Meet the Team
The faces of Mud on Main - get to know more about your instructor before your class or event. We hold our employees to high standards of customer service and instruction methods, check them out!

Wheel Instructor
Maggie Sampson
Maggie, our full-time Mud on Main employee, spends her time with us leading wheel throwing and hand-building classes as well as support for open studio hours! While off the clock, Maggie is often making beautiful (and bubbly) ceramics of her own, which are available for purchase in studio!

Wheel Instructor
Pat Patterson
Pat works part-time teaching adult wheel throwing and part-time making some super cool 3-D printed items available at both Mud on Main and Fire Escape, our Oregon St location! Pat has many years of experience in ceramics and will help you create a piece you love, while also entertaining groups with his sense of humor.

Hand Building Instructor
LeAnn Stinemates
LeAnn teaches hand-building and sculptural classes at Mud on Main including: Clay Camps, seasonal classes, and sometimes dabbling in the wheel. LeAnn is currently a student at UWO for Art Education and a practicing artist herself. See her work in our vendor area at the front of the studio!

Manager
Eli Retzlaff
Eli helps manage the studio, running classes and offer support during open wheels and hand building hours. She knows all the juicy details about our new and upcoming events! Eli spends her time split between Fire Escape and Mud on Main as a full-time employee, so you will likely see her around, say Hi!
TAKE A CLASS
Sign up for a class with any of these instructors and you are sure to be happy with your choice!
