Sometimes a hard summer makes for a productive fall....

I won't go into many details except to say

for many reasons

many

many

I did not have a productive summer in the studio.

School has begun again

and so have I.

Here are a few fresh things 

and a few in the works.

little mugs..

 leaf pattern mugs... medium to large size.

 little bird mugs..

medium sized pitchers

a series I am working on... plate set..

 medium sized pitcher.

 medium to large, altered square mugs..

larger bird mug.

 larger leaf mug.

  bowl

monster bowl with raised foot

the blue  enso circle bowls...

playing with black on red... I like it.

 part of the set.

small breakfast plates..

more monster mugs..

bowls with tall raised added foot.

The kiln is loaded again and a bisque is under way.

I have a few shows this fall and am hoping to get into a few more for December.

Clay and I missed each other. 

It has been a wonderful reunion. 

Missing my studio and my studio is missing me

Summer is frenetic. 

It is full.

Swim team.

Breakfast.

Break up fights.

Taking to and fro, 

to and from,

here and there 

and everywhere.

I have not been in the studio working for three weeks.

Really. 

Went to NYC (was awesome),

and have been working the others.

And have been parenting and failing at parenting.

And thinking about pots and what I want to do 

and the direction the pots might go.

I love that clay has a say in it all.

I have the idea and clay has the final say.

Just like my kids.

That should be a lesson. 

Did you hear that self?

Yes.

Guess What???!!! It is Possible.

I had to take a week.

I needed to clean and clip stuff (like hedge and tree kind of stuff) 

and look at my garden, or lack of garden, 

do errands

 that I have not done

for hmm... 

like a month or two?

The really good news, the news that brings me joy....

deep down to my toes joy,

is that I miss clay.

I miss being in my studio.

I am excited about getting back 

into the studio.

I am excited about possibility.

Possibility is what we all dream about,

what we live for

what makes us jump out of bed in the morning.

I am so into possibility.

Thank you

possibility.

fresh from the oven.... Mmmmm

I understand that I am in the beginning of a love affair and that all this energy and

excitement cannot maintain this height for long,

but...

while I am in this renewed sense of creativity,

I am taking it by its harness and flying.

I also signed up for a marathon. Well,

not really.

But I did apply to a craft show in Asheville. A pretty popular local venue for

artist.

I was excited but not too hopeful... because rejection is one of those consistent

realms in the art world that can bring you down, way down, 

like that nasty scale in the morning... telling you lies about your worth.

So, I was pleasantly, with a dash of giddy, surprised to find that I got in.

It is the Big Crafty. July 8th. Downtown Asheville.

So it is my clay marathon. I am training, and practicing and experimenting with what

will work, what I love, and what other people comment on with excitement.

Here are some of the pots fresh from the oven:

Earthenware love...

So I have fallen for Earthenware.

I kind of knew I would.

I love Ron Meyers work a lot... 

He is an earthenware king and inspires me with his free flowing forms and

his incredible painted surfaces.

So I am off and running... working, creating a body of work that:

~I feel proud of

~that brings joy to others

~and that I will continue to grow with as it changes

I finally feel that it is, finally, and at the right time,  

All coming together

Here are the most recent works fresh out of the Kiln:

set of 4 mugs.. medium size

Set of four mugs, painted on two sides...

front and back sides painted... one side

the other side ;o)

one side

the other side

one side

the other side

the this is the front and the photo below is the reverse...

series of 8 bug mugs each with a green and red bug on them...

front

back

front

back

front

back

front

back

small altered mugs.. set of 6

mama and baby series

simple series

more bird plates

smaller slab built plates..

max's monster series plates....

the smallest of the plates....