what's happening now?
February 10
Refining New Style

What
does my bathroom have to do with you?? Mostly, I use the
post-holiday season to experiment with and refine new ideas
for this year's products. The free-form lace-bowls, for
example, are a result of my sink. The delicate glow-patterns on
some of the tiles will show up on votive hand-built forms and thrown
bowls. The glass tiles will become some larger necklace pendants.
The palette will continue to be creams mixed with water and sky
blues with that feely textural contrast of naked clay and sparkly,
shiny glaze.
After
an end-of-year inventory review, we have also decided to add small
vases to our best-sellers. Have no fear: Votive bowls
with holes continue to top that list.

Bathroom
tiles at night. My goal was to avoid tackiness and have these
look beautiful in day and night light, and the lace patterns did that.
Sometimes things just work the way you hope...
January 10
Registration, Renovation and Things that Glow!
UConn Community School registration for Wheel 1
is happening now. Classes start Tuesday Jan 19 and run for twelve
weeks. I have a great first class project that will be new (and
fun and informative and easy!) for both returning students
and new people.
At the studio, this
winter clay cycle will be very interesting. We are at
last going to do our clay studio renovation. This however
will leave me without a workspace. But...
this fall I've been experimenting with a very special glaze that
will lend itself well to some hand-built vessels. I don't need a
full studio for hand-building. See the connection? :)
What is this new glaze, you ask? Oh... you're going to like
it. It glows in the dark. AND will work well with our
current palette and style... More to come!

I totally wanted to steal those espresso cups
09 Blog
08 Blog
07 Blog
....