Summer Hollow Pottery ~ Throwing Clay, Creating Art!

Well-crafted, handmade pottery

Watch an interview with Wendy Summers of Summer Hollow Pottery, as she makes her handmade pottery.

Making handmade pottery

About the Artist Wendy Summers

Wendy Summers, the owner of Summer Hollow Pottery, makes handmade pottery. She grew up in southern Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay region. Having come from a family with a strong matriarchal tradition of handcrafting, it was no surprise when Wendy entered a well-known New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred to study sculpture and art. It was as a sculpting student that Wendy Summers discovered her passion for making pottery. After receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Alfred University, Wendy moved to West Virginia to pursue her graduate study in ceramics at West Virginia University, and as she put it, learn how to throw pots. At West Virginia University she concentrated on developing her throwing, firing, and glazing techniques.

Summer Hollow Pottery

Wendy has operated her own pottery studio for over 25 years. Summer Hollow Pottery is located in the beautiful rural hills of central West Virginia. Wendy is a Tamarack, Best of West Virginia craftsman, she has had her work featured in Martha Stewart Living Magazine, Gourmet Magazine, and Traveling West Virginia. Wendy strives to bring forms, textures, glazes, and clay together in a way that is both aesthetically pleasing and completely functional. The graceful, fluid lines of her work are often reminiscent of the waters of the Chesapeake Bay. Wendy Summers’  forms remind one that elegance and beauty are often more evident in simplicity than in showiness. Summer Hollow Pottery is marked with functionalism, beauty, artistry, and quality craftsmanship. From the precisely turned lid handles to the whimsical curve of a pig’s ear, look closely and you will see that God truly is in the details.

Philosophy of Making Handmade Pottery

As a potter, I use skill and craftsmanship to make simple handmade pottery, such as bowls, mugs, pitcher, and so on…these objects are associated with the tasks of everyday living. They are useful and practical. Being useful and practical does not make something less important, it makes it more important that they bring someone pleasure as they carry on the tasks of everyday life. Studio potters will often make items like mugs, bowls, and jugs. These items are essential to me, and I love to work with these quintessential ceramic items. As an artist, I use creativity to enrich these familiar objects. My goal is to create distinctively artful pottery that is useful and beautiful. I hope that my pots will enhance the tasks of your everyday life. I make special kitchen pottery because every day is a special day! All of my pottery is unique and creative, and I take pains to make sure even the ‘lowliest’ mug possesses care in all its details; my unique pottery is specially created to be genuinely UNIQUE!

Visit Summer Hollow Pottery’s Shop on Etsy to view her handmade

pottery, flower pots and planters, and more.

clay and pottery tools

Wendy Summers of Summer Hollow Pottery will be at the following shows & festivals:

Summer Hollow Pottery at the Vandalia Gathering

May 28-30,2021

Mountain State Art and Craft Fair

July 2-4, 2021

Oglebayfest

October 1-3, 2021

Capital City Art & Craft Show

November 19-21, 2021

Summer Hollow Pottery is also available at:

TamarackTamarack,

The Best of WV

WV Cultural Center

Contact Me!

Like and follow on Summer Hollow Pottery on Facebook! Check out my handmade pottery and gardening boards on Pinterest. There is a lot more additional information, how to make pottery videos, recipes, planting tips and tricks on my boards! And visit my Etsy shop for additional handmade pottery, ceramic planters, flower pots, and other handmade pottery items! 

I also welcome custom orders! 

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Privacy Policy

Information I Collect To fulfill your order, you must provide me with certain information, such as your name, email address, postal address, payment information, and the details of the product that you’re ordering. You may also choose to provide me with additional personal information (for a custom order of jewelry, for example) if you contact me directly. Why I Need Your Information and How I Use It I rely on a number of legal bases to collect, use, and share your information, including: -as needed to provide my services, such as when I use your information to fulfill your order, to settle disputes, or to provide customer support; -when you have provided your affirmative consent, which you may revoke at any time, such as by signing up for my mailing list; -if necessary to comply with a legal obligation or court order or in connection with a legal claim, such as retaining information about your purchases if required by tax law; and -as necessary for the purpose of my legitimate interests, if those legitimate interests are not overridden by your rights or interests, such as providing and improving my services. I use your information to provide the services you requested and in my legitimate interest to improve my services. Information Sharing and Disclosure Information about my customers is important to my business. I share your personal information for very limited reasons and in limited circumstances, as follows: -Service providers. I engage certain trusted third parties to perform functions and provide services to my shop, such as delivery companies. I will share your personal information with these third parties, but only to the extent necessary to perform these services. -Compliance with laws. I may collect, use, retain, and share your information if I have a good faith belief that it is reasonably necessary to: (a) respond to legal process or to government requests; (b) enforce my agreements, terms and policies; (c) prevent, investigate, and address fraud and other illegal activity, security, or technical issues; or (d) protect the rights, property, and safety of my customers, or others. Data Retention I retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to provide you with my services and as described in my Privacy Policy. However, I may also be required to retain this information to comply with my legal and regulatory obligations, to resolve disputes, and to enforce my agreements. I generally keep your data for the following time period: 4 years. Transfers of Personal Information Outside the EU I may store and process your information through third-party hosting services in the US and other jurisdictions. As a result, I may transfer your personal information to a jurisdiction with different data protection and government surveillance laws than your jurisdiction.  Your Rights If you reside in certain territories, including the EU, you have a number of rights in relation to your personal information. While some of these rights apply generally, certain rights apply only in certain limited cases. I describe these rights below: -Access. You may have the right to access and receive a copy of the personal information I hold about you by contacting me using the contact information below. -Change, restrict, delete. You may also have rights to change, restrict my use of, or delete your personal information. Absent exceptional circumstances (like where I am required to store data for legal reasons) I will generally delete your personal information upon request. -Object. You can object to (i) my processing of some of your information based on my legitimate interests and (ii) receiving marketing messages from me after providing your express consent to receive them. In such cases, I will delete your personal information unless I have compelling and legitimate grounds to continue using that information or if it is needed for legal reasons. -Complain. If you reside in the EU and wish to raise a concern about my use of your information (and without prejudice to any other rights you may have), you have the right to do so with your local data protection authority. How to Contact Me For purposes of EU data protection law, I, Wendy Summers, am the data controller of your personal information. If you have any questions or concerns, you may contact me at wsummers-at-summerhollowpottery.com. Alternately, you may mail me at: P.O. Box , Wallback, WV 25285