Visit our annual pottery show and sale on Sunday December 4 from 11 AM to 4 PM. The address of our sale is 10024 270th St NW in Stanwood, Washington 98292
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P.O. Box 1056
Stanwood, WA 98292
United States
| Mark Eikeland started making pottery in the mid 1970s while at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. He moved west in 1977, and hoped to someday make a living with his pottery. As a temporary way to make ends meet, Mark started working for the USPS as a mail carrier. Thirty-one years later he retired as the Stanwood, Washington Postmaster. During that era he continued to learn his craft, and later he and his wife, Peggy, took pottery classes together at Skagit Valley College. It was there that Mark's love for throwing pots was rekindled. One December, at the height of post office craziness, Santa saved Marks' sanity with a potter's wheel. Local artist Paula Rey loaned Mark the use of her kiln as well as her encouragement and knowledge. He spent hours on that wheel, and created many pots. People wanted them, so Peggy started the annual Mark Eikeland Pottery Show and Sale. For several years Paula invited Mark to share her studio to show his pottery at the annual Camano Island Studio Tour. By 2005,... |
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