Pottery Artist - Kim Overall

Pottery, Pies and Pulitzer Novels are some of my favorite things.

Click here to see my husband making his first ever pies for 2011 Fourth of July!

Pottery Classes

Quite a number of people ask if I could teach them about making pottery. If you have your own wheel, or might be interested in handbuilding at your location, would like private instruction, or clay activities for small groups, feel free to contact me to discuss options and prices.

A BIT OF HAWAIIAN HISTORY:

In researching, it is realized primitive Hawaiians did not have any pottery artifacts. Their surroundings afforded them an abundance to improvise with other natural resources. Most significantly, they did not have access to geological deposits clay .

Gourds, coconut hulls and carved wooden bowls were used for serving, drinking, and storage. Their food was broiled atop hot stones, boiled in wooden bowls (not atop a heat source though, but food was very creatively boiled nonetheless...find out how later!), or baked in an earth oven (imu). Food was wrapped in ti, taro and/or banana leaves. Tree bark (kapa) was processed, treated, decorated and woven - or not, to also serve as platters for serving and blanketing the earth oven.

Tapping into my inherent heritage, my forms and design reflect some of the Asian influence from the Hawaiian and Korean in me from centuries past.

Thank you and Aloha!