Clay Guild of the Eastern Shore
  • Home
    • Karen Bearman
    • Ed deLuca
    • Mary Back
    • Sarah Halcott
    • Robert Johnson
    • Dot Truitt
    • Earnie Satchell
    • Florence Kasden
    • Marie A. Cavallaro
  • Members Portal
    • Membership Application
    • Documents for Shows
    • Meeting Archive >
      • July 28, 2019
      • April 13, 2019
      • November 11, 2018
      • September 15 2018
      • July 14 2018
      • May 12, 2018
      • March 4 2018
      • November 4, 2017
      • September 2017
      • July 2017 Minutes
      • May 2017
      • November 12th, 2016
      • August 22, 2016
      • June 11th, 2016
      • April 2016
      • March 19, 2016
      • December 12th 2015
      • September 20th 2015
      • Open studio sub committee meeting
      • July 15, 2015
      • April 12th, 2014
      • February 1, 2014
      • November 6, 2013
    • Suppliers
    • Online Resources
    • Upcoming Workshop
    • Previous Workshops >
      • Slipcasting
      • Extruding
      • Saggar Firing
      • Raku Workshop
      • Horse Hair Firing
  • The Guild's Mission
    • History
    • Officers
  • Contact Us
​
Picture

 Karen Bearman

Enticed by a potter on a kickwheel at a Waterford VA fair,Karen began pottery in the early 70s in Washington, DC, as a student, apprentice, then teacher at Hinckley Pottery Studio.She has worked as a studio potter, participating in workshops, craft shows and fairs, and as a Ceramics teacher instructing children and adults in independent schools, private studios, and universities. She has exhibited her work at shows and galleries in the DC and Delmarva area.

Marriage to a lifelong friend brought a move to the Eastern Shore. Karen now lives in Cambridge, MD, and works out of her basement studio. She is a member of the Clay Guild of the Eastern Shore and Main Street Gallery. Karen currently teaches pottery at Hinckley Pottery Studio in Washington, DC. Karen creates wheel-thrown, functional pieces in stoneware and porcelain, and hand-built pieces, and uses different firing methods: cone 6 oxidation, cone 10 reduction, and low-fire Raku. She also celebrates the female character from mythological, historical, political, and fictional sources, creating hand-built, functional/sculptural pieces, her “Lady Carafes.”

Achieving a pleasing form and surface is the motivation for her work. Karen finds special pleasure in the notion that she is creating pieces that may enhance the daily activities of people’s lives, and in the act of sharing her love of this exceptionally responsive medium.


Her work is currently on display at Main Street Gallery in Cambridge, MD.


Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.