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Susan
Yeoman’s interest in pottery began when a potter of 30 years and her
family moved from South Africa to Susan’s small town of Saltillo,
Mississippi. After meeting Antoinette and discovering she had no
immediate place to work, Susan’s family offered her the use of their
cluttered barn as a makeshift studio. Antoinette took them up on their
offer and began throwing her beautiful porcelain pots, making it look
totally effortless. She would often fire these pieces in pit firings in
the yard.
Before three years had passed, Antoinette had moved into her own studio
and Susan’s passion, knowledge, and skills for working with clay
continued to grow. Using the barn as her own studio, Susan continued to
perfect her techniques while creating functional pottery and clay art.
About 6 years after Susan
discovered her love for working with clay, her passion shifted to
creating a unique style of ceramic jewelry. After the first pair of
earrings, she never looked back. Susan’s friends Betty Sandlin and
Michelle McCaleb joined her in the ceramic jewerly endevor. Together,
countless hours have been spent in the studio testing glazes, perfecting
techniques, and designing clay to be wearable art.
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