Holly Jones

Holly’s love of clay began in high school. She bought a potter’s wheel with her HS graduation money & that same wheel is in her home studio in Bonita Springs today. She was a fine art major in college, but she fell in love with geology and became a research scientist and adjunct professor at Indiana University. She earned a BA in Geology and a master’s in public Affairs. She served as a volunteer ceramics tech at Indianapolis Art Center for many years. She’s a trained naturalist, an arborist, a master gardener & a chef. A farm kid at heart, her skills range from things like working with dogs and horses, growing and preserving delicious food, welding, baking bread, hunting fossils & making things. Her works combine elements of nature, and she incorporates indigenous clays she collects while studying soils here in south Florida.

Most recently, she taught Sustainability as an adjunct professor at FGCU in Fort Myers. In summer, she enjoys traveling to see her daughter and sailing on Lake Michigan.

She has a passion for learning and loves to see people (and things) thrive. Working in clay combines her true loves: earth minerals, creating forms, playing in the mud, growing community, and fires.