Matt Beland

The artist is a middle-aged white man with a shaved head and goatee. He's wearing a blue t-shirt and a red potter's apron; standing leaning on a railing. His right arm has a large compass rose tattoo visible

Matt has been creating pottery for about a decade. While usually describing his primary hobby as “collecting hobbies”, the combination of artistic possibilities, craft-based techniques, and opportunity to teach have firmly cemented pottery as first among his many passions.

The founder and lead instructor of Glass & Stone Pottery, Matt spends his time creating new materials for classes and workshops, developing production pottery designs, and occasionally dropping everything to work on something that’s inspired him - probably at an inconvenient moment.