Staff
Tamsyn Bodwell, Founder & Owner / Studio Tech
Tamsyn Leigh Bodwell (formerly Ackerman) earned her B.A. in Fine Art with a focus in ceramics from Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota. Before founding Mill Pond Ceramics Studio in 2023, she spent much of her career as a graphic designer, and still currently runs Mill Pond Creative. In addition, she cofounded and ran the arts nonprofit ENGINE from 2009 to 2020. In her own ceramics practice, Bodwell has a strong passion for the atmospheric results of wood and raku firings.
Tamsyn’s work can be seen on Instagram and on her website.
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Instructors
Mill Pond Ceramics Studio is lucky to work with so many talented instructors! Some of our regular freelance instructors include:
Isabella Rotman is a cartoonist and illustrator living and drawing in Maine. Isabella has been making ceramics for two and a half years, and has been at Mill Pond since the beginning. Her ceramics work combines nature illustration with functional forms, and she particularly enjoys underglaze painting under a crystal clear glaze.
Isabella’s work can be seen on Instagram at @this_might_hurt & on her website.
Daisy Clennon attended Bennington College in Vermont and graduated in 2021 with a BA in Environmental Studies and Visual Art. She's been teaching at Handful Studios in Portland and previously was a ceramic technical assistant at Haystack and production potter at Wolf Ceramics in Seattle, WA.
Daisy’s work can be seen on Instagram at @daisyclennon
Grace Mendenhall (she/her) is a multidisciplinary ceramic artist and educator. Her pinch-formed, functionally-sculptural work is an exploration of memory, grief, and tactile connection across time. Born and raised in Austin, TX, Grace began her clay practice as a wood-fire studio assistant at 28A Clay in the Catskill Mountains. She has since built a career firing kilns, as well as teaching beginner and intermediate wheel-throwing and hand-building at community studios including Feats of Clay Pottery, East Side Pot Shop, Tumbleweed Clay, Dougherty Arts Center, and ArtShack Brooklyn. Grace also teaches workshops in atmospheric firing, including soda, pit and barrel, raku, and wood-firing, as well as kiln building and wild clay processing.
Grace’s work can be seen on Instagram at @et.al.pottery
LG Gray’s practice focuses on the process of making rather than the final product and is rooted in the belief that clay can be a healing modality. From an artistic lens, they believe that the intersection of form and function create opportunities for connection and utility in people’s lives. They’ve lead workshops and taught pottery for the past several years and are deeply fascinated by alternative firing methods outside of electric kilns.
LG’s work can be seen on Instagram at @grayclaystudio
Hannah Tripp, of Hannah Tripp Ceramics, is a functional potter working with hand-building techniques. Educated at Maine College of Art & Design, Hannah’s favorite space to play is slab building and altered forms. A range of bright slips and underglazes, along with occasional glaze washes, enable Hannah to create complex surfaces. She enjoys layering and accomplishes this through wax and paper resists, screen-printed decals, paper stencils, and sgraffito carving. Whatever she is making, she’s always enthusiastic.
Hannah’s work can be seen on Instagram at @hannahtrippceramics
Amy Jane Larkin is an artist and illustrator living and working in Arundel, Maine. Amy has a BFA in Sculpture from MassArt. She has been making ceramics at Mill Pond for the last two years, primarily focusing on hand-built sculptures and vessels and loves to experiment with color and texture.
Amy’s work can be seen on Instagram at @amyjanejane & on her website.