Gay Smith is a studio potter who single fires porcelain ware in a soda kiln near Penland, NC. She held artist-in-residences at the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, Montana and at Penland School in Penland, NC. Her teaching credits include workshops at Penland School, the Harvard Ceramics Studio, Odyssey Center for the Arts and the Findhorn Foundation in Northern Scotland. Her work is represented internationally, and can be viewed in publications including “Functional Pottery” by Robin Hopper, and “Working with Clay” by Susan Peterson.