Longtime Los Alamos Potter Jean Inglis Joins El Rito Studio Tour, Featured In Sunport Ceramics Showcase

Potter Jean Inglis/Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

Jean Inglis and Amaryllis Khat in their Los Alamos garden. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

Pottery by Jean Inglis. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

Pottery by Jean Inglis. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

Longtime Los Alamos potter Jean Inglis, whose work can be found in many Los Alamos homes, is one or more than 20 artists features in this year’s El Rito Studio Tour and Mercado Sept. 27-28. Inglis and her daughter, ceramist Amaryllis Khat, have their studios in Los Alamos but also own a home in El Rito where they will be exhibiting their work Saturday and Sunday.

Inglis took pottery classes back when she attended Scripps College, where she was the only female in her class. She studied with renowned ceramist Paul Soldner. She spent several years with her family on Bainbridge Island, WA, before returning to Los Alamos in 1971. She taught at Fuller Lodge for some time, but soon became busy making pottery for arts and crafts fairs.

“She soon became known as ‘the town potter,'” her daughter said. “You will see her work in homes all over the area. The named her venture Chanterelle Pottery.”

Amaryllis said she has been helping Inglis since she was 12 years old.

Inglis has also had her work accepted into the Sunport Ceramics Showcase at the Albuquerque International Airport in the display cases between the terminal and the parking garage.

Jean Inglis, often called ‘the town potter’ since she began selling her distinctive pottery there in 1971. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com