Hi!!  It has been a while since I have been on my blog.  In fact, with all the activity going on, I forgot about it!!  But, I will try to get back to it as some exciting things are happening!!

We are in a growth spurt now with more than 500 stores!!!  Although our website is not 100% up to date, we do list most of our stores.  Check us out at www.healingtouchpottery.com

Faires 2011

May 21st & 22nd http://www.nhrenfaire.com/

June 25th & 26th http://www.winslowshire.com/

What an incredible weekend at NH Renaissance Faire

New Distributors/Stores Selling Our Wares

These stores are a currently carrying Healing Touch Pottery's wares.  You may find our recently patented "Healing Touch Mugs" in these fine stores.  If there is not a distributor or store near you, please call the studio to place your order, 603-489-1843

 Zenobia Emporium 17 Hammatt St, Ipswich, MA. Tel: 978-356-7978

Can San's Holistic Art & Wellness 2838 Beach Blvd S, Gulfport, FL 33707, (727)-327-4111

http://www.bewitchedinsalem.com/servlet/StoreFront

http://www.myspace.com/mystikalscents

http://www.cassadaga.org/bookstore.htm

http://www.sunsetfortune.com/

http://www.lunasolesoterica.com/

http://www.avalonbeyond.com/

Press Release: Healing Touch Pottery Gains Nomination

Healing Touch Pottery Nominated for Self Made in New Hampshire

East Hampstead, NH, March 2, 2011:  Owner and Potter, Donna Van Houten Rollins of Healing Touch Pottery was recently nominated for the Self Made in New Hampshire Award.  This is an award to tribute to people in New Hampshire who have truly carved their own place in New Hampshire. 

According to the award presenters, Brooks Properties, Business NH Magazine, and LTD Company, this is award is to truly recognize people in New Hampshire who have made a difference in the lives of others in their community. 

Donna Van Houten Rollins had a vision of opening a local community facility for people to express themselves freely and begin the healing process through pottery.  Working a full time corporate business, she worked for three years building up an inventory nights and weekends in her home’s basement.  In April of 2010 she opened Healing Touch Pottery in Hampstead, NH.  In September of 2010 the studio moved into its expanded location in East Hampstead, NH.  Her pottery is already distributed and sought after down the eastern border with orders flowing in for international customers.  Her newly patented signature healing mug series has met with rave reviews.  She prides her studio in being completely USA Made.  All minerals, clay, crystals, and product are manufactured by USA Made companies.

Healing Touch Pottery is located in East Hampstead, New Hampshire.  In addition to the signature mug series and other hand crafted unique pieces, the studio offers classes in using the pottery wheel, paint your own pottery, and glass fusing.  Special orders and signature pieces are available in the New Hampshire store, various distributor locations, or can be directly shipped to your location.  If you are interested in becoming a distributor for Healing Touch Pottery contact Donna Rollins at drollins@healingtouchpottery.  For further information visit www.healingtouchpottery.com or call (603)489-1893.

Healing through the Art of using a Potters Wheel

Touch is a basic human need.  We are born with the instinct to reach out and touch.  It is a universal action to touch, to feel, to experience.  Touch allows for loving energy to be transmitted.  Reaching out to touch activates the energies within the human body.   The art of touch as a healing art has been practiced for thousands of years in nearly every culture.

Healing begins when you take a clump of moist clay and put it on the potter’s wheel.  Your fingers slide across the clay as the wheel turns.  As though something magical happens, the mind and the body begin to work in complete harmony with each other.

The forming of the clay allows your mind to focus upon a natural element of the Earth.  A meditative state is entered as everything from the outside world is left aside.  The stress and tension slip away.  The forming of the clay upon the wheel releases everything that is negative and infuses through the simple art of touch a connection with the Earth.

Through the art of crafting a piece of pottery the imaginative and creative energies within you are unleashed and allowed to be expressed.  There is something special and energizing about creating something from nothing.

The healing extends long after your time at the wheel.  The experience can be relived each time the fired pottery is held.  The infusion of energy, the grounding of the spirit, and the activation of creativity can be carried throughout your day.

Glass Beading Studio Classes April 2011 Calendar

April 5th: Intermediate Glass Beading Dots Galore & Shaping; 7:00:00 PM 8:00:00 PM. In this class you will learn how to shape your bead into the form of a heart.  You will also attach dots in certain formations to create a flower effect.  The class fee is $40

April 12th: Open Beading; 7:30:00 PM 9:30:00 PM. This is uninstructed time making glass beads.  You are required to take the Introduction to Beading Class before you can participate in Open Studio Beading.  The Fee is $25 per hour.

Arpil 19th: Intro Glass Beading Class; 6:30:00 PM 7:30:00 PM. You will learn how to make glass beads with map gas torches and glass rods.  This class fee is $40.

April 21st: Glass Pendant; 7:00:00 PM 9:00:00 PM. You will learn how to make 2, standard sized, glass pendants.  Some of the glass products used in this class are ribbons, frit and dichroic glass.  Once you have taken this class, you may create pendants anytime in the studio.  The fee is $30 for the two

April 26th: Open Beading; 7:30:00 PM 9:00:00 PM. This is uninstructed time making glass beads.  You are required to take the Introduction to Beading Class before you can participate in Open Studio Beading.  The Fee is $25 per hour.

 April 26th: Intro Glass Beading Class; 6:30:00 PM 7:30:00 PM. You will learn how to make glass beads with map gas torches and glass rods.  This class fee is $40.