Pottery Wheel FTW!

I am getting a pottery wheel finally!

Long story short, we had nasty storms that took off a screen door and the power fried an older computer and surge supressor. The insurance is taking paying a good chunk of replacement value of said items. I am thrilled. Here it is!

Pottery: Throwing

I finally got around to doing some throwing today. It has literally been years since I had a chance to sit down and just throw. I learned something today, I was near phobic about centering the clay on the wheel. I was convinced I couldn't center at all. I took my time the first couple of times and didn't have any problem, after a bit I was centering fast and easy. I felt pretty happy with that. I made the bowl of a goblet and experimented with throwing stems, without success. After watching some videos on how to throw a goblet, I think I have a good idea why that is.

I am hoping I can go back tomorrow and continue working on some more, but today was pretty exhausting. It is easy to forget how much it screws up your back to hunch over a wheel, using your body to create force on clay. I am planning on trying to get a early start on a good night's sleep tonight, with luck that will take care of the aches and pains. I really wish I could afford to get my own wheel, but that is far, far from my budget any time soon.

All in all, it felt like a good start.

ARTifacts Demonstration

Tonight I had a wonderful time at the June Art Walk. I did a painting demonstration at ARTifacts. You can see me painting a plate in the pic. It was extremely hot, in the high 90’s inside of the shop. Due to the historic building setting they are unable to update to modern air conditioning yet. Hopefully they will figure that out and get it taken care of. I am planning to move my pottery to another section of the shop where I will have more space. I also plan to do another demo on the first Thursday of September. I hope to see everyone there.

Blue and White Slash & Swirl Bowl.

This is a nice food safe, dishwasher safe, 7" shallow blue and white porcelain, weighted rice bowl, click on an image for the Etsy listing.


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                      $15

April Booth

Here is a look at my current booth sales, if you are interested in something, let me know and I can quote you prices.

1930’s European Photo Cards

Earlier this month I added a few 3.5”x5” framed photos taken around the 1930’s in France and Germany. They are original prints with the information about each one printed on the back of the photo card. These are some extremely lovely antique photos framed lovingly in a vintage style to show the detail of the edges of the photos. I will be adding some more tomorrow in 4”x6” and 5”x7” sizes. They are very reasonably priced between at $10, $12 and $15 each. You can usually find similar photo cards on eBay for between $10-$30 unframed. I hope you go and check them out!

New March Items

Here are some of my recent peices, all of these are hand built or wheel thrown items, all are heavy, thick items and hand glazed/painted. They are for sale, click on an image for a link to Etsy to pick one up.


         $45                    $40                  SOLD


         $22                    SOLD                SOLD

Contact me if you would like one of the sold items remade or would like a custom order.