 Contact Information:
Rocky Mann
Studio Open & By Appointment
38 Breakneck Road
Bar Harbor Maine 04609
(207) 288~5478
E-mail: rocky@rockymann.com
Website: http://www.rockymann.com/
Biography:
Rocky Mann is a studio potter specializing in motifs from
the natural world, as well as using colorful, vibrant glazes. Bowls, platters,
dinnerware, and tiles are created in his studio workshop and fired on premises,
guaranteed safe for baking. His work is on display in his Studio Gallery
just outside of Bar Harbor, Maine, open every day, 10 AM to 5 PM.
A potter for over 35 years, Rocky says:
"I remain continuously challenged and fascinated
with my potter's craft. Shaping and decorating works of clay gives form
and substance to my life. I cannot imagine a better medium for my particular
talents and creative expression than clay." n the spring of 1966, the father of my best friend
invited me to sit at his potter's wheel. On that day I fell in love with
clay and the potter's life. Following my art school training and a short pottery
apprenticeship in Denmark, I established my studio in 1971. For over twenty
years I made pots, went to trade shows and sold my work through galleries
in the U.S. and Japan. I discovered the life of a production potter was
often overwhelmed with pressure to supply the demands of the craft marketplace. We moved to Bar Harbor in 1992, where I focused my
time on building our new house and studio. After this creative and head-clearing
break, I returned to clay work with renewed determination to please my
hand and eye and follow my own heart and intuition. I now devote one third
of my time to making the pots and two thirds to surface decoration and
image development. I integrate images from nature to create graphic patterns.
Each and every piece is unique. In 2001, I added a new gallery to my studio workshop
to showcase my most recent work. The gallery also features the oil pastel
paintings and colored clay jewelry of my wife, Carol
Shutt.
Directions to Workshop
Our Pottery Studio and Gallery display a full
range of Rocky Mann's current work. Plates, bowls, platters, dinner settings,
tiles with natural motifs and glaze melts are featured. We are open every
day, 10 AM to 5 PM. We are situated three miles from downtown Bar Harbor
and one-eighth mile from the Main Entrance to Acadia National Park, on
Breakneck Road in Hulls Cove, Maine. In Hulls Cove, turn from Route 3 at
the Hulls Cove General Store and make your way up the Breakneck Road next
to the Post Office and General Store. You will pass the Hulls Cove Tool
Barn and Davsitown Museum Sculpture Garden which features the work of many
contemporary Maine artists. Our Pottery Studio and Gallery is the next
driveway on your left as you continue up the Breakneck Road.
Ongoing Exhibitions
Pottery at Rocky
Mann Studio Potter Gallery, Hulls Cove, Maine
Work in the Davistown Museum for Sale
Dark Raku Leaf Tile |
Raku Leaf Tile |
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Work in Other Galleries or Collections
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Heron Wall Piece
2005
Raku ~ 17"h X 12"w |
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Participating artists donate 30% of MAG on-site sales proceeds to benefit the Davistown Museum. When we sell work that is exhibited on the MAG website but held elsewhere, we solicit a 10% donation. If the artist or another gallery sells the artwork, no commission is solicited or requested. We hope the MAG website exposure will help sell more artwork from the artists' own studios or in galleries which show their work.
