The following are exerpts from the Capital Times
Published on January 14, 2002, Madison, Wisconsin
© 2002- Madison Newspapers, Inc.
Byline: Amy Mertz

Sandy Hagist. . .fulfilled a 20-year dream when she opened a gallery in the enclosed front porch of her early 1900s house December 1, at 212 W. Main St., on the locally renowned Trollway. Her shop is a blend of her reasonably priced wheel-thrown functional ware glazed mainly in dark blues, greens and browns. . .The single mom does her work in the basement of her house, where she lives with her two sons, Cameron and Morgan. Their adorable miniature pottery, graces part of a shelf in the gallery, at discounted rates.

Hagist moved to Mount Horeb in late August from Bayfield, where she had worked for 15 years at Eckels Pottery. "I fell in love with Mount Horeb, and something told me (opening a gallery) was something I was supposed to do and this was somewhere to do it," Hagist says.

A native of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, she earned her bachelor's in art at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and worked as an apprentice in northern Iowa at a pottery studio. Although Hagist didn't intend to pursue pottery, "once I got into clay, that was it," she says. "That was my new love." It helps to live in the same house as your business, Hagist says, because you can be open whenever you're home.

STUDIO ACCESS: The gallery is 2 steps down and then 2 steps up. The studio can be reached by walking around to the back through the grass and through the garage or driving to the back driveway and going through the garage.

Exclaymations!! Pottery & Gallery
212 W. Main Street, Mount Horeb, WI 53572 | 608-437-1489
sandy@exclaymations.com

Images © Sandy Hagist