About

Pam Cummings Pottery
Harrisburg, PA
717-599-5496

I came to pottery about the same time I started growing flowers and enjoying cooking. Each day I enter my studio in the woods and make pots that speak of my surroundings– quietly elegant, functional pots that hint at the leaves whispering outside, or egrets winging along the nearby Susquehanna.

Whether I throw the clay into vessels or roll it into slabs that become canvases, I often finish my pieces with sparse brushwork reminiscent of Japanese sumie. These pots are objects I love to make, over and over again. The clay brings challenges and is always teaching me something new, if not about form or technique, then about patience and acceptance.

The way the glaze breaks on a defining edge, the gentle curve of a cup’s lip, the arc of a handle as it reaches above the teapot to meet the user’s hand–these are the touchstones, the pulse, of my daily work.