The Artist and Her Work
Linda Timberlake has virtually had a lifetime of working with clay. She was greatly influenced by a mother and an aunt who were fine artists and potters. Linda started playing with clay when she was five years old.
Her love of the ceramic arts began in a friend’s studio, when she first attempted to "throw" a lump of clay on the potter’s wheel. It wasn't long before she decided
to pursue a career in ceramic art.
Enrolling in art courses at the Santa Rosa Junior College, she studied pottery with Gene Yates, and acquired an AA degree in Fine Arts, with an emphasis on pottery.
Upon graduating she went to work as a production potter in a commercial studio,
and one year later incepted her own business, Timberlake Ceramic Arts.
Linda then enrolled in Sonoma State University’s Fine Arts and Humanistic Psychology programs, where she studied clay sculpture and pottery with Kay Armstrong and Margie Rattle. She also studied art therapy through SSU's psychology program.
Linda graduated from SSU with a BA in Fine Arts, with an emphasis in; pottery, clay sculpture, paper making, paper sculpture, lithography and life drawing. She also earned a BA in Humanistic Psychology with an emphasis in art therapy. Immediately after graduation, Linda acquired post-graduate employment teaching SED adolescents.
She developed the school's creative arts program,
while participating in SSU's Counseling Masters Program.
Traveling to Greece in 1979 greatly influenced the direction of Linda's work. It recalled her Greek ancestry and her studies of the Minoan culture of Crete. Her art echoes those Minoan themes, and they have compelled her work into the direction it has taken today.
Her love of the ceramic arts began in a friend’s studio, when she first attempted to "throw" a lump of clay on the potter’s wheel. It wasn't long before she decided
to pursue a career in ceramic art.
Enrolling in art courses at the Santa Rosa Junior College, she studied pottery with Gene Yates, and acquired an AA degree in Fine Arts, with an emphasis on pottery.
Upon graduating she went to work as a production potter in a commercial studio,
and one year later incepted her own business, Timberlake Ceramic Arts.
Linda then enrolled in Sonoma State University’s Fine Arts and Humanistic Psychology programs, where she studied clay sculpture and pottery with Kay Armstrong and Margie Rattle. She also studied art therapy through SSU's psychology program.
Linda graduated from SSU with a BA in Fine Arts, with an emphasis in; pottery, clay sculpture, paper making, paper sculpture, lithography and life drawing. She also earned a BA in Humanistic Psychology with an emphasis in art therapy. Immediately after graduation, Linda acquired post-graduate employment teaching SED adolescents.
She developed the school's creative arts program,
while participating in SSU's Counseling Masters Program.
Traveling to Greece in 1979 greatly influenced the direction of Linda's work. It recalled her Greek ancestry and her studies of the Minoan culture of Crete. Her art echoes those Minoan themes, and they have compelled her work into the direction it has taken today.
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Custom Teapots $150
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Help design your own teapot!
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Each tide pool is a
one-of-a-kind.
Each tide pool is a
one-of-a-kind.
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10" deep dish.
10" deep dish.
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Choose your sea creatures.
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Custom made.
All styles, shapes and sizes.
For humans and pets.
Custom made.
All styles, shapes and sizes.
For humans and pets.
Creamers and Pitchers
$55-175
With starfish and regular handles.
$55-175
With starfish and regular handles.
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With two layers of candles, you choose your sea creatures.
Add water to float your tea lights, it's fire-safe, and the closed back keeps the candles protected from the wind.
Each one is unique.
With two layers of candles, you choose your sea creatures.
Add water to float your tea lights, it's fire-safe, and the closed back keeps the candles protected from the wind.
Each one is unique.
