is a master potter with over twenty years experience in all areas of stoneware and porcelain pottery production, including throwing, slipware, glaze development, decoration and firing. Ara apprenticed with his grandfather, Michael Cardew and managed the family pottery, Wenford Bridge Pottery, Cornwall, England for many years. His teaching emphasis is on forms and decorations of the English slipware tradition.

originally from Philly, moved to the Upper Valley in 1993. She graduated from Temple University, attended Parsons School of Design and has taken post college classes at Moore College of Art, and Pennsylvania School of Arts. Carrie taught K-12 art, graphic design at the local colleges, art theory at AVA gallery and mosaic classes from her studio. She started creating mosaics in 2003 and works in her third floor AVA studio where she also paints in pastels and has a graphic design business. Her teaching emphasis is on a love of color, tapping into your unexplored creativity, and having a wonderful time doing it.

grew up in Camden, Maine. After earning her undergraduate degree, she spent the next ten years pursuing ceramic education, ending with an MFA from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Since then, she’s worked as a professor of ceramics, studio technician, visiting artist, and community ceramics educator. Mostly, she can be found in her studio, making pots in Lebanon, NH. "I am driven by the promise of improvement through practice. I am continually adding and reducing elements in my work, focusing first on drawing, then carving, then color balance, then liquidity of glazed surfaces versus matte texture of slips. My goal is to find the satisfying edge of too much."

jewelry and sculpture is in the permanent collections of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum in NYC, the Museum of American Glass at Wheaton Village in Millville NJ, and other public and private collections. She holds an MFA in sculpture and a BA in biology/geology. She has taught metalsmithing to people of all ages and experience levels for close to three decades, and has run the CraftStudies’ Metals Studio since 1991. As a dedicated teacher who brings the creativity and attention she gives her own work to her classes, Kerstin’s goal is to instill an excitement in what her students are learning that goes deeper than the mere making of beautiful objects and the mastery of techniques.

Joy Raskin

is a native of NH, and has been a silversmith since 1984. She was accepted as a juried member of the League of NH Craftsmen while still in high school. Joy received her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, and her MFA from the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth. Both her jewelry and flatware designs have been exhibited throughout the United States, Ireland and New Zealand.

has been making traditional Celtic and Celtic-inspired furniture since 1981. He studied with master woodcarver Art Ritchie of Keene, NH and in Connemara, Ireland with furniture master Al O’Dea. Grant has been teaching woodcarving for several years and recently guided his students in making signs for the local town forest. He is a founding member of the Guild of NH Woodworkers and a juried member of the League of NH Craftsmen. Grant plays music on the Celtic harp he made and his Irish wooden flute.

is a  metalsmith with 30 years experience. After completing her metalsmithing apprenticeship to Master Goldsmith Philip Morton she moved to Portsmouth, NH and opened her business: Warg Designs. She also holds a  Bachelor of Fine Art from the University of Southern Maine. Pauline’s  work, be it jewelry or holloware, incorporates precious / non precious metals and gems, skillfully worked with great attention to detail using time honored silversmithing techniques. Besides designing and creating wearable, functional and sculptural objects, Pauline has taught metalsmithing at  Manchester Institute of Art (NHIA),  University of New Hampshire, The Jewelry Institute (RI), Maine College of Art, and Metalwerx (MA). Pauline is an Artisan Member of the Society of American Silversmiths & a State Juried Member of the League of NH Craftsmen. She also is a member of the Society of North American Goldsmiths & the Maine Crafts Association. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. Ms. Warg currently lives and works in Southern Maine.

earned his BA in Studio Ceramics at Bates College and continued to study the art and craft of clay with several potteries of national acclaim. Nathan has set-up clay cooperatives, managed galleries, directed educational studios and collaborated with chefs and farmers to create custom ware. He is a technician who builds kilns, overhauls wheels and pugmills, and produces glaze palettes for a wide range of temperatures and atmospheres. He currently teaches at Dartmouth College and CraftStudies where he is also the studio coordinator.