I hope everyone is enjoying the long, warm, sunny days of summer and all the activity that it brings.  I’m on vacation from school and am loving spending time in the basement making pots.  I find this is a great time of creative renewal and expression for me.  I have the space, time and energy to throw myself, so to speak, into the clay. 

Some new themes and colors have emerged in the experimentations.  I’ve been using beach shells and leaf stamps to decorate my surfaces and am altering my forms a bit to add some extra curvaciousness.  It gives the pots a feminine flare.  I love the results and hope you do too.

Also, I’m exploring a couple of other blue glazes.  There’s a great one called Turbulent Indigo which is reminescent of an excitible cobalt blue.  Also, I’m looking into using an Ameythest glaze that will compliment the Antique Blue I’ve been using.   Addintionally, I’ve been searching for an exciting turquoise and I hope I found it with Antique Jade. 

 Because it’s been difficult to get my usual clay (delivery trucks aren’t coming as frequently because of gas prices), I’m exploring another clay which fires very dark.  I’m hoping the glazes will pop with the dark clay behind and I may get into doing some wax resisting.  Stay tuned!

So, if you’d like to come support my efforts and passions, check out my show schedule for the upcoming months.  There’s about one a month through December.  I’d be happy to do comission projects.  Just give me a ring or send me an email. 

See you at the fairs!  Enjoy summer.  Namaste