About Peter Chartrand
Born and raised in Massachusetts, I came to Tucson in the 60’s to study art and architecture at the University of Arizona. In 1973, I moved to the small, old mining town of Bisbee in southeastern Arizona. I had the very good fortune to meet a skilled potter, Charlie Nelson, who had recently moved there from Utah and he took me on as an apprentice.
I now live on 120 acres about ten miles outside of town, off High Lonesome Rd. in Mexican Canyon. Here I have a small off-the-grid home and studio and three wood fueled kilns, two for high fire salt glaze and one for earthenware. I also maintain an in-town studio and showroom at 729 Tombstone Canyon, the main street of Old Bisbee.
An important part of my life was working with the international organization Potters for Peace, serving as U.S. director from 2003 to 2012 and working as a technical consultant on PFP projects.