The world needs art. Art establishes connections between strangers. It tells a story, takes you some place. It comments on society, humanity and the world. It expresses feelings and invokes responses. It lets us know we’re all in it together. The world needs my art. It needs my art because my art is about this beautiful world. It’s about making connections between water currents and fern fiddle heads. It’s about the similarity in the curvature of a spine and the shape of a wave. And it’s about a transparent seashell and the palm[…]
Workhouse Cup Show!
Well, this is my first international show and even though I didn’t make it onto the poster I’m so excited to be part of it! Because it’s in Virginia I won’t be going to the opening but the gallery will send photos once the show is up and I’m hoping to find my cup amongst them. If you happen to be in Virginia this January stop in and see the show. My Seahorse mug will be there.
The Otter Was Mugged
It’s 4:17 on Friday the 28th and I’m in the glazing area of my studio working on some of the last mugs to be in the Sustainable Craft Fair. I hear the sound of something falling and wonder what it was. I am also ten minutes away from finishing a glaze firing and turning off my kiln. I walk into the kiln area and look around–nothing seems amiss. Then I decide to peek in the kiln and see if the last cone has gone down and I should turn the flame off. Where are the cones? […]
New Perspective
I recently went to see my friend Jefferey Beauchamp’s show at the Seager/Gray Gallery in Mill Valley. It was beautiful! I’ve known Jeff for more than twenty years and of course his art has changed over that time. I realized that somewhere durring that time he has become a master of his medium. He can realize any idea he wants in his painting and then throw in some elements to surprize you and make you look at the whole picture again, with a new perspective. This one is called Proper and Common, some of my[…]
What do we want from life?
I’ve been experiencing the plague of modern life lately–feeling that all my time is overbooked with high expectations of fitting everything into 24 hours. Either I have work or daily life maintenance, like laundry, grocery shopping, dinner cooking, etc. and some how I’m suppose to fit in exercise and relaxing too. But then there’s this precious time that’s carved out to do the thing I love so much–ceramics! It’s so rewarding. First there’s inspiration and one idea leads you to another. For example, last Tuesday one of my students tried some sgraffito on a bowl she’d[…]
Sneak Peak
Here’s a sneak peak at the results from the glaze firing. There’s sooo much to do–I’ve set myself a goal of making 60 completed objects in 120 days including glazing and firing so I’d better get back to work!
Glaze Firing Day
I’m running my second glaze firing in two weeks and it’s great to be in the studio so much. My goal is to make 60 objects in 120 days including glazing and firing, and production is coming right along. The funny thing is although I have all day in the studio, it’s hard to concentrate on building or glazing. The lesson must be to schedule OTHER studio tasks on firing days. Hope everything turns out!
New Portfolio Page
Check out my new portfolio page. I’ve been making a bunch of one-of-a-kind mugs for people lately and here they are. Some are for a specific drink–this one is for ginger tea–and some are about something the person really loves–like the sea. Hope you enjoy them!