John Snyder

For the last 24 years, I’ve been trying to throw pots that are pleasing to the eye and hand, are at least theoretically functional, and represent personal variations on timeless forms.

I like to throw large pots, particularly large covered jars. Vessels, urns, pithoi, or amphorae — whatever you call them, I enjoy their sensuous form and sometimes powerful presence.

My more functional work centers on dinnerware and mugs. As a coffee connoisseur and home coffee roaster, I try to throw mugs that are worthy of my coffee, and vice versa.