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Teacups for Shoes
Months ago, I complimented a friend's shoes. He responded by asking me what size I wore. I like that response! Before I knew it, I had my own pair of Keens and a request for some cups. Not only is my...
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Ghost
Whenever I tell people that I've started doing pottery, they're all like, "Yeah, I've seen Ghost". Whenever friends come over to play on the wheel, there is usually a Ghost picture taken - it never...
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Misfits & Rejects
Sometimes bad things happen to good dishes. I can't help them. I can't sell them. All I can do is love them.The berry bowl formed a crack in the bottom during the second fire, and the mug's crack I...
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The Nieces
My nieces came over yesterday. They wanted to "make somthin' out of clay." Sophie did handbuilding while Mom helped Lizzie on the wheel.
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Slab-built Pitcher
I came up with this pitcher design by accident. I had seen in a library book an idea for a slab built teapot. As with all library books I wasn't able to keep it long enough to absorb the information....
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Art of art
After playing in the clay, my niece drew this picture of me throwing a pot. Yes, I'm the stick figure, but note the foot pedal, the controls, and the whompyjawed pot - I must say she did a very good...
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Kiln gods
With bisque fires, I've had bad luck with air pockets or moisture in my pottery causing them to explode. Yesterday, I had a successful bisque firing! (The only problem I had was that the C came off one...
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Tobius Maximus
So, I come from a family of fun-loving nerds. After we watched the movie Gladiator in the theater we went leaping around, grunting, and slaying each other with imaginary swords. And, we had gladiator...
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Art Lessons
I know it's not pottery...I've given a couple of art lessons to a cute ten-year-old girl. Since she's only ten, I tried to pick out fun colorful subjects (which is what I would have picked out...
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The "offee" cup
This is the "offee" cup I mentioned in an early post. While I was loading it into the kiln for the bisque fire I broke off the C into two little pieces. I fired the cup and the C pieces anyway, then...
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Sputnik Cargo #2
A friend of ours brought her grand daughters for pottery lessons - this is their stuff. Pretty cool, huh?
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Great day in the morning!
I've opened my Esty shop! It has begun! Click here or click the Etsy icon on the right sidebar.As most potters will tell you, the best part of the whole pot making process is opening the kiln after...
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Great Outdoors Coffee Co.
I made eight of these coffee cups of various colors and two different sizes for a local coffee shop. The coffee shop owner was so pleased with them he ordered 20 more. Yeaaa - my first commission!
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Drink from the Cup of Liberty
I need some ideas for other cups to drink from. In other words, I need other words.
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Sputnik Cargo #3
More Great Outdoors Coffee Co. cups, but this time Mike, the coffee shop man, requested that I make a few with different colors.
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Sputnik Cargo #4
I was so excited about this cup I took it to the office with me the morning I got it out of the kiln just so I could show it to all the guys. They claimed to not see what the picture was, "Don't tell...
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