As Artists, art is food. It feeds the necessity for connection with life. All good art carries the mysteries of the expression of life force...our common connection. We think this is why we need it. It reminds us of what we are made of.
Rock Creek Pottery is Closed
For almost 28 years we have made pots at Rock Creek Pottery, an amazing place to be! We left "The Creek" in late December, and now we are beginning to set up a new pottery in New Mexico, not far from Santa Fe.
We feel many things now, but gratitude is a big one. Gratitude to Rock Creek and the mountains of North Carolina...its land and people, who nurtured us for so long.
Equally important are all of you who supported us by buying pots, and with your thoughts and words. You made the possibility of growing as artists real...your love of the pots driving us forward, empowering our need to create.
Thank you all, and please keep an eye on this website. We will update it as we get closer to making pots here and seeing what this amazing new environment will do with us as potters and to our pots!
Will and Douglass
For us, pots are a vehicle for interaction. Interaction between hands and mind, clay and fire, maker and user, food and dishes, sight and touch. Pots begin with the potter from within the long tradition of making things with clay. They are finished by the choices and enjoyment of the user. Interaction is the key to living, and we hope our pots enhance this process.
Douglass Rankin and Will Ruggles
Will
Ruggles
Douglass Rankin
41 Three Rock Road
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87506
If you would like to meet with us, please email for an appointment.