History
Beautifying Fairmount Avenue since 2000. Neil began making pots in 1979, when he was in high school. He received his BFA in Ceramics from The Cleveland Institute of Art and his MFA from Louisiana State University. He was a core student at Penland for two years and spent a year studying Ceramics at Cardiff University in Wales. His work has been featured in many books on pottery. Neil's work is in many private and institutional collections. Neils work strives to show the vitality of clay, especially through the use of texture. Most of his forms are begun on the potters wheel and then altered (faceted, ridged, cut and re-assembled.) In his functional work Neil wants to make pots that are beautiful to look at and comfortable to use. Sandi earned an Associate degree in Visual Communications from The Art Institute of Philadelphia in 1975. She ran her own Graphic Design Business for 12 years. In 1984 she took her first clay class at The Clay Studio in Philadelphia.
Specialties
Pottery Classes Hand made gifts Working studio of the Nationally recognized, Neighborhood focused potters Sandi Pierantozzi and Neil Patterson. Hand made Pottery & Bead Jewelry created with sustainable practices. Pottery Classes and exceptional Gifts. Welcome! Our work is created in the rich cultural environment of the Fairmount neighborhood, near the Philadelphia Museum of Art. We are the Neighborhood Potters. In our work we strive to show the vitality of clay, especially through the use of texture. Most of Neil's forms begin on the potter's wheel and are then altered (faceted, ridged, cut and re-assembled.) Most of Sandi's forms are hand built from textured slabs of clay. While she also works on the wheel, Sandi finds that working with slabs offers her more versatility to develop her ideas with forms. In our functional work we want to make pots that are beautiful to look at, friendly, and comfortable to use.