Daisy Goldstein Cross

A young woman with long brown hair standing near a rusted metal fence beside a body of water, with trees in the background during daytime.

Daisy is a ceramic artist from Western NY. She specializes in functional soda and wood fired pottery with an emphasis on beautifully decorated humble forms. She is inspired and fascinated by both nature and human’s impulse to decorate space with colors and patterns. With a background in historic preservation, geology and ecology, Daisy makes work to fill everyday routines with a sense of wonder.

Two stone bowls with lids, one white and one dark brown, partially submerged in water with a blurred green background.

Daisy started making pots while getting her BS in Geology at SUNY New Paltz. After college, she worked at Studio Sales Pottery teaching clay classes. She then moved to Virginia to be a long term resident at the Cub Creek Foundation followed by a year and a half studio assistantship at the Oki Doki studio in Germantown, NY. She recently relocated to Rochester, NY where she makes work and manages Studio Sales Pottery’s community studio.

Deeply passionate about the clay community, Daisy teaches classes as well as leads firing workshops at Studio Sales Pottery. She loves firing new kilns and meeting potters.

A woman with long braided hair, wearing a black sleeveless top, gray work pants, and black boots, is crouching inside a small brick and stone kiln or oven, holding a pottery piece she has just crafted.