Randy Snyder, has recently joined the Artisans' Co-op as a potter specializing in RAKU. Raku translates to mean enjoyment, contentment, pleasure and happiness according to Randy and that is what you will feel when you first view his elegant vases and containers with their sophisticated shapes and their matte to metallic finishes.
Randy got hooked on throwing pots while in high school and kept throwing them through his college years and part-time while trying various career avenues. He finally decided that the thing he loved to do was pottery and has been a full time artist for the last 15 years.
He also teaches at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts and in Rohnert Park.