Fun new form!

I have been working with this new form over the last couple of weeks. It is just a wide, shallow bowl with a cut rim that is folded toward the center to create the spiral. It is certainly a very fussy form in that the transition between the bowl and reattached rim is hard to keep smooth. The bottom is irregular once the rim has been altered and thus takes a lit longer to trim off all the support clay. Every bowl comes out differently and a complete surprise to me.....so I think I will make more.....






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Little friend in our tree

I found this little friend in our "marriage ficus" today. The tree is so named as we have had the tree as a small cutting from the time we first met in college and it has been nursed through several moves and poor watering seasons. It is now enormous and has made its own little cutting trees since we have had it through five years of dating and 12 years of marriage.



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This week's play....

Here are a couple of pieces I have started this week.....





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Pretty Pots

I made this a couple of weeks ago for my beautiful cousin's upcoming wedding. She "registered" for some of my pottery and I have been working to make pieces worthy of being gifts for such a wonderful occasion!


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Kiln Casualties

I lost a large platter in the last kiln firing (or re-firing since my propane tank ran dry just short of glaze maturity)......it cracked right along the line between the kiln shelves. Thermal shock can be a real issue!


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Go Go Gadget Car

This is my little Mazda 5 all loaded up for the Eagan Art Festival. Who needs a van or trailer? I have my Go Go Gadget car!


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Eagan Art Festival 2013

I will be selling pottery at the Eagan Art Festival this weekend: Saturday, June 29, 9-5pm and Sunday, June 30, 10-5pm at the Eagan Community Center. Check out the festival website:www.eaganartfestival.org








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