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Category: Pottery
More Test pots
After almost 3 years of working in porcelain, I’m exploring a new clay/glaze combination. It’s a dark red stoneware made here in Kentucky. I’m able to combine my love of clay, carving AND PAINTING for this new surface design.
Bear making pottery cup 
bunny with flowers cup 
peace goats with berries cup 
cardinal cup 
yellow cat cup 
yellow cat cup US Route 62 cup November work in progress
threw some cups on the wheel, and added their handles 
some work in progress: red stoneware. I’m painting the exterior with white slip. will carve line designs that allow the red clay to show through. 
I was able to carve 4 of the 5 cups with bunny horse and bird designs. Now the cups will dry and go into the kiln for a bisque firing. After that 
I bisque fired 3 cups then painted colors with thinned underglaze…layering them like i would watercolors.
Then dipped the cups in a clear glaze–now firing them to cone 6.
Should have test final results tomorrow. The colors should be a LOT more vivid. This is a new technique for me, so I’m looking forward to learning how these materials behave.stay tuned to see how they look after glaze firing!
us 62 cups – work in progress
Me painting slip on the cups I made yesterday. They’ll be ready to decorate tomorrow. 
some work in progress big 20 oz cups. They have handles slip and line work. Now they dry out and go into the killn. After that is the fun part: color! 
I’m working on an art project about US 62, one of the first highways in the USA: Niagara Falls, NY to El Paso, TX.
I made some decals for cups, and plan to give the finished cups to different people that I meet along the route during my travels.
The cups still need to be fired, I’ll also grunge the surface: to make the cup look old and rusty. Stay tuned!Test results are in!!!
I’ve been trying something new with clay, and going through some trial and error to get the clay/glaze combination to work right.
I finally have the chemistry working! Here are my latest test results:
Bird Cup 20oz 
rabbit cup 21oz 
horse cup 24oz they are all food/microwave safe. As always, they are not available online, you will have to visit my studio in person to add one to your collection!
100 cup challenge – live video playback
yesterday, for the 100 cup challenge, i threw a few cups on facebook live. Here’s a shortened and sped up replay of a few of the cups.
Today they get handles!!! Stay tuned!
pottery intensive week
So far, i’m having a wonderful pottery intensive week. I’ve been able to stay in the ZONE for 3+ days, and hope to keep that momentmum going. My craftsmanship has really leveled up after the last two workshops at Arrowmont. These cups are JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBURG!!! I have beautifully decorated plates and bowls on the drying rack too.
And you will never guess what im going to start next week…but you KNOW it will involve pottery! I’m so excited and grateful!
8 July 2022 Kiln Opening
Earlier today, I opened the kiln and welcomed some new porcelain pots to the world!
They are all food/microwave safe, and made to be used.
Swipe/use arrows below to see all the pots in a slideshow
Goat plate 
blue bird bowl double carved 
spice jar 3 
spice jar 2 
spice jar 1 
cardinal bowl 
pig bowl 
green leaf bowl 
green bird bowl 
horse bowl 
black bunny cup 
bear with tree cup 
bears with heart cup 
Bear In Blooms Cup 1 
bear In Blooms Cup 2 
horse cup 
bunny with heart cup 2 
bunny with heart cup 1 
goat cup – sold 
bird cup
Unfortunately, I ONLY sell pottery in person. You can come see me every Final Friday at the Pendleton Art Center in Cincinnati. OR by appointment at my home or studio in Old Washington, KY.
PRICES FOR YOUR REFERENCE
cups and simple bowls: $45
Spice Jars: $60
Bowl Carved inside/out and Goat plate: $100I could have a worse problem
I told myself that once I got back from Arrowmont, i’d take a break from pottery and do more painting.
“hows that going?”
This isn’t everything–just one corner of my studio. There are more pottery works in progress. I think i have a pot problem, lol!
Print on Clay with Tom + Dave – Arrowmont Workshop
I’m super grateful to be back at Arrowmont School of Arts and Craftsl for a printmaking (on clay) workshop with Thomas Lucas and David Todd Trost .
look who was on the campus to greet us!!!! He/she/they will be the inspiration for my print on clay project! At the Arrowmont School of arts and Crafts in Tennessee-learning to make screens in the darkroom, then screen printing with ceramic glazes with master printer Thomas Lucas at a mind blowing print on clay workshop at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts . this is just one of many techniques we are learning.
This workshop is a double feature, with TWO instructors. In addition to learning from a master printer, we also have David Todd Trost. Not only is he like a walking talking encyclopedia in all things clay (and professional wrestling), but he’s also an amazing teacher-he explains and demonstrates what he knows in a way that’s just as entertaining as it is educational. I learned so much, and am super grateful to have had this opportunity to learn from them.
my table towards the end of the workshop 
my super talented and nice class at Arrowmont i’m back in the studio, testing on porcelain with some of the prints we made at master printer Thomas Lucas workshop…I’ve read all the books on printing on clay, and he has some refinements (that work better) to those techniques–and some new techniques I never even thought were possible. In all things ceramic testing is critical. one change in material (porcelain) can make a difference between success and failure.
Fortunately, in class, we had the opportunity to troubleshoot, and tom helped me understand what each component of the inks are doing, so I can refine and adjust to make sure I get the best results possible with my particular clay/glaze/temperature combination. Thanks to Tom and Dave everyone at Arrowmont and those who made this experience possible. I feel renewed and am filled with inspiration. stay tuned!
Surface design with Adero Willard – Arrowmont Workshop
A lot of you know I’m a self taught potter-never had formal instruction. Thanks to a good friend/patron, I’m taking a pottery workshop by Adero Willard at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Tennessee…my first pottery class!!!
Already, the workshop has been a transformative experience for me -and the way I think about ceramic surface design. It’s been intense, working in the studio from morning until we are kicked out of at midnight.
I have to process the firehose of information she is sharing with us before I share any pictures of the pots we are making, but look who came to join us for lunch today!!!
I’ve never seen a bear in the ‘wild’ before. It was a magical experience! This place is an artist dream come true!
I decided the bears were my muse, and I used it as a model for some of my pots during Adero Willard ‘s workshop. These are early pots from the workshop:
An early pot from the workshop:
At this point in the workshop, i was learning about layers, wax resist and slip trails using Amaco Brent underglazes. I was really curious about firing the underglaze and redware pottery at that temperature (cone 2)…it comes out very lovely!More pots from the workshop:
The main lesson (of MANY) that I took from the workshop was to be curious (what if?) and to experiment (try it!) while in the studio. While remembering to keep records and notes, so that we could duplicate the successful combinations, and avoid the not so nice ones.
If you are familiar with my work, you know this kind of mark making is WAY out of my comfort zone. It wasn’t easy to loosen up and just work with pattern and colors, but it sure was FUN, once I got into it! Don’t worry, i’ll still make cute little bears,goats and bunnys, but there’s a good chance there may be some new pattern and colors in future work.
a big thank you to everyone who made this wonderful experience possible!
