Royce Yoder
Royce Yoder Pottery opened in 1983 outside Lederach, Pennsylvania. Since then Royce has made over a hundred thousand hand-thrown pottery pieces. He mainly sells his work to galleries and shops all over the United States. Along with galleries some of his business comes from the two or three craft shows Royce does every year.

Royce says the goal of his work is to make pottery that functions both practically and visually. All of the pieces Royce makes are microwave and dishwasher safe as well as lead free. Since each piece is hand-thrown on a wheel and hand-glazed, some variations among the pieces may occur. In addition to selling work through galleries across the country, he participates in three to four shows each year. The showroom in his studio is open almost every day as well.

Sue Wright
“I love form, text, color, humor, pattern, playing, and most people. I care only that my art is authentic and honest. I am drawn to the works of children and other artists who seem to do the same. I am nostalgic. Often childhood toys, old friends and memories present themselves in my art.”“

I have more ideas for artworks than I have time to make them. So when I get into the studio I need it to be rewarding, relaxing, invigoration, fun, and more visceral than intellectual. My daily life is reflected in my art–what I am reading, seeing, thinking, feeling or experiencing on any given day. I might be inspired by the way the light hits an interior space, the texture of someone's clothing or even some wonderful phrase or quote I heard spoken that day.”

More of Sue's paintings can be seen at her website www.appleheadstudios.com

Deborah Bruns-Thomas
Deborah is driven by color, light, transparency, and chance. The interactions between colors in a given environment become inspiration for her work. She is ever conscious of the color and light of her surroundings. One such inspiration came from a cup of tea. “I was intrigued not only by the color of the tea, but also by the teabag itself. The use of teabags in my artwork evolved into the creation of lampshades and allows me the opportunity to explore the many elements of color and light.Taking an innocuous object and transforming it into something with greater presence intrigues me.” Each lampshade is handmade from individual 3" x 5" teabags dyed with acrylic paint, then glued together to create larger compositions. An acrylic polymer medium encases and preserves the sheets. Deborach began BeeLine Studio for her functional, unique lampshades and lamp designs.

More images of her work can be found at www.BeeLineStudio.net.