About Me
Meet Carla
Creating is something that is part of who I am. From a young age you could always find me drawing, crafting, or coloring, and that need to make has never left my soul. While at Texas A&M University and in high school, I took however many art classes my schedule allowed. I found pottery in 2018 when a friend asked if I'd like to join her to take a class, and little did I know taking that class would change my life. Pottery has taught me how to slow down, and to be patient, while simultaneously introducing me to so many kind people who are passionate about the art or are also artists themselves. Our lives are built with the need to for everything to be instantaneous, ceramics are a process of slowness for things to be done correctly. Since those classes at White Lotus Pottery, I have taken sculpture classes through the Arts Council of the BV, online lessons, and have more already in the works.
When I'm not making pottery, you can find me spending time with my family- my husband, daughter and son and of course our pups, Mighty Mo & Odie! I also love volunteering, work part time at White Lotus Pottery Studio teaching date nights, and with a local photographer doing fundraisers for nonprofits.
Why Salamander Hands?
We don't do conventional terms of endearment in my family, and as long as I can remember, my mom used to say we had little frog or salamander hands. Since my hands will be doing all the creating, it made sense to call my business Salamander Hands Pottery.
Each piece is either wheel thrown or hand-built in College Station, Texas- yes I'm an Aggie, class of 2006, Whoop!
Photo credit: Fig-Mint Photography
What do you love about Ceramics?
Ceramics is an art medium that I don't think I can ever learn enough or everything about. It can be so resilient and so delicate all at once. The variability in each different clay and the glazes are something that keep me in awe. Much like us, clays and glazes perform differently dependent on their environment. A subtle change in temperature or the glazes on different clays can produce entirely different colors! I love how the connection you make with the clay is always evident in the final piece. I could go on and on...
Where do you make your Pottery?
My pottery studio is located at my home in College Station, TX. My studio includes my wheel, and a kiln. Having everything in one place allows me to throw clay whenever the mood takes me or around the schedule of my family.
I also teach date night classes at the studio where I started, White Lotus Pottery in College Station.