Since 2006, 16 Hands has had the honor of presenting the work of fine craftsmen

from around the country in our biannual studio tour.

Guest Artists

Spring 2024

Marsiella Catanoso -

Guest of Abby Reczek

Working with clay has always been my passion. It’s a material that’s been used for many generations throughout different cultures, leaving its mark in the world that we live in - especially my own. The pieces I create can be either functional or decorative, ranging from cups for coffee to flower brick centerpieces, to evolving my series into sculptural vases with more surface patterns to push my boundaries in design. My influences come from capturing eclectic objects that I’ve encountered in my travels. I’m inspired by brightly colored city murals and urban gardens from living in the city of Philadelphia, the rural landscape of wildflowers of the Blue Ridge Mountains in southwest Virginia, and the rustic facades of historical villas in Italy. I create my own silkscreen images, creating and manipulating textile pattern-like designs and then applying various layers onto the surfaces of my work throughout the ceramic process, treating each form as my own canvas.

Jane Angelhart

Guest of Wendy Werstlein

Jane Angelhart creates her wonderfully whimsical mishima decorated and painted pottery in her studio at McGuffey Art Center and teaches at City Clay in Charlottesvillle.

Evelyn Ward

Guest of Sarah McCarthy

My pots are simple in form and surface design with architectural references. I try to make balanced functional pots that would be nice to have in the home for use or just be around. I really enjoy making pots and hope that they bring a little light to people’s lives.

I’m currently working with a dark stoneware clay because I love the rich color of the clay body and wanted to have some areas of bare clay showing through on the surfaces of the pots. I’m using a printing technique called mono-print transferring to decorate the surfaces. I paint slip onto cut pieces of paper and then transfer them onto the pot making a design. I love the imperfections that this process leaves on the surface of the pot. And the clean lines I can get from the process. I started out as a printmaker and have always gravitated to the qualities of hand printed images.

Travis Berning

Guest of Ron Sutterer

I was born and raised in Marienthal, Kansas. I received my Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Wichita State University in 1995, before continuing to study at the graduate level at the University of North Texas. I now live in Flat Rock, North Carolina with my family, work out of my home studio, do shows regularly, and am featured in many galleries in the U.S. My work has been exhibited in shows such as Ceramics USA and published in Clay Times and Southern Living. I am a founder of the WNC Pottery Festival and a member of the Southern Highland Craft Guild. I primarily make functional, dishwasher, oven, and microwave safe, pottery- but also make raku display tiles.

Shawn Webber

Guest Artist of Seth Guzovsky and Andrea Denniston