Alan Willoughby Alan Willoughby lives and make pots in southern New Jersey where he shares a home, studio and wood kiln with his wife, Linda Shusterman. Alan enjoys creating work using a variety of clays, including a stoneware clay, porcelain and a “wild clay of South Jersey” which he prospects and prepares. His work is made on a potter’s wheel and includes handbuilt and press molded additions. The work is decorated with terra sigillatas, slips and glazes and fired in a Noborigama wood kiln to 2380 degrees Fahrenheit. The work is food safe and may be washed in a dishwasher. It is untested in microwave use. Alan is currently an adjunct professor at Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ and from 1991-2016 served as the Executive Director of Perkins Center for the Arts in Moorestown & Collingswood, NJ. Alan has an MFA in Ceramics from Clemson University and in 2023 was awarded an Artist Fellowship by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, his third state fellowship award. His work and writings have appeared in Ceramics Monthly, Ceramics Art & Perception, Ceramics Technical and Studio Potter.
