Little Bird Clay Company
The Shops at Evergreen Walk, 85 Evergreen Way, South Windsor, CT 06074
Host: Jamie Fitzgerald
Guest Artists: Erin Estabrook, Jena McNerney
We are a pottery making studio and gift shop offering classes and workshops in stoneware clay. We offer varitey of specialty brush on glazes, underglazes and transfers for glazing fired work made in our classes and workshops. We make all of the pottery we sell in our gift shop!
Jamie Fitzgerald, owner and instructor has been making and teaching pottery for over 25 years aka "BI" (before the internet)! Jamie has degrees in 18th Century British Literature, aka (English), Fine Arts, and Communications (aka, Advertising.) She has taught pottery at the UCONN Community School of the Arts, Farmington Valley Arts Center, and at her own studio! Jamie has been a guest instructor (and tutor, substitute teacher) for several school districts. She is the creator of MYOM (Make Your Own Beer Mug) night hosted at several local breweries. Jamie is a passionate creator who loves good jokes, lively conversation, retro vibes, jukeboxes, and rainy days. She and her partner create all of the pottery sold at Little Bird Clay Company and also Jamie is the originator and designer behind GRAVESTEINS Early New England Gravestone Pottery. www.gravesteins.com
Jena McNerney
https://www.levelstudioarts.com
https://www.instagram.com/levelstudioarts/
Jena McNerney takes inspiration from color and textures found in everyday life and imagined from dreams. She takes a tactile approach when it comes to learning and experimenting with Pottery, Jena creates unique pieces by experimenting with shape and surface design hoping to bring joy into every piece she makes and passing that feeling of happiness onto you!
