it started with this post on social media: I can’t make any guarantees, but we can all agree, whoever owns this handmade porcelain cup will most likely have the winning horse at tomorrows Derby. If nothing else, they will have a beautiful handmade and functional work of art.
Followed by Kristina Cox being the big winner and owns the lucky horse cup! Thank you so much for your support, and best luck with tomorrow’s derby!!!
I ‘might’ have been bluffing, but it turns out, the Kentucky Derby cup had magic powers all along!!
Hope you all are enjoying a new year with new creative possibilities!
I just opened my kiln to reveal some of my first porcelain cups of 2024. Many of the designs from this group are inspired by my new color (green) along with a heartfelt wish for us all to have good luck in 2024.
Lucky 2024 GOAT cup
Bear With Heart Cup
Lucky Horse Cup
Lucky Rabbit Cup
Grow Through What You Go Through cup
Olive Horse Farm Cup
Olvie Rabbit cup
Deer and House cup
Cow and Chickens cup
These cups are all thrown on a wheel with hand carved designs and food/microwave safe porcelain, priced at $50 each. Unfortunately these unique pieces are available by in-person sales only.
If you are interested in seeing these (and more) in person, they will be on display from 5-9 on January 27 at the Pendleton Art Center in studio 400. If you are in the Maysville, ky area, you are welcome to get a sneak peek at my studio in Old Washington. Reach out to me to make an appointment.
One of my 2024 goals is to spend more time on my own personal website (and less on social media). If you’d like to help, you can click the button below and leave a comment. I promise to reply! Here’s to a great 2024!!! Thanks again Ken
I opened my kiln yesterday, and made this super short animated video to celebrating the event!
Click above to watch
Since Dec 15th, I’ve been logged out of social media. I miss my friends, but the break has been really good for me. If you want to say hi, please don’t be shy about using the comment button below, I’m starving to hear from you all and promise to reply!
After working in stoneware for almost a year, I decided to switch back to PORCELAIN. It’s a luxurious and translucent clay, and the black and white carving technique displays really nice with my printmaking.
Here is my first mini-batch of porcelain cups Swipe or use arrows to see them all
chickens Having Coffee
opossums Having Coffee
border Collie And Sheep Having Coffee
opossum With Acorns 2
cat With Bird
top Dog Award 2023
pig In Cornfield
collie And Sheepdog
opossum With Acrons 1
I don’t sell pottery online, but you can see these (and more!) Friday the 27 at the Pendleton Art Center Hope to see you there!
I just took a few new pottery pots out of the kiln. You have to come and see them in person, but here’s a sneak peek with some photos. I’m especially excited about the plate. It’s been a while since I’ve made one!
use arrows or scroll to see all the new pottery!
opossum Plate
3 bears Having Tea
Dj Kitty Cat Dancy dancy doggie-o
fox and chickens
Over The Rainbow
best Turnip Ever
sheep
dog Running With Sheep
opossum 2
opossum 1
hope to see you tomorrow! I’ll be at studio #400 on the 4th floor from 5-9pm.
9 new cups came out of my mini kiln today, I’m super excited to show them off!
Swipe or use the arrows to see all the cups in the slideshow.
chicken square cup
rainbow Bear Cup
yellow Photo Cat With Tree Bird
Flying Pigs With Apples
Rainbow Goat Cup
yellow Photo Cat Rainbow 2Doves
we Love Cups Cats
yellow Heart Rainbow Cat
it can be hard to get the idea of what a 3d object is like from photos (even when i take 4 photos at different angles) so here’s a short video with a 360 view of each cup
This coming weekend (16 and 17 of September 2023) is going to be a great time to visit Old Washington (Maysville, KY) We are having the Simon Kenton Festival, and as part of the festivities, I’M GOING TO HAVE MY NEW STUDIO IN WASHINGTON HALL open to the public.
I haven’t announced the new studio until now because it’s just a work space, but this weekend, I’m going to give a FREE hands on printmaking activity, and will also have some of my pots on display. You might know that I don’t sell pottery online because i want you to come see it in person and hold it in your hands before you decide to buy one or not ($50 each).
Hope you all are enjoying this Labor Day! My big labor day festivity was opening my mini kiln and bringing 9 new cups into the world
Hope you like opossums, because 6 of the 9 cups feature north America’s only marsupial
swipe or use the arrows to see the whole gallery
Fox Cup
deep green Opossum Cup
nose touching opossums cup
bird dog cup
mama opossum cup
opossum with acorn cup
rainbow goat cup
opossum with bird cup
opossum cup 1
i don’t sell cups online, but these (and more!) will be on display + sale at my studio in Washington Hall during the Simon Kenton Festival in Old Washington 16 and 17 of September. Hope to see you there!!!
I just opened the kiln and have 9 cute little cups to share TOMORROW at the Pendleton Art Center in Cincinnati. Cups are all wheel thrown and hand carved/painted. In person sales only-you must hold it in your hand before you can decide-no dibs-first come, first served 5-9pm.
It’s been an action packed August so far. After 2 weeks making pots at Arrowmont (instead of painting) – i decided to re install a couple shelves at my studio at the Pendleton Art Center. If you have been looking for some pottery, I’ll have some new ones on the 25th at Final Friday.
If you’d like a better look at my mini test firing of the cups I made at Mark Errol’s workshop-using his technique. swipe or click the arrows in the slideshow below
rainbow and rainclouds
bear with banjo
river and rainclouds
dripping rainbow
blue sky rainbow and birds
rainclouds and trees
clouds and circles
goat cup – a glaze test
Thanks again Mark for all the new surface design techniques! Was happy to see that your clear looks great on the red clay body I’m currently using.
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Ken is a self-taught artist from rural Kentucky, whose work includes painting, printmaking, and pottery. He considers himself to be a 'lifetime learner' and uses art to explore and learn more about the world around him. Much of his work reflect his optimistic views on rural folk culture, river life and simple pleasures.
You can visit Ken every Final Friday of the month at studio 400 at the Pendleton Art Center in downtown Cincinnati or by appointment.
