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.
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ArtsFest 2010
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…
Artist or Potter?
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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Water Carving With Ryan McKearley
…how was this process going to fill a three day workshop and who is Ryan McKearley anyway?
Horse Feathers
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.
Syrup Shed Plate
Being around the shed is a reminder of times long past; seeing it’s decline reminds me of our impermanence.
Emergence
I’m working on a new series of pots called “Emergence.” The idea came to me from seeing walls where the brick had been hidden by plaster.
Counting Pots
…which of course makes me want to jump out of bed and rush to the studio to start working on these ideas.
Vegetarian Fancy Mac & Cheese
This is my vegetarian version of a recipe that was originally posted by The Poineer Woman.
Tis Better…
I’d like to hope that once in a while someone will look at one of my pots and remember that it was once a lump of dirt. The piece of art before them was created by someone’s hands, imagination, technical ability, and passion.
