy Kriegel puts her heart into each piece of pottery she creates. There is a very satisfying balance and earthiness to her pottery.
Jodi Bevelaqua mixes her simple style with interesting glaze combinations to create eye pleasing functional stoneware.
Nancy Cahan’s work is mostly sculptural and decorative, from female torsos to abstract work and irregularly shaped clay vessels. Much of her work is raku fired or using other atmospheric firing techniques.
Wendy Jackson is back with her bold and playful pottery with sgraffito decorations of tree silhouettes, turtles, flowers and more.
Darlene Beal is new to our studio sale but has been making pottery for quite a while now. Her work is thoughtful and eclectic, sometimes using real leaf textures and other textures as well as interesting glaze combinations to decorate her wares.
Peter Grams will be with us in spirit, but unfortunately he passed on this summer. He had been a regular at our studio sales, demonstrating on the potter’s wheel and selling his pottery since we first started having them 31 years ago.
League of NH Craftmen’s Fair
Sunapee is back!! But Iris will not be there next summer!!
See Iris in her studio and gallery at:
3 Mechanic St,
Merrimac, MA 01860
Visitors are always welcome!