Rachel Campbell
How I Got Started…
It started in the summer of 1997… I was a technical writer, a wife, and a mom of two little ones. My youngest was just a baby, and we were on vacation. The resort had an “open wheel” craft activity, and I went, even though I’d never touched clay in my life, let alone a potter’s wheel. The instructor was kind enough to get me centered (so I could be mildly successful) and that one hour with clay was all it took. I was hooked. Obsessed. I literally had dreams at night for weeks about how the clay felt, the movement, the texture… It was a love affair (obsession?) that has in turn found me distracted, left me elated, and kept me up late at night to throw “just one more pot.”
![Rachel and her work](https://downtothepottershouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Facebook-20150101-103954-large.jpg)
![Rachel Working](https://downtothepottershouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/RachelsHands-021-1024x768.jpg)
Fast Forward to the Present…
Years later, I’m still wife to an amazingly patient and supportive guy, and a mom of four amazing kids, and I still work part time as a technical writer (though now it’s to fund my obsession). I find that the clay, and the process that brings a work of art from earth, water and fire, speaks to every part of my life. And I remain convinced that it was an act of God that made sure that I would have no contact whatsoever with clay until I had graduated from college, gotten a job that would pay a decent wage, gotten married and had kids… Because if I had found this particular obsession first, I’m afraid would have forgotten to do anything else.
Next Steps…
Check out my work.