Julia Mann standing, smiling while holding her finished pots, pierced lanterns

Julia Mann

Studio Manager | Resident Potter | Instructor | Mentor

Julia Mann (she/her) came to The Village Potters with a 30-year legacy as a successful studio and production potter. She discovered her love and gift for teaching when she came to The Village Potters in 2016. She consistently teaches weekly classes in our Teaching Center classroom, specifically intermediate wheel throwing and hand building. She is the “Technical Mentor” in our Advanced Studies Program (ISM) where she specializes in helping emerging artists hone their skills, loading kilns, and any other procedures that are necessary for all professional potters to have. Julia helps and guides less experienced potters in a gentle, relational way that is valued by everyone in our Village. She does this because it is who she is. She is invested. She cares. She is a natural mentor!

I share what I know because I care deeply about this craft and the community that surrounds it. Supporting others in their growth is both a joy and a privilege, and it is something I consider an essential part of who I am as an artist.

On any given day, you might find me lending a tip or showing a technique that sheds new insight on how to approach a challenge. You might find me helping a fellow potter refine a lidded vessel, making sure it fits just right and feels like an intentional part of the form. It matters to me that the people around me succeed, that they make work they’re proud of.

Julia Mann throwing large bowl on potters wheel, view from above
Julia Mann with finished pots grouping, blue texture and mama glaze

I’m drawn to making pots meant for daily use, pieces that feel good in your hands and become part of everyday rituals. In my work, I explore a palette of warm and cool tones like burnt reds, deep blues, and soft purples. Most of my pots are fired in a gas reduction kiln to 2,345°F. This intense heat, combined with an oxygen starved atmosphere, creates a depth and richness of color that I can’t achieve any other way. It’s a process that brings out subtle variations and surface qualities that continue to surprise and inspire me.

Connect with Julia on

Julia’s Finished art & work flow

Julia Mann finished pots grouping, dinnerware set, serving bowl, platter, cereal bowls, mamo and tea dust glaze
Julia Mann throwing cylinder at potters wheel, smiling
Julia Mann finished pots, creamer and sugar jar set, mama and blue texture glaze
Julia Mann finished platter with blue texture and mamo glaze, birdseye view
Julia Mann talking through some of her leather hard pots, moon shaped
Julia Mann finished pot, altered tray glazed in mama and blue texture
Julia Mann kneeling with her finished pot, large bowl, smiling
Julia Mann finished pots, cups and pitcher set
Julia Mann demonstrating in front of students, Moon-shaped vase
Julia Mann finished pots, wood soda kazie fired cable holders
Julia Mann finished pot jar grouping trio, mamo and tea dust glaze
Julia Mann finished pots grouping of vases, multiple glazes
Julia Mann working on leather hard soup tureen, smiling
Julia Mann finished pot, bottle vase glazed in plum chun and mamo
Julia Mann sitting, smiling with finished pots, pierced lanterns
Julia Mann finished pot, kazie wood soda fired, narrow neck vase
Julia Mann and volunteers washing pots after the flood at the barn 2

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

Stay up to date with us by getting the latest studio news directly to your inbox!