About
Learn From Experienced Potters
Joel and Charity are the owners of Inspire Pottery Studio. Founder and owner Joel Hildebrand is a Lancaster, PA native who spent almost a decade abroad learning unique styles in both throwing and firing pottery. He loves throwing large pots! Joel, his wife Charity, and their five kids live in Denver, PA. Joel has a passion to see people take their artistic talent to a new level. The studio offers courses, one-time classes, group events, date nights, and a great atmosphere to come and learn from experienced potters while getting inspired to create something!
Our pottery studio is located inside the very first established barn in our town in the 1800s. Since then, the small town has grown and attracted more people. Today, we strive to create a positive and uplifting environment in the studio that brings our community and people together. In our studio, we have 12 wheels, 3 kilns, and lots of pottery!
Meet Our Team
Joel
Co-Owner & Teacher
- Joel has been here since day one as one of Inspire Pottery Studio’s owners. He does everything around the studio and teaches Tuesday night classes. His decades of pottery knowledge is such a gift to the studio, and he’s always willing to help encourage students to try and create any idea they bring to him!
- Fun Fact: He has five kids with his wife, Charity. Joel can also sew!
- Why Joel loves Inspire Pottery Studio: The community that it has created. Finding and focusing on someone’s unique creativity and growing that gift is the best part!
Evangelyn
Studio Artist & One-Time Class Instructor
- She has been a studio member for a year, and has quickly proven that she has natural talent for pottery. She spends much of her time at the studio creating beautiful pieces, helping with large orders, and also instructs some of our one time classes.
- Fun Fact: Prior to falling in love with pottery, Evangelyn was really interested in Western saddle horseback riding, and also raised pigs.
- Why She loves Inspire Studio: "I love the people. It's like having a second family."
Faith
Studio Production Assistant
- She has been a studio member since January 2020, and is always willing to lend a helping hand around the studio. Faith helps take the one-time class pieces from greenware to a finished, glazed piece to take home.
- When Faith isn't at the studio, she's teaching music at Elizabethtown College, where she's an Adjunct Instructor of Clarinet and Saxophone. Teaching must be in her nature, since she's always taking the time to teach others in the studio.
- Fun Fact: She's originally from Montana!
- Why She Loves Inspire Pottery Studio: She is..."very thankful for the community here."