About Cathie


Cathie Cantara is a full time studio potter, specializing in high-fired functional stoneware, as well as raku and smoke-fired art pottery.

Cathie’s parents met in art school and she grew up in an environment that nurtured and encouraged creativity.  It was while taking a pottery class her senior year of high school that her parents purchased a potters wheel for her and a seed was planted. 

Throughout her adult life Cathie has always followed artistic pursuits, which included working in a stained glass studio, and following her love of oil painting.

In 2000 Cathie returned to clay with a renewed passion and began her self-directed exploration of the medium.  This culminated in her opening the doors to Homeport Pottery Studio in 2005.  Since then she has been juried into numerous fine craft shows & exhibits throughout the US.  
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“I have a fundamental belief that the world around us is enhanced by instilling beauty into the functional objects that people use on a daily basis.  My work is influenced by the beautiful landscape that surrounds my studio.  The rugged seacoast, the woods behind my house, the sky & earth all play a part in the shapes and colors I use in my pieces”      Cathie Cantara

Cathie’s home and studio are in Kennebunkport, Maine where she lives with her husband David and her cat Mew.

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