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Saturday, 13 December 2008
Coil just above the rim of the mold. The Sunday after Thanksgiving found me and a small group of local potters participating in a hands on workshop with a group of Mata Ortiz potters at Crystal Creek farm in the Santa Cruz mountains. First we watched the technique of hand building the pot using a [...] Tuesday, 2 December 2008
when I will be joining a group of local artists at the opening reception for the holiday art exhibition “Ways of the Water”. I’m excited to be part of this exhibition at the Capitola Fine Arts Gallery. This exhibition is a cooperative effort of the gallery with the Coastal Watershed Council. A portion of the [...] Saturday, 29 November 2008
I recently sent two of my teapots off to Steamboat Springs, Colorado for a spectacular teapot show opening on December 2nd. If you are in the area check it out. The show runs until February 1st. STEAMBOAT INVITATIONAL Here are the two teapots that I sent off [...] Monday, 10 November 2008
I usually only make functional pottery. My one exception to this is a little fish I make from a bottle form that I alter and add to so that it becomes a fish that can either sit somewhere (like in a fountain) or hang somewhere. I’ve been making these little guys for years and each [...] Monday, 3 November 2008
Today finds me eagerly awaiting my two mugs. Just about this time last year, I got introduced to Etsy and found a huge community of ceramics and pottery people. And here I am a year later participating in the Mug Exchange. For more on the exchange and.or more information on the Etsy Mud team, visit [...] Sunday, 14 September 2008
I had the opportunity yesterday to attend a workshop given by Masakazu Kusakabe and Marc Lancet on Japanese Wood-Fired Ceramics. I almost didn’t sign up for this in spite of my love of both the forms and the firing technique. The usual list of excuses – too busy, evening dinner engagement, should be cleaning the [...] Wednesday, 10 September 2008
a new version of Wordpress (version 2.6.2) was released. Being new to this and have chosen to install this on the server where my web site is hosted, I attacked the update. Followed the instructions on the Wordpress site (the easy process), updated (think it worked). All appears to be well. Gave myself a pat [...] Sunday, 7 September 2008
Just now setting up my pottery blog! This is a new world for me so please be patient and check back to see how I am doing in a few days! |
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