THE STORY SO FAR...
We are Austin and Courtney Cook, husband and wife team. We started our business in 2017 and are located in the small town of Bloomingdale, Indiana.
TEAMWORK
Austin is the potter and Courtney, the painter. Together as a team, we handmake all items in our studio from scratch. We both have loved pottery since an early age and enjoy creating pottery together.
Take a Virtual Tour
Walk through our virtual tour of our studio on google. Visit the link below!
the studio
Welcome to Clay Plant Studio at 221 W 500 N, Bloomingdale, IN 47832, where you can explore classes, memberships, private events, and more.
AUSTIN
Austin creates all of our forms on the potters wheel.
He is also known to be a jack of all trades. He has a background in technology, but is now pursuing pottery. He finds great ways to incorporate his technology/handy-work into our pottery, from making our very own glaze fountain to creating a ball mill for underglaze.
He started ceramics in middle school and continued all the through college (until they eventually told him as a computer information technology major he couldn’t take anymore ceramic classes.
Austin’s favorite things include: Golf & cooking.
COURTNEY
Courtney glazes all pottery and manages marketing.
She has loved art since she was a young girl. She studied ceramics from middle school on and pursued a career in graphic design. She has been able to utilize her marketing background to design branding, website and social media presence for The Clay Plant.
Courtney’s favorite things include: Their dogs Nile and Roe, anything with Chocolate, Crossfit, and The Office.
