Robbi Fritz Portela is a potter who lives in the Central Maine area. She has a BFA in ceramics from the Maine College of Art. Robbi is a founding member of the Central Maine Clay Artists Association. Robbi has worked with numerous schools systems in order to bring clay art to local area students. Robbi is currently working with the Windsor school system in bringing clay art to students as part of a fast track grant in the arts. Robbi holds classes in her own studio, and she also instructs potters at Hallowell Clay Works. Robbi works with high fired stoneware using electric kilns, gas kilns and the historic Raku methods of pottery firing.

Maple Lane Pottery began in 1988 when Robbi Fritz Portela moved to what would become Maple Lane Farm in Windsor, Maine. Robbi manages her own shop and gallery in the historic three story barn at the farm in Windsor. The rural landscape and creatures on her farm in Windsor are a constant inspiration for Robbi’s pottery. She still teaches pottery classes in her studio and also sells her work to a variety of shops and galleries throughout the state.

B.F.A. - Ceramics Major - 1987 - Portland School of Art (now Maine College of Art)