Traci Noone

Traci Noone is an artist and an optimist who makes pots for flowers, pots for food and pots for fun.  She grew up in a small, rural town in Central Massachusetts named for the redness of the soil.  Perhaps that explains her affinity for earthenware.  Traci studied both at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.  Today she is a self-taught potter residing on the Lower Cape where she has been making and learning about pots for the past fifteen years.  She exhibits locally and as Mountain Laurel Pottery sells her flowers and pots at the local Farmers’ Market in Orleans.  Traci casts and hand builds her functional wares and likes to experiment with traditional techniques and materials.  When asked to describe her pottery, Traci’s sixteen year-old daughter replies, “It is hipster pretty, sweaters and coffee chop pretty!”- in other words, warm and comfortable with a stimulating earthiness.