Brad
Sondahl Pottery
(Photo by Bill Carsrud, 2010)
Since 1975, I've been producing
quality handthrown stoneware pottery professionally.
The pottery is leadfree, and produced
in my studio/sales outlet in Spirit Lake, Idaho.
(Click on the photo if you want to see what it looked like in 2001)
Here's
a link to the mapquest map, if you want to see where it is exactly Or, just turn west on Maine St. off State Highway 41
at the blinking light, and we're two blocks on the left.
So what's unique about Sondahl Pottery?
I've developed a special skyblue
zinc crystalline glaze, which you might like.
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Cone 10 Zinc Crystalline glaze
All of my pottery is designed to functional and affordable.
I have written many articles for
Ceramics Monthly magazine, Pottery Making Illustrated Magazine, and the
Journal of the American Art Pottery Association. To
see the collected articles, follow this link.
So where can I get Sondahl Pottery?
At my home in downtown
Spirit Lake,
Idaho, all year around. My shop is within 40 miles of Coeur
D'Alene, Blanchard, Rathdrum, Athol, Newport, Sandpoint, and
Spokane. Also they are available at
The Bookshoppe in Grangeville, Idaho and Autumn's Loft at Priest Lake.
Other biographical data: Early Years: Brookings, South
Dakota. High School-- Ames, Iowa 1971 (National Merit Scholar). College:
St. Olaf Paracollege 1975 (premarried name Brad Hvistendahl) . Two years
apprenticeship with Chris
Holmquist and Steve Guntner. Married to Rev. C. Althea Sondahl (sons
Forrest and Birrion, daughter Rose died 1995). Had studios in Dennison,
Minnesota (with Kirby Kallas-Lewis): Chelan, Washington; and Nezperce Idaho,
as well as Spirit Lake, Idaho since 1982. Hosted folk radio programs on
WCAL-FM, Northfield MN 1974-8.
Sondahl.com
