Garden center gallery features pottery by Deborah Bryant

The Little Garden Gallery at Inland Bays Garden Center welcomes potter Deborah Bryant and her unique beach tabletop pieces just in time for Mother’s Day gift giving, at 38320 Muddy Neck Road, Frankford.

Bryant is a ceramic artist who works from her home in Bishopville, Md. The theme of her work is mostly coastal, but she uses earth-tone colors as well. Her work is either wheel thrown or formed with slabs and is mostly functional. Many of her pieces are one of a kind. She loves experimenting with glazes and how they break and pool over texture. Having grown up on the coast of Georgia, the ocean has always been an inspiration.

“I started as a painter, then took a pottery class and was drawn to the creative possibilities of clay and its practical and functional use. It was a blessing to have studied at the University of Georgia under some exceptional potters,” said Bryant. “Whatever road life has taken me, it has always led me back to my love of the art of clay. Clay is just part of my DNA!”

To learn more, go to inlandbaysgardencenter.com.