Jon Williams Consulting

My name is Jon Williams and for the past 35 years I have made my living working with clay. I began as an engineering major and since have combined that interest with my love for pottery and the arts. For 20 years during the 60's and early 70's, I was a production potter doing large wholesale and retail shows. I eventually expanded into tile making and the machines used to make tile.

In 1983, I was accepted into the first NEA program called "Arts and Industry" where I worked at the Kohler factory in Sheboygan, Wisconsin learning industrial methods. When I returned home to Columbus, Ohio, I took these large scale industrial concepts and began scaling them down to the needs of the studio potter and tile maker. While living in Columbus, I built my first studio scale ram press. I had the fortunate opportunity to befriend the original owners of Ram Products and worked with their help to make my first studio model. I went on to build many presses for potters and tile makers throughout the east coast.
After moving to California in 1986, my wife and I started Tile Design Studios and then in 1991, together with three partners, formed Stellar Ceramic, which later became Sonoma Tilemakers in Windsor Ca., currently the largest manufacturer of handcrafted tiles in the United States. During my 16 years as owner and founder of Sonoma Tilemakers, I designed and set up all aspects of the tile production, creating various forming techniques, developed custom machines and processes that brought efficiency and atistic methods to the large scale manufacturer. I have also worked the past sixteen years in collaboration with Peter Pugger Manufacturing to bring these machines to life.
I am now offering my services to your business. I can assist in fine tuning or developing a glaze pallet, moulding systems, roller hearth and car kiln troubleshooting as well as inventing and building mechanisms that aid in the efficiency of your tile or pottery production. I will make the process fit the scale ofyour business with the growth and goals that you have in mind.


**On site consulting fee - $500.00 per day plus travel and expenses
**Phone consultation - $50.00 per hour (1 hour minimum)
**Call Jon for more information - 707 490-7172 or 707 467-0200