Carolyn Guy

I was born in Toronto, Canada and later moved to the USA in 1963 with my family. My introduction to pottery began in 1973 on the UC Davis, California campus and I have been creating pottery ever since.

In 1976 and 1977, I lived in Paris, traveled in Europe, and worked in the pottery studio of Albert Diato (former protege of Picasso) and the studio of Diana Berier, Le Cheval L’Envers, and had a show before returning home. Returning to the USA, I have produced and sold pottery in Tennessee, Illinois, Iowa, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.

I have lived in Moscow, Idaho since 1981 and my studio, Palouse Hills Pottery, is in my home. With my profession as a Registered Dental Hygienist, my time is divided between pottery, hygiene, my family, and horticulture.

I prefer working with porcelain and fire to cone 10 (approx. 1280 C ). I make my own stoneware and porcelain and mix my own glazes so I can create the effects I desire. I have been very influenced by early Chinese porcelains and more recently by the marvelous shapes and colours I saw while scuba diving the Great Barrier Reef. Most of my work is functional, tending to be abstracted in shape at times. I prefer very clean, delicate, finished lines and forms and want to explore in further depth the variations in form and colour that I am continuing to find in nature.