Melissa Scheinfeld

Melissa finds frequent inspiration in the landscape and sounds of an ever-changing Austin and as a mom of two. She focuses particularly on decorated porcelain objects for everyday use in the home. From a renovated antique shed at the rear of her property in East Austin and classes at East Side Pot Shop, Melissa seeks to use clay to capture the fleeting everyday moments of family and nature that surround her.

Creating functional pottery is Melissa’s dream deferred. As an elementary school kid growing up in Eugene, Oregon, she dreamed one day she would “grow up to be a potter who lives in the woods.” Thirty years later, after a career in teaching and talent development, Melissa has once again returned to this creative aspiration.