Joshua began his ceramics career at the University of Alaska Southeast. After graduation, Joshua moved to Montana where he worked at Jmacs Pottery. With experience in production pottery, teaching classes, studio maintenance, and retail pottery sales, he is an asset to the Bray Clay Business.
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Zac Nickman
Zac has a BFA in Ceramics as well as a BS in Forest Ecology from Utah State University. He has attended residencies in the US and Canada. He aspires to be a studio potter and is currently making in a small garage studio.
Lindsey Pankratz
Lindsey is a ceramic artist living and working in Helena, Montana. In her free time, she can be found in the studio, hanging out with her cats, or crocheting rugs.
Cole Collier
Cole Collier received his BA in Art with an emphasis in Ceramics from the University of Southern Indiana. With a diverse background in technology, education and ceramics, he currently works in multiple capacities across The Bray. His love of all things clay began in the kitchen and in his work continues to explore the connections between utilitarian tableware and the rituals that surround the preparation and presentation of a shared meal.
Austin Riddle
Austin Riddle’s pots are made as companions for you and your home. A vase for your table, full of freshly picked flowers as you and your partner eat breakfast and plan your day’s activities. Large platters and compartment trays to present home-cooked meals with friends on a warm summer evening. Whiskey sippers that nestle in warm hands, topped off as needed from a half-empty bottle of Jack Daniels.
Austin Riddle recently received his MFA in ceramics at Utah State University in Logan, Utah. He received his BFA in ceramics at the University of Utah in 2016. He has been an Artist-in-Residence at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, The Bright Angle in Asheville. North Carolina, and at Art Center West in Roswell, Georgia. He was awarded emerging artist by Ceramics Monthly in 2019 and has exhibited his work all over the United States.
David Peters
David has a BFA in ceramics from Utah State University and a MFA from Montana State University. He fell in love with Helena and the Bray back in 2007 when he was a resident artist. It was then that he began to specialize in using local materials to make his work. Today he is enjoying exploring woodworking during his studio time.