Lists and Plans

by | Jul 31, 2011 | About Me, Philosophy, Teaching, Workshop

It is Sunday evening and I am contemplating what I want/need to accomplish this week.  I am a consummate list maker so when a Sunday night falls on the eve of a new month, I can’t resist the compulsion to make another list. Lists help me clear my mind and to keep...

Workshop with Emily Reason

by | Jul 13, 2011 | Workshop

On Saturday, I attended a workshop with Emily Reason hosted at Claymakers.  Workshops are fun and give me a chance to be a student.  I was excited to go to this one because I really love Reason’s work and I was curious about her surface treatments. She works with...

Resources or Distractions

by | Mar 10, 2011 | Teapot, Throwing, Uncategorized, Workshop

There are so many pottery resources.  It is a very generous community –workshops, books, blogs, YouTube Videos, Websites, Galleries, Open Studios, classes, guilds.  So much sharing.  One could get sucked into the vortex of reading/talking/learning about pottery and...

Intentional Pursuit

by | Mar 4, 2011 | How-to, Teapot, Throwing, Uncategorized, Winter Blue, Workshop

“You can choose what you do, but you can’t choose what you like to do.”       Grechin Rubin I exercise but I wish I liked to run.  I have tried to like it.  I got better at running for a while but I never developed a love for it.  Sometimes I say I don’t...

Scratching the Surface

by | Feb 21, 2011 | Class, Glazes, Workshop

Pocosin Arts hosts an annual artist workshop in February which I attended this weekend.  It is a great event – close to home, in a beautiful venue, with excellent instruction. This year the pottery instructor was Ronan Peterson who taught ‘Scratching the...