ABOUT
All Loggia View Pottery is one of a kind, personally handmade from our own high fire stoneware clay, slips and glazes, each of which is uniquely formulated from the local environment.
Our Loggia View Gazing Spheres are made individually using a potter’s wheel. During the creation process only a wet sponge and the hands of the potter touch the outside of each piece, taking extra care to ensure no post-trimming is required and leaving a very natural and beautiful hollow sphere.
Loggia View Gazing Sphere’s range in size from 4 to 13 inches and can be fired in wood, gas, electric, raku and pit firing kilns. Different combinations of glazes and firing kilns will result in exceptional colors and textures on each piece, making every single sphere one of a kind.
Artist Statement
With my art, I not only want to connect with the earth but become a part of its history. Clay is a unique medium that lets you do just that, since a fully fired ceramic piece will remain that way for thousands of years to come. I think of each finished piece as a sort of trail marker, showing my path through this journey of life on earth and by leaving a small piece of my soul behind documenting my earthly existence. This is why it is important to me that each of mypieces be truly one of a kind. It means sometimes taking the long route; mostly making my own clays, slips and glazes, even using the natural elements around me.
During my artistic process I like to use the many tried and true techniques developed by former potters when making my pottery. I try to focus more on its strength in form within the relationship to its structure while throwing these forms on my potter’s wheel and doing very little trimming if any at all. Lately, while quietly throwing I can sometimes hear beautiful tones coming from these forms as if to say they have a voice too. With each piece I start to realize sometimes less equals more, allowing each piece to find its own voice and its beauty in its shaped form but still allowing for some imperfection while being made.
After all is done, I mark my ceramic pieces using my last name “Loggia” stamped at the base, I also sign them as “Loggia View” along with some other details like the clays type, cone firing temperature, as well as my initials “TL” with the “year” and the “zip code” where I made it. I do this in hopes that the next person to handle one of my pottery pieces can somehow understand the journey it went through to become what it is today and in away, I do this in hopes that a little bit of my soul will become part of our collective history through this life’s journey we all share on this Earth together.
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Biography
Tom Loggia began making pottery as a young boy growing up on Lake Truesdale in South Salem, New York. At age 11, he discovered the pleasures of working with clay on the potter’s wheel, an experience that quickly became a lifelong passion. During high school, one of his ceramic pieces was selected for his school’s first “Evening with the Stars” exhibition, encouraging him to continue creating in his free time.
As his interest deepened, Loggia became increasingly ambitious, building his own kick wheel along with raku and gas kilns. He spent years teaching himself the craft while learning to formulate the clays, slips, and glazes used in his work. Mentored by noted local ceramic artist Jay Lindsay, he attended many workshops and classes with accomplished ceramic artists. Through these experiences, Loggia continued developing his own distinctive style, which led to being honored with having one of his jugs jury selected for a 2025 exhibition at the New York State Museum in Albany, NY, and in 2026 one of his bottles was selected by the HMVC gallery and was shown on the big screen at Times Square, NYC. Being that Tom is a 10th Generation New Yorker, making these selections in New York is extra special to him.
Tom is the owner of Loggia View Pottery in Hopewell Jct., NY. and enjoys sharing his knowledge with aspiring ceramic artists as the Senior Studio Manager and Teacher at the Railyard Arts Studio in Croton Falls, NY.
