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In beautiful Red Wing, Minnesota
About Featherstone Pottery
Nestled deep within miles of rich farmland in the rural area of Red Wing, Minnesota is the Featherstone Farm and Featherstone Pottery located on 210th Avenue off of Goodhue County Road 1 in Featherstone Township. In the east yard you will find the pottery workshop and kiln of brother potters Tom and Jeff Larkin. It is here on their uncle Ferman’s farm that they have been crafting pottery now for over two decades.
You can now pay for your pottery purchases at the Farm online with your mobile device. Just scan the QR code and enter the amount of your purchase. It’s that easy!
Now Taking Venmo for Sales! Just scan the QR code with your mobile device while on the Farm.
Here’s what’s happening at Featherstone Pottery! We realize that not everyone has (or wants) access to Facebook, so we are sharing our posts with you.
The Potters
From Ancient Japanese Traditions to You Through the Skilled Hands of Two Brothers…
Tom & Jeff Larkin took very different paths to the same destination. The potter’s wheel. Here’s a little about each of them…
It all began with Jeff. He attended the University of Minnesota where he studied under the renowned potter Warren MacKenzie. Inspired by the work of Bill Marshall and Bernard Leach, he traveled to England to serve in an apprenticeship at the legendary
Leach Pottery in St. Ives from 1976-1978.
Upon his return to Minnesota, Jeff and his brother Tom established a studio on the family farm where his mother, Alice Featherstone Larkin, was born. In carrying on the family tradition, Jeff is instrumental in assuring continual upkeep of the farmstead in addition to spearheading pottery operations.You can blame Tom’s pottery bug on Jeff. While visiting Jeff at the Leach Pottery in St. Ives, England, Tom was asked by the then 90 year old Bernard Leach if he too wanted to become a potter like his brother.
Until Leach asked him, the thought of being a potter hadn’t even occurred to Tom. However, the damage had been done. Back home in Minnesota, Tom and his brother began the conversion of the family farm into a pottery studio.
During the conversion process, Tom remembered Leach’s question and began to explore on his own, the work of stoneware and porcelain pottery. Tom’s beautiful and functional work can be found in many public and private collections.
Business Spotlight: Unique stoneware crafted by Featherstone Pottery in Red Wing
Republican Eagle article – May 2024
Tucked into the rolling farmland of Red Wing, Minnesota, Featherstone Pottery offers more than just hand-crafted ceramics—it’s a living piece of family history and creative tradition.
Featherstone Pottery creates functional, handcrafted stoneware that’s fired using wood to a temperature of 2300 degrees Fahrenheit.
The Featherstone family has owned the farm since the late 1850s. In 1980, brothers Tom and Jeff Larkin, along with their father—a skilled bricklayer and stonemason—began building a pottery studio on the property and a 30-foot-long, multi-chamber wood-fired kiln.
At Featherstone, every piece of pottery is thoughtfully shaped with the goal of being both functional and beautiful.
“The goal is to produce pots with functional form and eye-pleasing color, texture and shape that people will put to use,” said Tom Larkin, potter.
No two pieces are alike, and the warmth of the process is as present in the work as it is in the community that surrounds it.
Visitors are welcome by appointment or chance. To book an appointment, guests can text or call Clare Larkin at 651-332-4883.
Upcoming events include the Red Wing Area Studio Tour happening July 26-27, the annual Featherstone Pottery kiln firing in September and the Featherstone Pottery Fall Show and Sale in November. Details will become available closer to event dates.
Featherstone Pottery is not only a place to shop for handmade gifts; but a welcoming creative space where everyone—from longtime collectors to curious newcomers—can feel the magic of clay and craft. The stoneware items created at Featherstone Pottery are sold year round at 31998 210th Avenue, Red Wing.
Featherstone Pottery is part of the Republican Eagle sponsored content program called Spotlight.
