This year 30 pottery studios from across the state will be open for the Maine Pottery Tour from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 2, and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. May 3.

The participating potters have cleaned up their work spaces and are welcoming visitors to their studios to see the work they do. All are happy to talk with you about making pots, how they work with clay and the different techniques they use to decorate and fire their work.

Get an inside glimpse into the life of a potter, enjoy some refreshments, tour their studios, peek into kilns — maybe even get a chance to try the potter’s wheel!

There are 13 local potters on the Midcoast leg of the tour, including:

Hilltop Pottery 31 Dunn St., Thomaston;

Van Der Ven Studios 257 Main St., Lincolnville;

Ash Cove Pottery (Susan Horowitz & Gail Kass), 75 Ash Cove Road S. Harpswell, 207-833-6004;

Liz Proffetty Ceramics, 118 Old County Road, Newcastle, 207-586-5117;

Fireside Pottery (Nancy Button), 1478 Camden Road, Warren, 207-273-3767;

Alex Tomasulo, Double Dolphin Way, Walpole, 207-380-1902; and

Tyler Gulden, with guest potter Nathan Willever, 45 Clark’s Cove Road, Walpole, 207-380-8454.

Get more information at http://mainepotterytour.blogspot.com for maps and a full list of studios on the Midcoast leg, as well as studios open around the state. Be sure to look for the road signs marking the way.