Meet the Potters
Charles Hughes has been a professional potter for over 16 years.  A long time
resident of the State College, PA area, he opened Hughes Pottery as a one man
operation shortly after studying at Penn State University in the early 1990's.  

He is a founding member and current volunteer and teacher at the Creative Oasis, a
local non-profit community art center.  

Charles is responsible for the majority of all the work produced, creating and refining
many of the forms we make.  He also prides himself in developing the lovely glaze
combinations we use.
Rowan Rose joined Hughes Pottery (and Charles' household) in 2007 after a long
and strange romance.  Already a successful stained glass artist, Rowan began
learning the potter's trade from Charles.  Much to her delight (and Charlie's
frustration!) she got pretty good pretty fast and has been selling her work steadily
along side his ever since.

Rowan's work is primarily smaller forms (wee bowls are a favorite) and creating the
carvings that become stamps for many of our pendants and mugs.  She is also the
self-declared "Goddess of Marketing" for Hughes Pottery, spending much of her time
taking pictures, creating promotional materials and updating this website.  
Morgan Hughes began learning the trade literally at his father's knee at PSU.  He
studied the craft through observation- waiting and listening through hundreds of his
dad's classes as a small child.  Morgan began making pots quite young and started
selling professionally in 2002 at the age of 10.

Today Morgan is 17, and although cars and girls take precedence in his life, he
continues to refine his skills as a potter.  Morgan's work, primarily in porcelain and
white clay, is in high demand wherever we sell our pottery.   
Charlie & Rowan
Married June 21, 2008