About

When I first moved to the Berkshire Hills it led to a new chapter at Grenadier Pottery where I am currently producing a line of stoneware that incorporates my impressions from the natural world in elegant bowls, plates, sushi platters and more.  Each piece is unique, made with its own leaf or plant. I layer slips and glazes to add to the depth of the finished surface quality and natural oxides and glazes are mixed by hand at the studio, using copper, cobalt and iron to achieve some of the the colors found in nature.  Recently, I’ve been exploring new ideas and techniques…see the results in the “Berkshire Whiteware” and “Salt Glazed” collections. Thanks for your interest in my work.

"Ellen Grenadier has been making tableware and custom tiles and murals for over 30 years. After receiving a BA from Connecticut College she studied salt glazing under a grant from the Tiffany Foundation and went on to become a co-founding member of Clay Dragon Studios, a clay cooperative in Cambridge, MA.  Twenty five years ago, she moved to Monterey, MA where she maintains a studio and gallery and was head of the Ceramics Department at IS 183, Art School of the Berkshires for twelve years. She has shown her functional clay work and custom tiles and murals throughout the United States and participated in retail shows including Craftboston, the ACC Wintermarket, the Philadelphia Craft Show, the Minnesota Pottery Tour, the Asparagus Valley Pottery Tour, the Hilltown 6 Pottery Tour, and the Berkshire Pottery Tour.”