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Ovenware & Tableware - Functional & Elegant Pots

Artist Statement

I am committed to making pots for use in the kitchen, on the table, and in the home. I believe a need for human touch is satisfied through the daily use of pots made by human hands.

 I strive to express the natural qualities and lively nature of clay by using a slow turning wheel, soft clay, soft parts of my hands, and soft ribs. The interaction of sculptural and utilitarian considerations is the foundation of my forming as I seek simplicity, function, elegance, and beauty in making pots for daily use. My forms begin on the potter's wheel and many are built upon with additions of lids, handles, spouts, and feet. Some are altered from round to rectangular, oval, or square. I make pots with both a light stoneware clay body for tableware and a flameproof clay body for ovenware. All the pots I make are food safe, dishwasher safe, and ready for use. 

Biography

Robbie Lobell's pots reside on tables and in cupboards across the nation. Her soda/wood-fired pieces are collected and carried in galleries and gourmet food shops.  Robbie's work has been exhibited extensively nationwide. She is currently represented by the Stewart/Kummer Gallery (CA) and the Karlson/Gray Gallery (WA).  Robbie’s work has been featured in Ceramics Monthly Magazines, Ceramics Monthly’s 2005 Workshop Handbook, and in the Krause Publications book, The Art of Contemporary American Pottery by Kevin Hluch.   She is a member of NCECA, The American Ceramic Society, Washington Potter’s Association, and Northwest Designer Craftsmen.

 Robbie teaches classes and workshops on pottery making and soda firing in her studio on Whidbey Island  and at craft and art schools across the U.S.

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

Robbie Lobell

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.