Greg Marshall

Potter

I grew up in Southern Colorado’s San Luis Valley and was inspired early in my life by the wide-open vistas and towering peaks that surround the valley.  I discovered clay while going to college in Oregon and it was love at first touch.  The more I worked with clay the more I liked it and decided to try to make a living as a potter.  I moved back to the San Luis Valley and completed my last two years of college at Adams State in Alamosa.

I graduated from Adams State in 1976 and moved to Howard, Colorado, to share studio space with a friend.  In 1977 I moved to Manitou Springs, Colorado, where I worked as a potter until 2000 when I was hired to be the pottery instructor at Colorado College in Colorado Springs.  I continue to teach and produce my own work at Colorado College.  I enjoy the interaction with students and find the college to be a very stimulating environment.

The majority of my work is functional stoneware but for the past few years I have been enjoying experimenting with low-fire techniques involving sagger, raku, and horsehair firings.