Pederson PotteryGenesee Depot · Wisconsin
A new home for Pederson Pottery — built for Ryan, waiting on his word.
Ryan Pederson in front of the Pederson Pottery gallery, Genesee Depot
Genesee Depot · Wisconsin

Pederson Pottery

Potter · Maker · Teacher

Timeless handmade stoneware and porcelain for kitchens, plants, and home — made by one man's hands in a small Wisconsin town, the way it has been made for thirty years.

5.0 ★881 reviews on Etsy
2,445pieces sold
Star Selleron Etsy since 2011
Since 1996on the wheel

His story

Ryan Pederson has been making pottery for over thirty years. His aim, in his own words, is pieces that feel good in your hand, feel good to use, and feel good to look at — drawn to classical, timeless forms, and shaped by a life spent where pottery is a way of living, not a hobby.

1996Starts on the wheel; production potter by 1998.
2006–2008Founds and runs The Potters Shop, a pottery co-op in downtown Waukesha — and teaches classes there.
2009–2010Lives and works in Avanos, Turkey — a pottery village four thousand years old, where East and West meet.
2013–2020Ephraim Clayworks, Door County, Wisconsin.
2022–todayPederson Pottery — his own studio and gallery in Genesee Depot.

The peace of an open field and the pines, he says, gets into the work. Come see it in the clay.

The Boards

Everything has its own room here.

The work

The Work

The gallery — lamps, planters, vases, urns, mugs and bowls, in his glazes.

At the wheel

At the Wheel

Watch him work — eleven films: porcelain pulled on the wheel, a diamond fired in the kiln, the genie bottles taking shape.

Classes with Ryan

Classes

He taught for years at his Waukesha co-op. Classes at the Depot studio are being formed — get on the list.

The shop

The Shop

His Etsy shop is the live store — 74 pieces, ready to ship. Or come to the gallery itself, Friday and Saturday.

Commissions and custom orders

Commissions

A particular size, a glaze, a gift, a wedding — custom orders start with a conversation.