Our story.
River City Clay combines the passion and expertise of its owners with over 80 years of combined experience.
Our owners have a history that all began with our company’s reason for existence - pottery. Ken and Melody Shipley are internationally recognized potters that have shared their love of ceramics through teaching for over four decades.
The threat of the pandemic brought unique challenges to their journey in 2020, but it gave them the opportunity to think about what would come next. They had the same goal in mind; each with a unique vision. All it took was a discussion about their future goals to realize that their individual visions would make one great idea. That idea would be known very soon after as River City Clay Studio - an interactive pottery studio and gallery that would bring a new avenue for creating art to our community.