Meet Our Team

Chris is the founder of Clay-King.com. He graduated from Clemson University with a degree in electrical engineering in 1973. He started a retail arts and crafts supply store in October of that same year, which would eventually evolve into an online outfit catering to the pottery and ceramic industries. His hobbies include amateur radio, fishing, boating, and traveling the world.

April has been around Clay King since the beginning and has enjoyed watching it grow and evolve. She loves the opportunity to work alongside the coolest people in the industry!

Erin is our sales manager and one of Clay-King’s resident potters. She studied ceramics and glass blowing at Bowling Green State University in Ohio and received a degree in art history from Converse College in 2010. Before joining the Clay-King team, she began throwing pots at 14 years old and worked ten years as a production potter, specializing in majolica. Erin is happy to help our customers with technical support, troubleshooting, studio setups, or any and all things ceramics and glass!

Carsyn works behind the phones to answer questions and place orders for customers as well as manage the retail store working behind the counter and taking inventory. She started working at Clay-King in 2018 after graduating from Winthrop University with a degree in Ceramics and Painting. She has a small studio at home and enjoys throwing on her wheel in her spare time making mainly functional pieces with an altered unique look. When she’s not in the studio she enjoys spending time with family and friends, binge watching shows with her sweet cat Jasper, and going downtown to listen to some live music or enjoy a brewery.

Austin is ceramics artist and teacher who has been with Clay-King since 2016.

Brett enhances the online shopping experience by updating product information, creating relevant newsletters, and introducing new savings opportunities and promotions.

Angela ensures our warehouse is always operating efficiently, helping our team fulfill orders as quickly as possible. She organizes stock shipments from our manufacturers and coordinates with our sales and management teams to provide accurate estimated arrival dates on all new and pre-ordered products.

Will has been a potter for over a decade, and working with Clay King since 2016! He’s an avid clay enthusiast and has worked in a wide variety of roles within the ceramics world that has given him the knowledge and experience to help serve the clay community in impactful ways. Outside of managing Clay King’s social media and marketing efforts he runs his own growing pottery studio- Donovan Pottery. Will also enjoys spending time with his wife and 2 boys, making memes, running a lot, and will absolutely demolish anyone in LOTR trivia.