Teresa Pietsch

Teresa Pietsch grew up in Washington state and graduated from Seattle Pacific University. She worked as a Scientific Illustrator until 2001, when she moved to Vancouver, BC and started taking pottery classes at West Point Grey Community Studio. In 2004 she moved to Durham, NC and became involved at Claymakers Community Studio, working as a studio assistant and teaching wheel classes. In 2010 she started working as a full time studio potter as a resident artist at the EnergyXchange in Burnsville, NC. In the fall of 2013 she set up her own studio near Penland, NC.

Artist Statement

Finding inspiration and meaning from trees and plants, Teresa’s pots reflect ideas that are centered in life, growth, and experience.

Teresa’s work connects both the functional and the decorative, seeking to make pots that people want to touch, hold, and use.