When I was 5, I watched ‘Pinocchio’ featuring the toymaker Gepetto
and grew up wanting to be the guy who makes toys. I like to have
fun making pots!
CONTACT INFORMATION
phone: 607-347-6444
e-mail: garyrith@yahoo.com
website: grpottersblog.blogspot.com
ADDRESS 540 Main Street, Etna, NY 13062
STUDIO DIRECTIONS
From Ithaca and the south and west: Take Route 13 north from Ithaca. Passing the Ithaca Tompkins County Airport (Warren Road exit), continue another one and a half miles, passing the NYSEG offices on your right. Continue a half mile further, and Route 366 branches off to the left, toward Freeville. Turn onto Route 366, drive a half mile up, passing the Etna Lane intersection, and you will see my purple house, 540 Main St., ahead on your left. Park to the left or right of the house or on the street.
BIOGRAPHY
I started learning pottery in 1983 and have been a full-time artist since 1997.
I earned a bachelor’s degree in art from Bennington College in 1987.
In 1985 I worked as an apprentice to the potter Dean White of Deansboro, NY.
In 1990 I received a master’s degree in special education from the University of Illinois-Chicago and later studied to become a reading specialist. I taught young blind children at Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind, also non-credit pottery classes to adults at University of Illinois-Chicago, and later remedial English and pottery at Cushing Academy in Massachusetts.
I started my business in New Hampshire in 1997, where I was selected as a member of the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen in 2004.
In 2005 I was honored in a statewide exhibition at Phillips Exeter Academy as one of New Hampshire's Emerging Ceramics Artists.
My wife and I, our 2 cats and 3 dogs moved to the Ithaca, NY area in 2006, near where I grew up, and I am happily making pots and sculpture in a purple house on Fall Creek in the hamlet of Etna. I like to laugh, and my first goal is to have fun making pots.
CONTACT INFORMATION
phone: 607-347-6444
e-mail: garyrith@yahoo.com
website: grpottersblog.blogspot.com
ADDRESS 540 Main Street, Etna, NY 13062
STUDIO DIRECTIONS
From Ithaca and the south and west: Take Route 13 north from Ithaca. Passing the Ithaca Tompkins County Airport (Warren Road exit), continue another one and a half miles, passing the NYSEG offices on your right. Continue a half mile further, and Route 366 branches off to the left, toward Freeville. Turn onto Route 366, drive a half mile up, passing the Etna Lane intersection, and you will see my purple house, 540 Main St., ahead on your left. Park to the left or right of the house or on the street.
BIOGRAPHY
I started learning pottery in 1983 and have been a full-time artist since 1997.
I earned a bachelor’s degree in art from Bennington College in 1987.
In 1985 I worked as an apprentice to the potter Dean White of Deansboro, NY.
In 1990 I received a master’s degree in special education from the University of Illinois-Chicago and later studied to become a reading specialist. I taught young blind children at Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind, also non-credit pottery classes to adults at University of Illinois-Chicago, and later remedial English and pottery at Cushing Academy in Massachusetts.
I started my business in New Hampshire in 1997, where I was selected as a member of the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen in 2004.
In 2005 I was honored in a statewide exhibition at Phillips Exeter Academy as one of New Hampshire's Emerging Ceramics Artists.
My wife and I, our 2 cats and 3 dogs moved to the Ithaca, NY area in 2006, near where I grew up, and I am happily making pots and sculpture in a purple house on Fall Creek in the hamlet of Etna. I like to laugh, and my first goal is to have fun making pots.
Bunny mug, white stoneware, $19
Elephant teapot, white stoneware, 9"h, $75
Zebra teapot, white stoneware, 8"h, $65
Blue Pig mug, white stoneware, $23
Elephant teapot, white stoneware, 9"h, $75
Zebra teapot, white stoneware, 8"h, $65
Blue Pig mug, white stoneware, $23
