ESP Pottery & Teri Herel.
At ESP Pottery, artist Teri Herel hand-makes unique, elegant gifts in creamy white stoneware with bright glazes and sparkling accents.
Teri’s aesthetic vision leans toward creating unique centerpiece vessels by capturing light through shape, texture and glaze effects. She contrasts a creamy matte clay body with unique bright glazes that sparkle in the daylight and reflect candlelight at night. Her most recent challenge has been to create deeper texture with elegant antique lace and hand-carved wood stamps.
In the heart of Main Street in Downtown Stafford Springs, Connecticut, you can stop in daily to find all of Teri's pottery.
If you want to explore your own inner artisan, there are ongoing group lessons and customized individual workshops. The pottery's lower level studio is dedicated to students and classes. You'll be able to choose from eight-week wheel sessions and more flexible private packages including a special private lesson for two. Our clay student community has proudly evolved into a warm social (and talented) group who are friendly and very welcoming to new members.
This unique and fun studio space has a great view of Middle River, a three foot deep rock wall underneath Main Street, and an occasional gigantic train that runs four feet from the back door.
Whether you're local or out of town, you can also keep up to date through Teri's online blog with pictures, event listings, and questions about future projects.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
Small shop, small Downtown, we set ourselves in this vibrant little arts community. Our monthly community arts event is the second Friday of every month, and on every nice weather day our little impromptu art table is outside the shop for community to participate in our “tile everything” project.
A HISTORY OF OUR BUILDING
As a part of Stafford Springs, we’ve fallen into a fun and fascinating three hundred year history. Our building was built in 1885, and as we uncovered physical evidence to our history during renovation, it led us to research in more detail. Below are links to the shop’s history as well as our extensive renovation for you to enjoy.