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When I stopped in to buy clay for a class in a senior housing center a few weeks ago, Quinn happened to be behind the counter that day. I had seen and admired his pottery at the Puyallup Fair a few years ago and asked, “Where are you selling our pottery now?”
“I really haven’t touched clay for a couple years.”
“Oh, why is that?”
“Well, I got married a couple years ago and then I bought this business.”
I think my mouth dropped open. “This business?”
“Yes, Joe and Kim had been here a long time and were ready to let it go.”
It turns out Quinn Brougher had finalized the paperwork just a few months before and is still in the process of finding out just how it all works. Part I: The next time I was in Tacoma I interviewed Quinn in order to inform the pottery public about the change.
EM - How did you come to pottery as a career path?
QB I did a couple years of college at Evergreen in Olympia but didn’t know what I wanted to do so dropped out and later went back to Olympic Community College and found myself skipping all my other classes so I could spend time in the pottery. When I found a “Help Wanted “ ad from Clay Art Center I applied and got a job. I started learning all there was to the business of clay – got my college education right here! Joe and Kim were patient and good teachers. I started learning about clay bodies and glaze chemicals at Clay Art Center with excellent mentors and teachers.
READ MORE about Quinn and the Clay Art Center on our blog.
THANK YOU to Elinor Maroney for contributing to the newsletter!
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