Denise Bramley, a native North Carolinian, earned her BFA in Art Education and Ceramics from East Carolina University.  It was there that she met and worked with Ben Owen III, one of North Carolina’s most notable potters.  Denise worked at his Seagrove pottery where her love for traditional pottery with an Asian flare flourished.  The spirit of Seagrove is alive and well in Denise as she aspires to pass the love of clay and all of it’s possibilities on to others.

In 2004, Denise began teaching pottery in Greenville, NC at the city’s Center for Arts and Crafts.  By 2005, Denise taught all but one of the classes offered for adults.  In the fall of 2006, she started teaching art in the public school system and cut back on instructing night classes.  Three years of elementary art education proved invaluable as it lead her explore the various methods of instructing 740 young students per week!  While teaching art in the public schools, Denise lived the joy of passing the love of art on to others.  Developing creative thinkers is of the utmost importance to this ceramic artist who continues to teach ceramics to students of all ages.

In 2009, Denise moved to Wilmington and dove into the studio to produce her wares.  She currently instructs classes at Orange Street Pottery as well as at her Clay Goddess studio in Chandler’s Wharf.

Denise, her husband, and twin boys love coastal living and plan on Wilmington being their permanent home.  When not teaching or selling her artwork, Denise lives for every moment she can find to get into her pottery studio and get dirty!