Goff Pottery

(Under Construction)
Primitive RAKU Fumed Porcelain Stoneware

Areas of Study and Development:

Excursions In Pottery:

As students in pottery my wife, Sylvia, and I have had the opportunity to take a few formal classes in pottery as well as to attend some great workshops. Someone once said ..."What I see, I learn...What I hear, I understand ...What I do, I know". Classes and workshops alone won't make a potter, but they have provided us a foundation on which to build. The teaching and sharing of information between potters has created a community or family of craftsmen which we are proud to be a part of.

In the following list are pictures taken at some of the excursions we have made. We hope you find them both interesting and instructive.

  1. Kelly Place, Cortez, CO., 13th Annual Sand Canyon Primitive Workshop with Leander Gridley and John Olsen. June 22-27, 1997
  2. St. Petersburg Clay Co., St. Petersburg, FL., Workshop with Don Reitz. March 11-12, 2000
  3. 20th Annual Potters' Gathering at Cedar Lakes, Ripley, WV with Lee Rexrode. February 18-20, 2000
  4. Functional Ceramics 2000, Wooster, OH, Exhibition & Workshop with Richard Burkett, Andrea Gill and Ben Owen III.
  5. Finch Pottery, Bailey, NC "The Vapors" Workshop with Biz Littell, November 2000
  6. 21st Annual Potters' Gathering at Cedar Lakes, Ripley, WV with Dick Lehman and Jackie Brown. February 16-18,2001
  7. Functional Ceramics 2001, Wooster, OH, Exhibition & Workshop with Ron Meyers, Peg Malloy, and Mark Nafziger.
  8. Finch Pottery, Bailey, NC, Workshop with Tom and Elaine Coleman, November 2001
  9. 22nd Annual Potters' Gathering at Cedar Lake, Ripley, WV with Janice Strawder. February 15-17, 2002
  10. Functional Ceramics 2002, Wooster, OH, Exibition & Workshop with Mark Bell, Julia Galloway, and Kevin Crowe
  11. Linn Pottery Wood/Salt Student Firing, May 4-5, 2002
  12. Connections: Malcolm Davis and Jeff Oestreich, The Clay Place Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, June 21-August 7, 2002
  13. Val Cushing Workshop hosted by the Cub Creek Foundation and John Jessiman, Appomattox County, Virgina, October 19-20, 2002
  14. Finch Pottery, Bailey, NC, Workshop with Randy Brodnax, November 2-3, 2002
  15. 23rd Annual Potters' Gathering at Cedar Lake, Ripley, WV with Phil Rogers. March 7-9, 2003
  16. Functional Ceramics 2003, Wooster, OH, Exibition & Workshop with Randy Johnston, Liz Quackenbush, and Lee Rexrode
  17. Finch Pottery, Bailey, NC, Workshop with Rudy Autio and Ron Meyers, November 1-2, 2003
  18. 24th Annual Potters' Gathering at Cedar Lake, Ripley, WV with Mark Hewitt. February 27~29, 2004
  19. Functional Ceramics 2004, Wooster, OH, April 14-17, 2004 Exibition & Workshop with Phil Rogers, Cathra-Anne Barker, and Brad Schwieger.
  20. Finch Pottery, Bailey, NC, Workshop with Steven Branfman, Linda & Charles Riggs, Marcia Selsor and the Fish Lady. November 5-7, 2004
  21. 25th Annual Potters' Gathering at Cedar Lake, Ripley, WV with Kang Hyo Lee. February 18-20, 2005
  22. 18th North Carolina Potters Conference, Asheboro, NC, with Timothy Wilson, Pete Pinnell, Josh DeWeese, and Jim Robinson.
  23. Functional Ceramics 2005, Wooster, OH, April 14-16, 2005 Exibition & Workshop with Mark Hewitt, Sandi Pieranrozzi, and Neil Patterson.
  24. Finch Pottery, Bailey, NC, Steven Hill, Functional Pottery and Single Firing. November 5-6, 2005
  25. Functional Ceramics 2006, Wooster, OH, April 5-8, 2006 Exibition & Workshop with Cathi Jefferson, John Neely, and Mark Talbert.


Goff Pottery
5185 Newberne Rd.
Cox's Mills, WV 26342
Phone (304)-462-4633

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