Washington County, Maryland Pottery Trail

1 Foxcross Pottery

Address: 6640 Remsburg Road, Sharpsburg, Md.

Phone: 301-331-0820

Visit: foxcrosspottery.com

Hours: Saturday, noon to 5 p.m., Sunday, noon to 5 p.m., or by appointment

Foxcross Pottery studio overlooks the Potomac River, nestled in a quiet corner of Washington County, Maryland – an area rich in history, craftsmanship and tradition.

2 M4 Studios and Gallery

Address: 4803 Mt. Briar Road, Keedysville, Md. Phone: 410-739-9016

Visit: instagram.com/m4studios

Hours: Pottery studio, roadside gallery and main gallery open dawn to dusk daily.

Featuring Kirke Martin’s Pottery, Kesra Hoffman’s Landscape Paintings, Alan Clingan’s woodworking, and Joy Bridy’s brooms and other wood-fired pottery and sculptures.

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Hunt Prothro

Address: 20100 Millbrook Road, Rohrersville, Md.

Phone: 202-494-1045

Visit: instagram.com/huntprothro

Hours: Saturday/Sunday: noon to 5 p.m., weekdays by appointment

Hunt Prothro exhibits his robust and emotionally rich ceramic art in the modernist gallery of his 19th century farmhouse; he works in an adjacent studio. Each building is an archive of recycled materials, locally milled lumber and hand-built furniture. His work is in both public and private collections, including The Smithsonian American Art Museum.

4 van Gilder Pottery

Address: 20834 Townsend Road, Gapland, Md.

Email: vangilderpottery@gmail.com

Visit: vangilderpottery.com

Hours: Saturday/Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.

Established in 1985, they are a working pottery and contemporary craft gallery featuring an eclectic collection of handmade stoneware, fine jewelry, woodenwares, glass and more. Located in a restored barn atop South Mountain at the west entrance to Gathland State Park and adjacent to the Appalachian Trail.

5 Tameria Martinez Clay

Address: 21001 Tasker Lane, Boonsboro, Md.

Phone: 301-524-9510

Visit: tameriamartinezclay.com

Hours: By appointment

Artist Tameria Martinez works in her clay studio and fires her wood fueled train kiln. Her work includes porcelain and stoneware vessels, both functional and decorative, thrown on the potter’s wheel. Tameria currently teaches porcelain and glaze classes for advanced level students.

6 Kilnjoy Ceramics

Address: 22201 Pondsville Road, Smithsburg, Md.

Phone: 301-991-2360

Visit: kilnjoy.com

Hours: By appointment or occasional open houses

Decorative and functional ceramic art for your table and life. Artist Denise Joyal uses atmospheric firing to create surfaces inspired by her love of the intensity of sunlight and shadow prior to dusk.

7 Orchard View Pottery

Address: 23319 Barth Spring Lane, Smithsburg, Md.

Phone: 443-621-1070

Visit: facebook.com/orchard.view.pottery

Hours: By appointment or check Facebook page Functional stoneware pottery and raku pottery.

8 Highfield Pottery

Address: 25210 Cascade Road, Cascade, Md.

Phone: 240-446-9552

Visit: allisonseverancepottery.com

Hours: Daily, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (self-serve gallery in restored barn) wood-fired ceramics, while also producing a series of pieces that are fired in electric or gas kilns. He operates a roadside gallery and an inside gallery that are “meant to be accommodating,” he says, adding, “I like people to visit the studio and see how I make things, and see that people really live this way.”

Wood-fired salt glazed pottery by Allison Coles Severance. Wheel thrown on her old kick wheel and fired in a wood burning kiln she built – her useful pots are crafted by hand and meant to be used.

Artisans along the Pottery Trail create pieces that range from elegance to the everyday. Find a beautiful hand-crafted bowl for your culinary creations or that perfect gift for a loved one that promises to be unique. For more information, visit www.visithagerstown.com.

Ceramic artists on the Washington County Pottery Trail are, from left, Denise Joyal, Pam Hall, Bill van Gilder, Allison Severance, Dirk Martin, Kirke Martin and Mark Poole. Not pictured are Tameria Martinez, Stephen Wright and Hunt Prothro.

9 Wright Hand Studio

Address: 571 Jefferson St., Hagerstown, Md.

Phone: 800-990-4263

Visit: wrighthanddrums.com

Hours: By appointment

Clay artist Stephen Wright produces and sells his internationally recognized line of professional ceramic hand percussion instruments there, as well as his line of stoneware pottery. He also teaches all aspects of working with clay in the teaching side of his studio including: throwing on the wheel, hand building and sculpture.

10 Twin Moons Pottery

Address: 13650 Greencastle Pike, Hagerstown, Md.

Phone: 301-790-4047

Visit: twinmoonspottery.com

Hours: By appointment or by chance

Artist Pam Hall’s unique art is created in porcelain and stoneware clay. She does both “art pottery” and “functional ware” all meant to be used and enjoyed. In studio private and group classes available from May through November.