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13664 Scenic Highway 197 North, Batesville
706-947-0030
hickoryflatpottery.com

Functional Pottery, Woodwork, Damascus Knives, and Marbled Accessories to Brighten your Everyday. All Hand Crafted in the Family.

Open 10-6, Sun. 12-6, Closed Tuesday

About the Owner

Cody Trautner, Owner of Hickory Flat Pottery

After taking pottery courses in high school, Trautner established his own small studio and began working with clay. In 2010, he earned a BFA in ceramics from Minnesota State University of Moorhead (MSUM)— after which he taught wheel throwing and hand-building ceramics. In May 2012, he became a resident potter at Hickory Flat Pottery, where he is now the owner. His current work focuses on functional pottery and experimenting with salt-fired pieces. His most recent creations are inspired by the foothills of Georgia, where he strives to capture time and place.

​His growing body of work is rooted in nature, heritage, and culture, featuring both traditional and experimental design. Patient, with a whimsical quality that values discovery, Cody’s vision prizes spontaneity. His reward: the pleasure of seeing others use and share the unique pots he brings to life. In his studio, you’ll glimpse the topography of hills and fields. The spark and release of his creativity are rooted in Appalachian influences: from his current surroundings at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, as well as his Minnesota and Native American ancestry. Hunting, fishing and camping during his youth fashioned the temperament of an artist who listens, responds, and releases control

The marks he makes, the pieces he builds, forever surprise him, taking on lives of their own. He respects design and shape; history and our drive to expand it. His pots are inspired by the day-to-day, but they refuse to be ordinary. His materials challenge expectations. Salt and clay and metal expand and run, continuing a conversation between earth shaped by hand and the mysterious alchemy of the kiln. In his creations, the strike of form and the flow of heat yield a physical reminder of our evolving world. This bridge between artistry and nature reminds us to slow down, to see, to appreciate. To let go, until beauty is ready to reveal itself.


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