Here’s a quick look at the main body of work I made this year. I’d been developing a glaze combination I really liked for a while, and I decided to make a lot of simple pieces in various shapes that would showcase these glazes beautifully. I’m always attracted to things that match and don’t match […]
Oh my. I’ve been doing SO much. So much that I can’t post it all. So much that is exciting and new and beautiful, and at the same time nothing new under the sun (part of the beauty of it! As mentioned before, I love functional ware. Nothing beats a favorite mug or cereal bowl). […]
“Make it from scratch!” is my modus operandi for almost everything. I ask, can it be cooked, sewn, written, built, or otherwise fabricated by means within my power, and if so, will it be better than something I could buy ready-made? The answer to both questions is often “yes” (read this as an insult to […]
It’s not original at all, not very complicated nor requiring much creative power to make it work. I’ve seen plenty of other artists use plant impressions in their pieces. But I’m not too worried about being a pathfinder or trailblazer right now, just about trying something new-for-me that I will love and that will expand […]
This past Saturday, my husband distracted the baby and I got out some clay and worked. I’ve had a lot of time to think of new ideas, and managed to sketch a few during some of my quiet sleeping-baby-holding hours. There are some things I’ve forgotten, some habits I need to re-establish. When I neatened […]
Time to do a little glazing! Or a lot, as it were. Here’s a glimpse of what things look like when I spend an afternoon up at the studio. I do my glazing and firing at this amazing place. The facilities and available equipment and materials are pretty much everything I could possibly want at […]
Life right now is full of green things, rain and thunder, cool breezes and open windows, sun sometimes, lots of obligations, and equal amounts of joy and stress in doing all the things I do. Between working with clay and planting things whenever I can, my fingernails are never clean. I like it that way. […]
Teapots, 2011 Series, a set on Flickr. A little review of most of the teapots I made during 2011, for your viewing pleasure on Flickr! Currently planning a new year of teapots (and other wonderful things), building on some of the things I started doing in 2011’s series. If you like, let me know what […]
I could almost not contain my excitement after seeing what came out of the kiln last week. Barring the fact that my camera could not accurately capture the many colors and textures in these bowls, I hope you’ll be excited too. I’m becoming addicted to the effects that are possible with spray application of glazes. […]
Well, I officially have two days to tie up all the loose ends, finish planning my booth display, and price and pack up my pottery for the Schlafly Art Outside Alternative Art Fair! Then it’s a crazy weekend of camping out in the rain (weather.com currently says scattered thunderstorms all three days of the festival […]
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