Carl Smith

Thank you Carl! He threw 20 large auction bowls and platters for us in 2024

Carl Smith is a Wenatchee Valley native and a man of many trades who threw several bowls in 2007 and 2008 for Empty Bowls.  He has made his living as a potter since 1982.  Skilled at both wheel throwing and ram press production in clay, Carl operated a successful ceramic ware industry out of Cashmere until 1999.  Since then he has continued as an artisan/proprietor in jewelry and as a retail shop owner in Leavenworth.  Since 2018, Carl has provided the free use of his large kilns for the firing of hundreds of our bowls.