Emilie Righetti

was born in San Francisco and grew up in the Bay Area (San Mateo). In 2000 my Husband and I decided to retire and I took up Ceramics and a year later Kiln Formed Glass. We moved to Grass Valley in 2004 where we built my first studio and then to Auburn, CA in 2010. Learning from the first studio we built my dream studio in Auburn.

From the time I was a child I loved to draw and create things. Ceramics and Kiln Formed Glass give me the ability to work with my hands and imagination. I often use found objects, precious or semi-precious stones and metals in the work I create, always trying to show movement in what can be very stiff feeling materials. I create functional and non-functional pieces. I like to use colors and textures from nature, combining my ceramics & glass techniques to create unusual pieces. I think my favorite tools would be my kilns. I have a ceramic, raku and 2 glass kilns.

Another passion of mine is gardening which you can see in my work. Using leaves, twigs and flowers from my garden make my pieces different and unique. When someone asks how I created the piece I know I have captured their attention. My studio is affectionately named “Stick In The Mud” it is located in Auburn, CA. My studio is open to the public by appointment, please visit my web page at www.emilierighetti.com . I am on the Placer Arts Tour every year and other shows in the surrounding area.

In 2000 I started taking courses at Sierra Nevada College “Visiting Artist” summer workshops, in Tahoe, CA. That’s where I fell in love with ceramics and fused glass.

Some of my instructors were: Kathleen Koop, Bill Abright, Andy Ruble, Randy Brodnax, Don Ellis, Shuji Ikeda, Carole & William Hutchison, Catharine Newell. I continue to support my craft by taking specialty classes from Bullseye Glass & SNC.