I have a lot of great new pots for sale in my online Etsy shop, www.joytanner.etsy.com. There are honey jars, bowls, mugs, cups, plates and...

It's a new year in this potter's life. While I'm not in the studio as much, because I'm usually busy taking care of my...

This amazing thing happened. Will and I have a new baby girl named Eva!  You may already know this if you follow us in other social media...

If you want to stay in tune with what I'm doing, the best place to find me is through my Instagram feed @joytannerpottery, or at my Fac...

Moving for a potter is no easy task.  Everything is heavy! We also had piles of kilnbricks we had to move, waiting to be made into a futu...

It's that time of year again! Our favorite pottery show with our potter neighbors, the Spruce Pine Potters Market! About 30 local pott...

It was a busy summer! Our building took shape, and now this fall, we will be moving out of the EnergyXchange and moving into here.  Our ki...

We're moving right along with construction, minus a few rain days.  Here's the foundation! Today the floor is going in. I still c...

Plans are underway for our studio building to be built this summer.  Support our studio building project by buying pots! Now you can show yo...

It's that time of year again! You can come up to the mountains for the Toe River Arts Council Studio Tour.  For the last time you can...

J I love the rich red contrasted with the opposite side on this mug from the last wood and soda firing. It was a keeper for me. Sometimes ...

Well, not quite yet. Studio plans have just begun. It seems a daunting task since we have never built anything before.  So getting started i...

After throwing for the last 13 years sitting on a stool, now I have made the shift to throwing pots while standing up.  The past couple...

This weekend Will and I are headed down to Artisphere art festival in downtown Greenville, SC. We don't do that many outdoor shows an...

Read the latest spring enewsletter from Joy Tanner and William Baker Pottery here at this link. And if yo...

Will and I are headed up to Roanoke, Virginia to co-teach a workshop for the Blue Ridge Potters Guild next weekend. It's always fun ...

For a chance to win a free Joy and Will pot, if you are at NCECA this year, follow along on Instagram to play! As you can see from t...

The edges of spring are beginning to show around here if I take the time to notice. I love to listen to podcasts and audio books wh...

I'm settling back into home to my simple potting lifestyle in the quiet mountains after a great time in Florida for the firing ...

This teapot, and another one of mine is awaiting tea among other handmade teapots from a great lineup of North Carolina potters at the N...