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Outside the Box and/or On the Floor

This Saturday: See some art at People’s Art Gallery.  Tons of great 8×8 3-D works by  for your viewing pleasure (including mine, but of course).

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Outside the Box and/or On the Floor

This Saturday: See some art at People’s Art Gallery.  Tons of great 8×8 3-D works by  for your viewing pleasure (including mine, but of course).

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This Weekend: Ceramic Showcase (plus hamster metaphors)

Yep, it’s Ceramics Showcase season again. For the second year I’ll have work in the main & sculpture galleries, the lobby display, and the Betty Feves tribute display. The bigger news as far as I’m concerned is that Choreo is

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This Weekend: Ceramic Showcase (plus hamster metaphors)

Yep, it’s Ceramics Showcase season again. For the second year I’ll have work in the main & sculpture galleries, the lobby display, and the Betty Feves tribute display. The bigger news as far as I’m concerned is that Choreo is

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Enlightened

How nice, how shocking, to get a little sun. Onto the last stage of Choreo now, and I feel, after spending some time lounging around the floor with five of the pages, sharing pillow talk, that I understand the project

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Enlightened

How nice, how shocking, to get a little sun. Onto the last stage of Choreo now, and I feel, after spending some time lounging around the floor with five of the pages, sharing pillow talk, that I understand the project

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Followers on the Loose

I’ve been making progress with the Little Followers project.  Let’s not talk about Choreo. (glazed, but not yet high fired) My plan is to have 33 of these grouped on a tray, classified to some degree by the glaze colors

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Followers on the Loose

I’ve been making progress with the Little Followers project.  Let’s not talk about Choreo. (glazed, but not yet high fired) My plan is to have 33 of these grouped on a tray, classified to some degree by the glaze colors

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Who Can Resist?

Last weekend at Clay Circle, which is the proper name for Sara’s studio, we experimented with resist techniques.  That’s right: on ponies! And other slabs, too. We tried wax, shellac, and latex.  Here is Sara showing us the business. I

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Who Can Resist?

Last weekend at Clay Circle, which is the proper name for Sara’s studio, we experimented with resist techniques.  That’s right: on ponies! And other slabs, too. We tried wax, shellac, and latex.  Here is Sara showing us the business. I

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Studio-A-Go-Go

When I took the job teaching in Silverton, Sylvia and I found a little house to rent there for the weekdays. This made sense for lots of reasons.   One major shift was that I pretty much closed up shop

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Studio-A-Go-Go

When I took the job teaching in Silverton, Sylvia and I found a little house to rent there for the weekdays. This made sense for lots of reasons.   One major shift was that I pretty much closed up shop

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Dark Water at the Foot of the Mountain

A new year, and an internet makeover.  Welcome to both! The week after Christmas, Joaquin and I went — with family — back to Yachats, home of the best rocks on the Oregon coast. It was stormy again and we

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Dark Water at the Foot of the Mountain

A new year, and an internet makeover.  Welcome to both! The week after Christmas, Joaquin and I went — with family — back to Yachats, home of the best rocks on the Oregon coast. It was stormy again and we

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More/Little

Tomorrow I’ll be bringing a few new little pieces to Guardino, including these cuties. There’s nothing to gauge scale, so let me clarify, these are really little.  Maybe 3″ x 3″. I have two ideas for large projects that I’m

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More/Little

Tomorrow I’ll be bringing a few new little pieces to Guardino, including these cuties. There’s nothing to gauge scale, so let me clarify, these are really little.  Maybe 3″ x 3″. I have two ideas for large projects that I’m

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A Delight

I’m so pleased to share that my article on brilliant sculptor Sara Swink is now available online and in print, in the latest issue of American Craft Magazine.  

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A Delight

I’m so pleased to share that my article on brilliant sculptor Sara Swink is now available online and in print, in the latest issue of American Craft Magazine.  

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New Work for Little Things

I’ll be showing some new work back at Guardino for their Little Things Show — opens the day after Thanksgiving. Hope to see you there — there are many great local artists who will be a part of the show!

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New Work for Little Things

I’ll be showing some new work back at Guardino for their Little Things Show — opens the day after Thanksgiving. Hope to see you there — there are many great local artists who will be a part of the show!