David Voorhees
Porcelain, wood-fired stoneware and raku fired pottery
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Drawing on a childhood joy of making almost anything wth my hands, I knew clay to be my calling the first time I touched it on a turning pottery wheel. My pots evolved slowly as I earned my skills (being mostly self taught) and soon added a painter's touch, my other love and the legacy of my parents, both of whom were professional painters.

The introduction of porcelain provided a key element in the development of much of my work, a marriage of classically simple wheel thrown forms, subtle and colorful floral brush decorations, high fired to a luminous finish, known only to porcelain.

Recently, I have begun exploring wood-firing my porcelain and trying some stoneware again after years away from it.  I love the comraderie of this group-based firing technique. 

From time to time I have fun with raku firing pots and sculpture at home and with some local pottery friends.

Member, Southern Highland Craft Guild
                Piedmont Craftsmen
Functional Pottery
Each  piece of my  porcelain or stoneware pottery has been handmade with care and is lead-free and dishwasher safe. Your care will ensure a long lifetime of daily use: avoid extreme changes in temperature when using in a microwave or conventional oven.
One of a Kind Art Pieces
White Birch Bottle
22"
Fall Meadow Vase 18"
Pink Dogwood Vase
20"
Four Sided
Morning Glory Vase
18"
Functional Dinnerware
Pieces and Sets
Long Daisy Tray
14"
Functional Cookware and
Serving Pieces
Wedding Wish Vase ©
click on image to go to Wish Vase infromation page
EDUCATION AND TRAINING HISTORY
-First pot thrown on a potters wheel at Camp High Rocks, NC, summer 1970
-First pottery instruction with Maizie McCready, Sewanee, TN, 1970
-Batchelor of Arts, major in Fine Arts, The University of the South, Sewanee, TN, 1973
-Graduate studies in painting at University of South Carolina, 1973
-Set up first pottery studio 1974 in Morehead City,NC
-Voorhees Pottery established in Henderson Co., NC, 1975
-Workshops studies with:  Sylvia Hyman, Norm Schulman, David Leach, Jenny Lind and others
TEACHING AND WORKSHOPS

current:
-John C. Campbell Folk School-spring week-long class on porcelain and decoration.
-Camp Greystone-head of Ceramics Program
-North House Folk School, MN September: 
3-day workshops on handbuilding and low-tech firing,  wheel throwing and surface decoration

Workshops considered, please contact David

past:
Blue Ridge Community College, clay instructor
Odyssey Center for Ceramic Art, instructor
Haywood Community College Production Crafts Department, workshop presentor
UNC Asheville, workshop presentor
Pass Pottery Club, Alberta, Canada, workshop presentor
Click here for info on our Voorhees Family Art Show held each November in Asheville, NC
Carved ginko teapot with brass leaf
email David:  david@handinhandgallery.com
Wood-fired stoneware jar.  Slip clay glaze from Outer Banks.  Laurel handle by Donna Wahmann.
2009 project:  building a wood-fired car kiln with lots of helpers.
Click here to see web album and progress.
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Wood Firing
Bourry box designed firebox
First firing begins 12/22/09 with Christmas Day opening.
Wood-fired stoneware mugs
Wood-fired stoneware pitcher and covered jar