These pieces all come from the Michael Simon Estate. These are pots that Michael held back over the years, including Pick of the Kiln works. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of these works go to Haystack Mountain School of Craft to fund the Michael Simon Studio Pottery Fellowship. The sale of these works is in collaboration with Ferrin Contemporary.

Michael Simon (1947 – 29 August 2021) was an American ceramic artist. He is known primarily for his salt-fired stoneware works combining distinct forms with wax-resist animal or natural motifs.

Simon was born in Springfield, Minnesota in 1947. He studied under Warren MacKenzie while pursuing his B.F.A. at the University of Minnesota, and would later credit not only MacKenzie's influence in his work, but also the influence of MacKenzie's mentors, the noted ceramic artists Bernard Leach (UK) and Shoji Hamada (Japan).

In 1970, he moved to the pottery community of Happy Valley, Georgia. He would go on to receive his M.F.A. in ceramics from the University of Georgia in 1981.