Bandana Pottery Visiting Artist Workshop

Michael Hunt and Naomi Dalglish of Bandana Pottery collaborate in making functional pottery. They combine coarse local clays, white slips and ash glazes to make deeply layered surfaces. Their studio is located in the mountains near Penland, North Carolina.

In their studio practice, they make pots using a wide variety of methods - throwing off the hump, molding, carving from solid clay, and throwing and altering. Each method brings its own opportunities for exploring expressive qualities and idea-generating. In this workshop, they will demonstrate and play with all these techniques, and there will be the opportunity for a short hands-on exercise. We will also explore slip decorating on tiles that will be provided! All levels welcome.

Workshop Cost:  $300.00 for those not enrolled in a Fall 2026 Ceramics Program course, $50 for Harvard College Undergraduates, and $250 for adults and Harvard Graduate students enrolled in a Fall 2026 course at the Ceramics Program with a discount code. If registered for the Fall 2026 semester, email Ji Eun Kim, Administrative Manager, at jikim@fas.harvard.edu for the code. 

Registration for this workshop will open on Friday, July 31 at 10:00am.

Artist Bios:

Michael and Naomi live and work in the mountains of western North Carolina. Using many local materials, they collaborate in making wood and gas fired utilitarian pottery. Michael got hooked on clay in high school and became a student at Penland School of Craft shortly after graduating. It was there that he met Will Ruggles and Douglas Rankin who became teachers and mentors to him. Several years later he was invited to go to Korea to learn the traditional method of making large Onggi storage jars with master Ongii potter Oh Hyang Jong. Upon returning from Korea, Michael began setting up a studio and building a large Thai-shaped wood kiln in the Penland area.

Naomi began making pottery with her grandmother as a child. She studied clay at Earlham College with Mike Theideman, a former apprentice of Warren MacKenzie. After college, Naomi came to Penland to take a kiln building class and met Michael, who was building a kiln at his studio. Michael and Naomi discovered they shared a similar passion and approach to making pottery. Now they work together as full time potters and occasionally teach workshops. Their pottery is named “Bandana Pottery” after the small community in which they started their studio. They exhibit their work internationally.