Bonnie Mitchell

Bonnie is a local, ceramic artist wwho makes one-of-a-kind artworks in her Milford studio. She creates beautifully striking, black and white sgraffito pottery that can be used for everyday purposes or just to add personal imagery to your environment. The inspiration for Bonnie’s art comes from a love of animals and nature.

The technique she uses is called Sgraffito. Using this technique, Bonnie applies a black underglaze onto the leather hard pottery forms, and then traces and carves images onto the surface areas. This reveals a contrasting color when the clay body is exposed. After the pieces are bisque fired, they are retouched, and the clear and green glazes are applied. A second firing is done at a cone 5 in an electric kiln. All pottery pieces are decorative and functional ware.