A New Mug!

Yesterday, a fellow potter gave me a new mug.  It was very kind and quite unexpected – and I love the mug!  I used it this morning; it made my coffee really enjoyable (I may have to wash it so I can use it again tomorrow).  The mug was made by John Britt and glazed in...

Vacation

I’m on vacation!  Well, sort of – I still have to work at my day job; but, my pottery partner is gone for a week and I am on hiatus from the art center; so it feels like a vacation. With all this vacationing, things have been slow in the studio (although,...

Eva Zeisel

This week is the last week of classes in the Winter Session at the art center where I teach.  The focus of our session was “Production Pottery” in which we made dinnerware pieces.  As I was preparing for our last class, I began to think about Eva Zeisel, a renowned...

Winter Luxuries for a Potter

Winters in eastern NC are usually mild and 2012 has been exceptionally mild. But, we had a cold snap, and although I have a small space heater in my studio that manages to take most of the chill out, it never gets really warm.  So even though I love making pots, it is...