Following graduation, Greg and wife Katie were married.  Living in the Defiance area for three years, Greg worked for a construction company while Katie acquired a degree in education.  In the spring of 1999, Greg and Katie were drawn to Brown County, Indiana by its scenic rural setting and art colony heritage.  They purchased a home and began setting up a studio.  Greg worked as a foreman for a lawn maintenance company while finishing the studio and building a kiln, as Katie finished her student teaching. In 2000, both Greg and Katie’s careers began as Katie took a sophomore English/journalism teaching position at a local high school, and Greg opened Schatz Studio & Gallery.  As their careers flourish, so does their family.  Son, Greyson was born in 2003 and daughter Romy in 2005. 

Working full-time as a studio potter, Greg utilizes the potter’s wheel for the majority of his production, while choosing to hand-build some of his plates and platters.  Maintaining a line of pottery that is gas-fired to cone 9 in a reduction atmosphere, Greg also creates one-of-a kind wood fired pieces. 

I make groups of pots. Like groups of friends, each member is unique, yet has a commonality and a bond that ties one to another.  As time is spent with a pot, more is revealed, subtleties are uncovered,
 and a relationship is developed.