Meet Jackie Chapman - Potter and Top Seller

Jackie Chapman of Douglasville, GA has been Top Seller at the Christmas House for several years running. Sooo we thought you might like to know more about her.

I have always been fascinated with pottery.  After taking classes from a dear friend, I purchased a kiln and some clay in 2000 and started a journey that would be more fulfilling than any other media with which I have worked.  

My husband of over 35 years loaned me some space in his workshop to set up my studio that eventually turned into an addition to the building.   We enjoy spending time working and developing ideas together.  He is a very talented taxidermist and woodworker and is currently turning handcrafted pens and duck calls in his spare time.  He keeps my kiln firing and helps me with exhibiting my work as well as providing moral support! 

My pottery is a little different in that I bring a crafter’s background to the pieces that I make.  I find it difficult to make a plain piece of pottery.  It has to have something attached to it!  Each piece has its beginnings in a 25 lb. bag of stoneware clay and is hand built or hand thrown and then decorated with flowers, leaves, birds, frogs, turtles and glazes.