Teachers
Paula McCoy
Owner of Colors for Earth, LLC
Paula's artistry and ability to convey the process has been recognized and acknowledged by students nationwide as superior.
Paula takes artistic license with realism in a manner that is bright, fresh and picturesque. Woven through each one of her designs is the stamp of her creativity. She ventures from dazzling to elegant in the subjects she chooses to re-create in fired art.
Paula has traveled extensively teaching others her style of decorating. She is based in the Dallas - Fort Worth Region of the U.S. She is the Associate Director for all Licensed Associates/Consultants for Colors for Earth.
Paula holds Certification Certificates from: Duncan, Gare, Mayco, Doc Holiday, Ceramichome, Dona's.
Contact Paula for more information about bringing the Colors for Earth Colors into your studio or becoming a CFE Traveling Teacher.
Helen Daum
Licensed Associates
Meet Traveling CFE Consultant from the North Central U.S. Helen Daum. Helen is located in the Minneapolis, MN area.
Helen comes to CFE with 29 years of ceramic experience. Helen had a storefront for 7 years and then moved her studio home where she has continued to teach her students for 13 years.
Helen is a I.C.A. accredited Teacher and Master Judge.
She teaches one day a week at a local studio's in her area and does other seminars in the area on a regular basis. Helen is now embarking on a freelance teaching career with CFE.
Helen holds Certification Certificates from: Duncan, Gare, Fash-En-Hues Translucent Stains and Colors for Earth.
Some of Helens Specialty Classes are: Lace Draping with Porcelain, Hand built Flowers with both Porcelain and Earthenware.
Contact Helen for more information about bringing the Colors for Earth Colors into your studio.
Grace Georgian
Licensed Associates
Meet Traveling CFE Consultant from the Central U.S. Grace Georgian. Grace is located in Oklahoma City, OK area.
Grace is originally from the island of Puerto Rico and have been living in Oklahoma for the past 8 years with my husband and children & three beautiful grand girls. Grace has been doing ceramics on and off since she was 18 years old and loved every minute of it. In the last 5 years she has been more interested in educating herself in the ceramic world that has so much to offer.
Grace holds Certification Certificates from: Mayco, Kimple, The Porcelain Place in use of China Silk Porcelain and stoneware. She also is a Duncan Ambassador.
Grace is the owner of "Grace"fully Made Ceramics & More with a new location at 6623 NW 23rd St, Bethany OK 73008. She offers a variety of classes including clay hand building. The new store front will be open in March of 2006!
She comes to the CFE Team with a great enthusiasm and the love of ceramics.
Judy Hazeslip
Licensed Associates
Meet Studio Owner and Traveling CFE Consultant in the South Central U.S. Judy Hazeslip. Judy is from Cabot, Arkansas just outside of Little Rock.
Judy started in ceramics in 1959 in Midland, Texas and then moved to Arkansas in 1963 where she really began attending classes, Seminar and Certifications as well as teaching others in surrounding studios and craft fairs. In 1981 she opened her own studio in which she has regular classes and host Seminars and well as traveling to studios to teach.
Judy is a member of NCMA and ACA. She has many years vested in achieving Teachers Certifications and prides herself in detail designs.
Judy holds Certification Certificates From: Duncan, Mayco, Gare, Dona's, Kimple and Doc Holiday.
She comes to the Colors for Earth Team with great credentials and believes you never quit learning and loves sharing her knowledge in the Fired Arts with others.
Marcia
Licensed Associates
Located in Banning, CA (Southern California)
Marcia owns and operates Glassceramics Studio out of her home in Banning, CA. Originally from Rio de Janiero, Brazil, she has been in ceramics for over ten years. Teaching comes easy to Marcia as she is eager to share her skills and help others find their talents. She has earned a Duncan teaching certification and is active in local ceramic groups. Marcia loves to create her own works, always pushing the envelope in trying new twists and turns to get the most out of her projects. In addition to ceramics, she also does wonderful work with glass. She has studied under Tim Harlan of Harlan Art Glass in San Juan Capistrano, California.
Continually seeking new education, Marcia is pleased to have become a CFE licensed associate and looks forward sharing her knowledge to help others enjoy the ceramics arts.
Renee Gehman
Licensed Associates
Meet Studio Owner and Traveling CFE Consultant in the Northeast U.S. Renee Gehman. Renee has been in the ceramic business for 21 years. She is co-owner of Peggy & Renee's Fired Art Studio, located in Akron, PA.
Renee has been teaching students at her studio for over 8 years. She loves teaching students of all ages but she especially likes to teach children. She believes that children are the future of ceramics.
Renee enjoys teaching hand building and hand painting. She as been a One-Stroke Certified Instructor for over 6 years and also holds a Certification Certificate for Kimple Translucents. She has also completed the CFE Teacher training.
Renee has drive and determination for Fired Arts and we welcome her to the Colors for Earth Team.
Musette Young
Licensed Associates
Meet Traveling CFE Consultant Musette Young from Golden, Colorado
Musette Young has been involved in clay and ceramics for over twenty-three years. Musette maintains a production line of stoneware and raku pottery, selling to both retail and wholesale markets, since 1984.
Her ceramic training includes taking classes at the Rhode Island School of Design, and studying with such potters as Ken Ferguson, Victor Babu, Biz Littell, and Paul Soldner.
Musette has been teaching wheel- throwing/slab building with clay since 1987. She also added teaching ceramic decorative techniques, along with raku and horsehair firing to her resume in 1998, and has been teaching these ever since. Musette has taught in Nevada, Colorado, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Florida, and Australia.
Musette has been a Duncan Ambassador since 2000. She has published solely/jointly nine magazine articles in Popular Ceramics, between 2000 and 2003.
Musette is a certified ICA judge, and has been judging ceramic shows in various areas of the country since 1999.
Musette's love of ceramics is summed up best by John Cheevers: "Art is the triumph over Chaos." This is nowhere more true than taking a bucket of mud and producing something lasting, beautiful, and even functional.
She comes to the CFE Team with a great talent and knowledge. She is involved with our Raku development along with Production Ware development and other projects.
Sally Suiter
Licensed Associates
Studio Owner Plus... Sally Suiter has successfully operated a Ceramic Studio for 28 years.. in Pittsboro, Ind... a suburb of Indianapolis.
Her experience in the industry gives her a wealth of knowledge from studio marketing to classroom tried and true tips which she gladly shares on her web site. Her expertise in working with kids in ceramics is outstanding.
Sally successfully uses the Colors For Earth Fired Art System in her studio and will be glad to share " What Works For Her" in detail.
Sally is a very important member of our CFE Family. She keeps us on level ground and provides valuable information of what does and doesn't work in the studio store and classroom.
Sally will happy to tell your how Colors for Earth benefits today's Ceramic Studio.
Sara Cantlon
Licensed Associates
Meet Traveling CFE Consultant in the South Central U.S. Sara Cantlon. Sara is located in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area.
Sara has worked in the Hobby Ceramic field for over 20 years. She is experienced with both High and Low fire clay projects.
She has taught in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma.. and in Australia.
Sara is a CAI accredited Teacher and Competition Judge. Along with many years vested in achieving Teachers Certification in other Color Lines such as Duncan, Mayco, Ceramichrome etc.
Sara is published regularly in Ceramic Arts & Crafts and Popular Ceramics. So be sure and watch for her upcoming projects featuring Colors for Earth Products.
We are so pleased that Sara has joined the growing team of Licensed Associates with Colors for Earth.. and look forward to sharing Sara's Happenings in Ceramic Project Design with you.
Shelly Long
Licensed Associates
Blessed to be Married to an amazing pastor since 1985 and the mother of 4 great kids, I have been painting, and teaching people to paint, most of my life. I am a certified teacher for Doc Holliday, Kimple (Creative Paradise) and Colors For Earth. I developed a deep love for painting at a very early age. Casting, cleaning greenware, and even hand-building were all a part of my every day childhood, growing up in my family's ceramic business. However, sitting at the table during classes and seminars, soaking up information and painting along with the students was by far my favorite way to spend the day. Learning from the previous generation's wealth of knowledge and from talented teachers, including my mother, and even some that traveled to our shop, from as far as Germany, gave me a broad range of techniques and perspectives. My family owned several shops throughout the metro Denver area over a 40 year period, including a plaster mold company, giving me a broad range of experience with several different types of clay, hydro cal and porcelain. I began teaching in high school and have been teaching ever since. I love it! It gives me great joy to see people find talent they never thought they had and take home pieces they can be proud of .
There isn't a day that goes by that I don't see the colorful clouds in the sky or the deep purple mountains and get the urge to pick up my brush and paint because of God's beautiful creation! I have tried to create inspiring pieces with easy to follow instruction packets to help you learn to paint. I hope you will paint along with me and enjoy it as much as I do. Please feel free to ask me questions as you paint along! Happy Painting!
Cindy Israels
Licensed Associates
Cindy Israels has been involved in ceramics for 24 years, along with canvas artistry, and glass. Cindy has been teaching for approximately 15 years in Michigan as well as Texas .
Cindy holds numerous certifications in Gare, Duncan and Mayco. She has worked extensively with acrylic mediums and techniques also.
Cindy loves working with children and adults and finds great satisfaction in helping students accomplish new techniques and develop their own style.
Cindy operates Arts on Fire Studio featuring pottery, glass and jewelry workshops. She is featured in workshops on acrylic painting, glass fusing and Colors for Earth at Creative Keepsakes of Texas, in Weatherford, Texas
Phyllis Scalf
Mesa, Arizona
Licensed Associates