About Us

It started with Martha Stewart and strawberry pots. After watching an episode of Martha Stewart Living, a ten year old Emma dreamed of making the strawberry pots they used in the episode. Literally. She started having dreams about being the artist behind those pots (dream Emma definitely wasn’t making them right, but its the thought that counts). That was the end of it, or rather the beginning. Our mom, Wendy, took on the daunting task of finding a studio willing to take on a ten year old. After more than enough rejections, she found Circle Pottery. For Christmas that year, little Emma got her first pottery class and the pottery wheel she still throws on today. During the Circle Pottery days, both of our parents shuttled Emma an hour down the mountain. They showed their continued support through countless miles, pounds of clay, and hours waiting in the car for class to finish.

 

We still have the pot she threw in that very first class. Her first pot proved to her that she had found her passion and she was damn good at it. Emma’s first pot lives at our studio in Salem, Utah. It is proudly shown to anyone who visits, takes their first pottery class, or expresses disbelief that they could every make a pot. First pots hold a special place in our hearts at Thrown Studio. There is something magic about taking mud and making into something you deem keepable and lovable that will last forever.

 

Thrown Studio is a family run pottery studio. Emma has spent the last 23 years honing her skills. Pottery is our family's joy and our business. Thrown Studio, is how we are able to share that joy with the community.

 

Emma and the studio are excited to be working with Deer Valley Resort in Park City, UT. Emma’s dad, Brad, began working on Deer Valley as a project designer in the early 80s when it was still undeveloped land. It feels serendipitous that all these years later, Emma’s pottery is now filling that same resort’s gift shop.