06 February 2012, at Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania

Rebecca Chappell is currently at The Clay Studio in Philadelphia. She does pieces with a functional quality, but extends the designs to all sorts of semi-sculptural pieces. Her designs may be inspired by things she sees outside her window or studies of the histories of table settings, even the coded meanings behind various flower species used in Victorian times play a role in her artistic vision.

This demonstration was a sampling of of some of Rebecca's working techniques. While her early work was wheel thrown, she has more recently become intrigued by handbuilding and now finds ways to combine both methods. She generally works in a low fired red clay which she describes as smooth and very forgiving.