Our Place is Yore Place in Egg Harbor.......

We feature Fred Herbst's functional wood fired stoneware and porcelain pottery, along with PaPa Giz Herbst's original watercolor sketches of historic and scenic Door County. Nicole Herbst has some of her drawings and paintings on display. As you can see, Yore Place is homespun, no imports here

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PaPa Giz is a 1962 graduate of Sturgeon Bay High School. He received his BS Degree from the University of Wisconsin-Stout in Industrial Arts Education in 1966 and his MS Degree from Stout in 1967 in Guidance and Counseling. In 2000, PaPa Giz retired from the Seymour, Wisconsin School District after 33 years as a graphics teacher, athletic director and coach. PaPa Giz and Momette Linda, so named by granddaughter Emma, purchased 7892 Hwy 42, in Egg Harbor in 1985 and opened YORE PLACE in EGG HARBOR in 1986. PaPa and Momette have been at YORE PLACE for a long time and plan on remaining for many more years.

PaPa Giz's series for 2010 features watercolors that bring the charm of the covered bridges of Parke County, Indiana to the landscape of Door County, Wisconsin.  Parke County supports 31 covered bridges dating from 1856-1920, of which 11 were built before 1900.  The covered bridges fit right into the villages and landscape of Door County as if they were there at the beginning of the development of the county.  Door County with covered bridges? After a 2009 fall  trip to Turkey Run and the covered bridges of Parke County, Giz said, "why not bring the charm of the bridges to Door County?"

Evening Concert in Ephraim

Son Fred, our 'potter', graduated from Seymour High School in 1990 with an interest in art. In 1994 he graduated with a BFA Degree from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point in Art with an emphasis in Sculpture. He received his MFA Degree in 1998 in Ceramics from the University of North Texas. From 1998-2000 Fred was adjunct art faculty and studio technician in ceramics and sculpture at Brookhaven College in Dallas, Texas. From 2000 to the present, Fred has been at Corning Community College, Corning, New York and is now an Associate Professor of Art. Summertime many times brings Fred and his wife Alicia and daughter Emma back to YORE PLACE in EGG HARBOR.  More recently Fred has been teaching early summer classes in France in 2009 and 2010, and will be adding Germany to his teaching resume in September of 2010.

YORE PLACE in Egg Harbor is the sole source in Wisconsin for Fred's wood fired pottery.   For more information on Fred, check Fred Herbst Pottery.