Indulge Your Affections! For the month of February, Maine Potters Market celebrates loving and giving with a special show of pots made by Sweetheart Potters David Orser and Laurel MacDuffie. 

 

David and Laurel met at Mudflat Pottery School in Somerville, MA, where he was a resident potter and teacher, and she came to take classes. Sweethearts David and Laurel invite you to indulge the affections of your heart, whether it be for your sweetheart, or for your own loving, deserved self. At Maine Potters Market you can find David's beautiful vases for displaying flowers, and Laurel's tiny boxes to hold, and present, your most precious things.  

 

ABOUT DAVID ORSER AND LAUREL MACDUFFIE -- David Orser and Laurel MacDuffie moved to Parsonsfield in 1999. One year later they converted their small barn into a beautiful shared studio and established Cedar Mountain Potters. They enjoy a quiet life making art and walking the woods with their two rescued Lhasa apsos. David studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Cranbrook Academy of Art. His pottery encompasses many styles, techniques, colors, and types of firing.  This variety keeps him excited about the work. Laurel has been working in clay since 1995. She enjoys making syrup bottles in the style of early American salt wares. Her hand engraved and stamped bottles are made on a kick wheel, salt fired, and filled with syrup made by their neighbors.

 

ABOUT MAINE POTTERS MARKET – Founded in 1978 by a group of potters who envisioned a cooperative market where they could educate customers and sell their wares to the public, Maine Potters Market currently consists of fourteen potters from twelve Maine studios. The rich variety of handmade work available for sale keeps Maine Potters Market customers returning. February Hours: 

10-6 Sunday -Thursday; 10-8 Friday and Saturday (closed Feb 4-5 for rotation).