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Oven to Table Flameware

Artist Statement

My interest in producing ceramic platters comes from my interest in cooking great food safely without the use of aluminum pans or aluminum foil in oven baking, grilling, and broiling. The special flameware clay provides a safe cooking surface, removing a potential environmental hazards from the kitchen. 

I also care about the presentation of food as well as the safety and ease of cooking. Serving food on a simple - yet elegant - ceramic platter simplifies work for the chef, and provides a beautiful presentation for any entrée. Gathering around the table and sharing a meal is an essential part of our relationship to each other, to family, and to our food.

As an artist, a former director of a craft center, and a food and agricultural activist, I have been influenced by many traditions of the past as well as the working craftspersons of present and recent generations. Mary Caroline Richards, author, potter and writer, has been a touchstone for my recent creative path. Her life, teaching, and works have urged me and others to bring ‘heart’ and ‘hand’ together.

"There is an essential connection between artistic activity and human nature, between art and nature and universe and human being."                           -Mary Caroline Richards

Biography                                                                                      

Maryon Attwood is a studio artist living and working near Coupeville, WA on Whidbey Island. Her formal training includes classical instruction in a liberal arts college program, medical illustration, and study with individual studio artists.

Her interest in producing oven-to-table platters comes from her concern for healthy foods prepared safely without the use of Teflon, aluminum pans, or aluminum foil.  

Maryon's oven-to-table ceramic platters are made from specially formulated clay that withstands thermal shock and can be used safely in the oven as well as for serving and presentation. 

In addition to the flameware platters and carved hot plates, Maryon is making shushi platters and presentation trays from stoneware. Maryon’s fine arts background provides subjects for her handmade tiles in a variety of motifs. Her special areas of interest are in animals, leaves and flowers, and religious subjects. She also makes historical ‘Donkey Beads’ to earn extra hay money for her Poitou donkeys.

For more information about Maryon’s ceramics:  maryonattwoodstudios.com.

For more information about Poitou donkeys: atthewoodfarm.com.

WHIDBEYWORKINGArtists

•  Shirley Ashenbrenner

•  Maryon Attwood

•  Marilyn Dessert

•  Nikki Farias

•  Gail Harker

•  Dan Ishler

•  Marcy Johnson

•  Maggie Lancaster

•  Lyla Lillis

•  Rainy Lindell

•  Robbie Lobell

•  Bev McQuary

•  Stacey Neumiller

•  Kathleen Otley

•  Kay Parsons

•  Diane Reardon

•  Gerald Roberts

•  Christopher Saxman

•  Karen Schroeder

•  Mariana Shawver

•  Paula Spina

•  Ann Wilson    

•  Brian Yates

Directions for Tour

Maryon Attwood

From SR 20, turn west onto Patmore Road (right heading south, left heading north) about 2 miles south from the town of Coupeville. One mile to gravel drive (on right from SR20 or on left from Fort Casey Rd).   Road ends at studio & kiln (about 1/4 mile). Robbie Lobell Pottery, 640 Patmore Rd.