Carving has been the hallmark of my work for some years now. What began as mere marks to identify my lumpy beginner bisque fired pieces on a community shelf morphed into an all-consuming passion. I carved pieces within an inch of their lives. Cramped fingers, sore shoulders and strained eyes was a little price […]
Category: Pottery
Ashes From the Fireplace…
The other day when I was sweeping up the ashes from my fireplace, I paused to look at the benign powdery stuff in my dust pan with wonder. For wasn’t it this ash (which I was in the process of sweeping away) that created those interesting, unreplicable surfaces on the wood fired pots that I so loved? […]
Carving Workshop 2017
I will be hosting a hands on carving workshop at my studio, in Round Rock, on April 22nd, 2017. The focus of this year’s workshop will be “SGRAFFITO” Sgraffito: A form of decoration made by scratching through a surface of slip to reveal a lower layer of a contrasting color. Details of the Workshop… Date: Saturday, […]
Allergies, A Good Story and Lots of Cuddles!
When we first moved to Austin, back in 2003, we were excited to learn that Austin was also known as the live music capital of the world but we didn’t read the fine print…Austin- the allergy capital of the world 🙁 . Most Austinites will know what I am talking about. Well, we did not […]