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Saturday, 30 January 2010
 After a several month absence from writing in this blog, I pick up my figurative pen to promote a worthy fund raising event – Three Cups of Tea Santa Cruz. Over 50 Santa Cruz artists have created theme related art to be auctioned off both on-line and at the event which will be held [...] Friday, 2 January 2009
Greetings 2009! Spent the first day of the New Year at Pigeon Point Lighthouse watching for the ever elusive whales! Didn’t see any whales, but did see a school of dolphins and a couple of sea lions along with the usual contingent of birds – brown pelicans, sea pigeons aka sea gulls, grebes and [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] 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, [...] 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 [...] 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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