Will Ruggles, along with Douglass Rankin, made a wide line of functional, wood-fired pottery: tall jars, pitchers, platters, plates, teapots, cups, rice bowls and serving bowls. The pots are wheel thrown or drape molded with simple decorations: sometimes plain brushwork with slip, and once-fired glazes. Will Ruggles and Douglass Rankin co-owned and operated Rock Creek Pottery in North Carolina for many years.

Their pots are influenced by the Hamada-Leach-Yanagi tradition in aesthetics and production methods, which were introduced to them by Randy Johnston, who had studied in Japan. In addition to being well known for their pottery, Ruggles and Rankin held instructional workshops on kiln building, advising and helping many potters and institutions. As of June 2017, The Marks Project is not aware that Ruggles and Rankin are producing any pottery.