In 1978, my wife and business partner Susan Nykiel and I established Oak Bluffs Cottage Pottery at our home/studio in Pownal, Vermont. I worked on all phases of ceramic art every day, and also taught clay-working skills in our studio.
In 2023 we retired and closed our studio. In 2025 we sold our Pownal home of 47 years and moved to eastern Massachusetts to be near our daughters and grandchildren.
Although I no longer work with clay on a daily basis, I will always be a ceramic artist!
I have made about 75 Reassembled Ring Teapots since 1995. Read Paul Park’s article in Ceramics Monthly to learn more about my process, and also look at “Step-By-Step Making of a Teapot" in the “Teapots” section.
2012 Video: Conversations in the Studio: Ray Bub, Ceramic Artist. Produced by Julia Morgan and Tracy Baker-White.
Sunrise Reassembled Ring Teapot
Ray Bub, 2014
Kelp Forest Undersea Upright Ring Teapot
Aztec Headdress Reassembled Ring Teapot
Ray Bub, 1973 Cape Cod, MA
Elephant Clouds Reassembled Ring Teapot
Six Parrots, A Goldfinch Flies Up Reassembled Ring Teapot
Oak Bluffs Cottage Pottery, Sunset 2016
Giant Pandas Upright Ring Teapot
Circle Line Reassembled Ring Teapot
Ray Bub, 1967 College Freshman
Tangerine Seahorse Descending A Staircase Reassembled Ring Teapot
Dark Green Rectangular Cross-Section Reassembled Ring Teapot
Ray Bub in the Studio
Mint Green Reassembled Ring Teapot
Jackrabbit Leaping Reassembled Ring Teapot
Oak Bluffs Cottage Pottery, Fall 2014
Ring Vase, Apulia Region, Italy, 340 BCE