About | Hippottery Studio

Short Bio

I consider myself a studio ceramist making functional, wheel-thrown, and hand-built ceramics, mostly I work with porcelain, but on occasion, I will work with a darker clay body. I enjoy creating exclusive batches of vibrant color pieces for the home and the dining room table. I also love exploring other forms and décor.

Statement

Typically, I incorporate mid-century modern as well as abstract designs into my ceramics but often enjoy leaving a created piece pure, but mostly I am adding color to surfaces by omitting the final glaze to create a demonstrative contrast between the outside and the glazed inside of the pieces. Often decoration is applied using colorful underglazes, designs, and sometimes carved repeating patterns.

The connection pottery creates between the maker, and the holder of each piece is essential to me. There is a moment during the creation process, I feel when the vessel is ready, where I visualize the final piece, which will be used on the table or rest on the mantel as décor. That moment is indefinite, forever, and is satisfying in every way as a maker of ceramics. My creations are designed for everyday use.

Lony Maya Neubauer

Biography

Lony Maya Neubauer grew up on the Island of Föhr in the very Northern part of Germany. The warm climate and college brought her to California years ago. Lony has lived in Northern and Southern California, however, now resides here in Vallejo, a waterfront community about 40 minutes northeasterly from San Francisco.

Lony first came in contact with clay during her junior-high-school year, and the desire to start working with clay again grew stronger over the years. The continuing appreciation for the visual arts is what led her in January of 2018 to start a ceramics class in Walnut Creek, California.

In October of 2018, Lony joined the Mare Island Art Studios, formerly known as Coal Shed Art Studio, on Mare Island. She is very honored to be among the 18 other very talented resident artists, an eclectic group of painters, ceramists, sculptors, metalworkers, woodworkers, printmakers, photographers, textile artists and makers of various other mediums, whom provide help for all makers and regularly exhibit events at their gallery at the the Mare Island Art Studios.