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Building Community

Pine Hill Pottery is developing a series of workshops, in cooperation with the Community Education programs of Lake Park, Detroit Lakes, & Hawley, MN. By opening up our doors and sharing our enthusiasm for creativity in clay, we hope to enrich the artistic community of the "Lakes Region."




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Artist-Gaylen Peterson



As a Minnesota potter and the owner of "Pine Hill Pottery" Gaylen hopes to serve the community year round through workshops, community education and the sale of fine "one of a kind" ceramic works. The retail showroom reflects his desire to support and give exposure to emerging artists, representing a handfull of "area" artists and their work.












Photo Courtesy of Detroit Lakes Newspapers
A graduate of MSU-Moorhead, MN with a degree in Art Education, Peterson has been  employed at Hillcrest Lutheran Academy (Fergus Falls, MN) as an Art Instructor, since 1992.

He also has earned his Master's of Science in Education-Fine Arts degree from the UW-River Falls. While studying there he had the expressed priviledge of studying with potter's  Randy Johnston, Wil Ruggles, Douglass Rankin, and Maren Kloppman..

When asked about his work in clay he comments, "My interests lie specifically in the realm of wood-fired functional wares. You will find a combination of wheel thrown and hand-built pieces amongst my work. This speaks to my appreciation for the aesthetic qualities of useful objects, which define their appeal."

Some of his other creative interests include, Printmaking, Photography and Woodworking.