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"She loved the smell of wet dirt the way others might love the smell of roses" Dawn Hewitt
In Loving Memory
Eldon Clark – Founding Member
Interest in clay followed me through long periods of military service and university teaching, research and administration. The formal design aspects of shape, the interaction of positive and negative space, and the placement of attachments along with surface treatments to form the visual image are of particular interest to me in the art making process.
Kay Fitzgerald – Founding Member
My journey with clay began as a student at the Ann Arbor Potters Guild—a friend who said "You have to do this!!" I did, and I was hooked. When I moved to East Lansing in the mid-60s, the time seemed to be right to create a potters guild. In 1969, with much help from Lou Raynor, head of MSU's clay program, the Greater Lansing Potters Guild was born. Forty years later in 2009, eight of the 28 charter members are still active.It's been a wonderful trip!
Ted Smith – Founding Member
Audrey Tien – Founding Member
As a child in the 1930's, playing on the banks of the Conwy River in Wales, Audrey remembered the feeling of the soft clay between my toes. Little did she know at the time, a quarter of a century later, she would find myself on the other side of the Atlantic playing with clay on a potter's wheel.
In recognition of members who have brought character, inspiration, knowledge,
and leadership to the Guild. Each of these people has left a lasting mark.
Ruth Borner - Founding Member
Margo Brodbeck
Sonja Cornell- Founding Member
Gretchen Foster - Founding Member
Phyllis Grunewald- Founding Member
Harold Hart
Marie Keller - Founding Member
Rita Kubulins
Russ McKee - Founding Member
Nancy Plum - Special Member
Gert Sadoff- Founding Member
MaryLou Walworth
Joan Witter
Heddy Zaldokas- Founding Member
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