About The Potter

From a young age Marcus Zimmerman always had interest and admired all forms of art.

He enjoys the great outdoors and gets great satisfaction creating and working with his hands. As a teenager he started with a correspondence course into the art of taxidermy. As grew up and worked on his parent’s dairy farm with his 9 siblings, he found time to pursue a career in taxidermy. He says the Lord has been good, and the taxidermy has provided an excellent career for him and his family.  See his taxidermy work at https://www.zimmermanwildlife.net/

As mentioned, Marcus always enjoyed all forms of art, animals, paintings, bronzes & pottery. Yes, Pottery!  He admired pottery for as long as he can remember, he would visit pottery shops all over the USA as he went about his career. There was just something fascinating to him about a potter shaping a beautiful shaped vessel on a spinning wheel. In the back of his mind he knew that at some point in his life he would try his hand in the wonderful world of ceramics.

So, a few years ago He began his education with well recognized third-generation potter Simon Leach from England. He continued his studies with other successful potters: Mari Pat from Bedford PA and Joel Hildebrand from Inspire Pottery from Denver PA. Many other media platforms continue to inspire him as he pursues pottery.

Marcus always had an entrepreneur mindset and enjoys starting new businesses. Him and his family and staff also enjoy serving our community with a restaurant and retail store known as Traditions Restaurant & Bakery, Fabric, Clothing, and Gift Shoppe in Martinsburg, PA. See his pottery firsthand in the Gift Shoppe. Visit at https://traditionsweb.com/

He says he really enjoys the pottery; it is a way for him to relax and be creative… He really likes the idea that he is not limited… No boundaries…whatever your mind can imagine you can create! He enjoys working with his youngest two daughters Natosha and Talitha, and wife Lorraine, getting feedback from them as he creates new pieces.

He also enjoys the working with his newest daughter-in-law, Kirsten Zimmerman. She has incredible artistic abilities and does many of the paintings and slip decorations/design work on the pieces he creates.

He states, I truly have been blessed with the love of God and a wonderful loving family around me…