Erica Beck

Erica Beck, potter and owner of Triple Crescent Studios
I have always made things. Even as a kid, I loved crafts. During recess I would fashion
things out of leaves. After school it was to the woods to build a fort or fashion objects to
fuel my imagination. I spent a summer of Saturdays with my grandmother going to craft
classes of all different kinds. In high school I focused on jewelry, we didn’t have pottery
but we could melt metal and cast it. I became a costumer in college and became
interested in early European history and weaving. I’d always considered pottery but
there never seemed to be the right opportunity. I even bought a kiln years before I took
a class. It still doesn’t work.
Pottery for me started as a single Saturday class at a new studio down the street from
my job 6 years ago. I posted about that class on Facebook and a college friend of mine
in town and I joined our first official class. I don’t think I’ve taken a break since. My
influences are the early 20 th century Arts and Crafts movement, British Iron Age pottery,
and some minimalist Asian pottery. I would love to combine my pottery with my other
interests, jewelry and fiber arts. Though those ideas have not yet materialized. I am
constantly inspired by the clay, the material itself. I am not a production potter, that
takes a level of focus I don’t have. I prefer chasing my inspiration, like trying to catch a
bird that likes to keep just a few steps ahead. My biggest challenge is completing my
website so my friend and I can get our work out to wider audience.
Find me on Facebook at Triple Crescent Studios and on Patreon under the same