Meet The Clay Hole Staff!

Our staff is here to help you on your pottery journey, and we thought it might be helpful to know who we are and what we look like so that you can flag us down during class!

We’ve got 55 years of pottery experience between the four of us. That’s a pretty cool resource for you...

Meet the Founder, Dan Pearce

Followed online by millions since 2010, Dan is the owner and founder of The Clay Hole. His specialty is throwing large pieces on the pottery wheel...

Dan Pearce founder of The Clay Hole

Meet the Creative Director, Courtney Mathewson

Courtney is second in command here at The Clay Hole. Her specialty is glaze colors and combinations as well as pristine mold work...

Courtney Mathewson creative director

Meet our lead wheel throwing instructor, Julia Jaffe

Julia is the main wheel throwing instructor at all of our classes here at The Clay Hole. She is a master of beginners instruction and also balanced in all areas of pottery...

Julia Jaffe pottery wheel instructor

Meet our lead hand-building instructor, Gabby Oman

Gabby is the main hand-building instructor at all of our evening classes here at The Clay Hole. She is very balanced and expert in nearly all areas of pottery...

Gabby Oman pottery instructor

We've also got two secondary instructors in every class. We call them our trade instructors. They are trading teaching for membership and are there to help you with all of your pottery questions and needs...