Ronan Peterson came to Mudfire recently to give a workshop about his style and process. I love his work and, although it’s not my style, was very excited about attending the workshop. The man’s energy and enthusiasm blew me away. Seriously, this man is as vibrant as his pots. He’s also a very good teacher,
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This past summer I took a two week workshop at Penland School of Crafts with Elisa Helland-Hansen who is a potter from Norway and not very well known in the states. We don’t know what we are missing.
Tip Toland came to Mudfire this past weekend to give a three day workshop titled “Putting Expression Into The Face.”
This weekend I participated in ArtsFest 2010 hosted by the Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art at Georgia Southern University; I would have to say this was one of my favorite festivals…
During a break in a recent workshop with Ryan McKearley I started painting on one of the Rustic Buildingplates. One of the workshop participants started watching what I was doing and admired the work. Then she asked “are you an artist or a potter?” What kind of question is that? I threw the plate, so
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Here’s another plate in this series. This is a different view of the same syrup shed I painted a few weeks ago, this plate is a few inches larger at 11 inches. I like painting the larger plates better as I can get more detail and show the vastness of the fields. I’ve also been
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…how was this process going to fill a three day workshop and who is Ryan McKearley anyway?
I wanted to decorate a raku pot using feathers and horse hair. I didn’t want to buy the perfect feathers in a craft store because it seems weird and I hate shopping.
Being around the shed is a reminder of times long past; seeing it’s decline reminds me of our impermanence.
