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Like their mentor, members of the Plymouth Pottery Guild demonstrated a high degree of individual inspiration and creative range. Katherine Alden supported her guild members and students as they developed their skills, and was determined that all would succeed to the best of their ability through exploration, encouragement, and appreciation.

After a one-year apprenticeship, a student from the Pottery Guild could be voted in as a full-fledged member, provided they could demonstrate their skill range with three items for potential sale in the Sparrow House craft shop and one new glaze. Once voted in, all Guild members were expected to help tend the shop and give tours of the Sparrow House museum, and they were invited to contribute pieces to the Sparrow House store. 

The Plymouth Pottery Guild was a cooperative run by a Board of Directors, who had to approve all pieces for sale in the shop. Participant artists ran the store themselves and shared the expenses of materials and the maintenance and operation of the kiln.

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Student and Unsigned Guild Work