Spector Studios

A year ago, my husband and I commissioned an intricate wall piece from this amazing couple, Adam and Sarah Spector. The piece was designed to complement an existing canvas in our bedroom – to flank each side of the canvas with a «flowing» branch of a cherry blossom tree. The piece was a beautiful mixed media design; each tree branch was cut from stainless steel, and the surrounding flowers/​petals were all ceramic.
We met the Spectors at the October Sugarloaf Craft Festival in Gaithersburg, MD, and they completed the piece in time for their return to the November show. Both Adam and Sarah came to our house to install the piece, and all four of us had a great time collaborating on the placement of each individual flower/​petal on the wall.
The Spectors are both very warm and friendly people. It is clear that they are phenomenal artists, with a passion for pottery, that continue to bring innovative fresh designs to their handmade collection.

Through a multi-​step process these two ceramicists have found a way to make decorative as well as practical pieces of pottery. Their designs are reminiscent of the Arts and Crafts era, with lots of attention to details and patterns inspired by nature. Typically, their work is done in dark greens, browns and gold. Everything I saw at their recent exhibit (Sugar Loaf Crafts) was flawlessly finished. I picked up one of the mugs with trailing vines on it – and noticed how perfectly balanced it was in my hand. Pottery lovers will easily notice the high quality of this couple’s work.