Owen Hughes is from Katonah, NY and has been working with clay as long as he can remember. Growing up with artistic parents—one being a potter—he learned pottery wheel skills very early on. He has taught pottery summer camps, teen and adult wheel classes, and has experience as a kiln tech. In addition to Kroll Ceramic Arts School he also teaches at the Katonah Art Center and has been working for New York Stoneware, making production pottery.