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Artists

Cedar Creek Gallery is dedicated to perpetuating the culture of fine craft. For over fifty years, this has been a place where artists and lovers of art have connected in person and spirit. We began as a pottery studio and have grown into a community of working potters and glassblowers and a gallery featuring the work of hundreds of emerging and established artists from across the United States and Canada. By providing talented and dedicated artisans a place to showcase their work and connecting their creativity to people who want to fill their lives with the joy of handcrafted beauty, we assist them in making a living at their craft.

The selection of fine craft available on our website is a small sampling of what you will find when you visit the gallery. It simply isn’t possible to put everything in the gallery online. If there is an artist that you are interested in that you don’t find here, or if you wish to see a more extensive selection of someone’s work featured on our website, please reach out to us. We are real people who are dedicated lovers of fine craft, and we will be delighted to share more of what’s available in the gallery.

Onsite Artists

Pat Oakley

Pat Oakley, the founder
of the gallery, still lives at Cedar Creek. She currently makes very few pots.
Pat is an inspiration and a huge part of the life of the gallery.

Lisa Oakley

Daughter of Sid and Pat
Oakley, Lisa began blowing glass in 1994.  She went on to build the first hot glass art studio in eastern North Carolina. Lisa currently leads Cedar Creek and also works in her glassblowing studio.

Brad Tucker

Brad first came to Cedar Creek as an apprentice to Sid and Pat Oakley. He liked the Cedar Creek community so much that when his apprenticeship was over, he decided to stick around, Brad established his studio on the grounds in 1981.

John Martin

Sid Oakley, co-founder of the gallery, had mastered the technique of crystalline glazing when John came to work in 1988. Together, Sid and John created many special effects glazes, aided by John's chemical engineering degree. Today, John maintains the beautiful gardens surrounding the gallery and occasionally produces pots, keeping the tradition of crystalline glazing alive at Cedar Creek.

Jennifer Stas

North Carolina native Jennifer Stas finds all the inspiration she needs in the endless imagery and the mountains and coast of her home state. Jennifer came to Cedar Creek in 2008.

Pringle Teetor

Pringle retired from the
business world to pursue glass as a hobby, and her hobby became her new career. She has been blowing glass in her Cedar Creek studio since 2006. 

Dana Smith

Dana began studying glassblowing in 1999, and became one of Cedar Creek's onsite artists in 2006 in the glassblowing studio he shares with Pringle Teetor.

Evelyn Ward

Evelyn finds joy in creating balanced pots that would be nice to have in the home for use or just be around. She hopes the pieces she creates will bring a little light to people’s lives. Evelyn established her onsite studio at Cedar Creek in 2020.

Lizzie Morantz

Lizzie began her exploration of glass in 2014. She continued her studies at Penland School of Craft, where she spent time developing and refining her techniques and developing new skills. Lizzie works as an onsite artist and is also Lisa Oakley’s glass assistant.

Mike Pope

In 2014, Mike began working as a glass blowing assistant for Harrison Harper in Lisa Oakley’s glass studio. During the three years Mike worked with Harrison, he refined his skills and began creating his own glass pieces. Currently, Mike works as a glass assistant for Lisa Oakley and continues to create work as an onsite artist.

Harrison Harper

Harrison began his glass career in 2002 as a lamp working glass artist. He made his transition to working soft furnace glass in 2004. Harrison is drawn to the intense heat, focus, intimacy,  and many textures that come with working hot glass.