Welcome to Maryhill Clayworks
Welcome to Maryhill Clayworks, a very small pottery and sculpture shop that sits on the edge of the dairy farm where Jacques Schickel was born. He grew up in a family of 8 brothers and 5 sisters in Dryden, NY about 12 miles north of Ithaca. After spending a year as an exchange student living in Venezuela, Schickel studied sculpture at Boston University. Thus, along with his brothers and cousins, he began following in the artistic and design traditions of his family -- his great grandfather, both grandfathers, and an uncle. His artistic quest has led him in several directions, working in foundries and for many years as a model maker and product designer, sharpening his eye and instructing his hand in precision of expression. Now he has returned to his source to produce fine art which delights as it is used daily in making a home.
Our latest creation:
The French Flavored Vase
This vase is a beautiful picket fence around your flower garden. find it on the Vase Page .
Our new Christmas ornaments are ready for hanging on your tree. Click on Ornaments. Keep your Jacques Schickel ornament collection up to date with each of this year's additions. They will not only be valuable someday; they are valuable now.
Garnish your holiday table using our handy five inch Shouldered Saucers. They hold most anything good and may be found on our Salt of the Earth page.
This is a life-size sculpture of the head of an Hanoverian horse living in Brookfield Vermont. You can find it on my Sculpture Page
