Every summer I take time away from the potters wheel, and last Saturday was my first day back. Oh, the beautiful little freshly-wedged balls of potential… I confess, this is the stage where I find my pottery most beautiful. You guessed it – some of…
A few months ago the Yarn Harlot featured my yarn bowls as being great Christmas gifts for knitters – which was very lovely of her. Unfortunately it resulted in me being inundated with requests I couldn’t fill – because I don’t ship pottery. There are…
I’ve been too busy to blog, and that’s saying something. I also had a major resin disaster that took out my entire store of carefully preserved gerber daisies and silver plated bezels. We won’t talk about that anymore – on to things that actual worked…
I’ve got this sink, you can see it in this shot from before I actually owned my condo – it’s a big round porcelain bowl and I thought ‘a thrown piece would be awesome there’. Ambitious, and totally unfeasible in the first round, but worth…
Remember this guy? Someone ordered a yarn bell from me, oh, last summer ish. I literally just got it out of the kiln. Murphy ruled this yarn bell; every iteration of it either broke, was damaged in the kiln or had it’s handles fall off.…
The other day I spoke with my first pottery instructor, John Jarvis, for the first time in years. John taught me from 2003 until 2008 ish. It was in the basement of his home with a few other folks on Saturday mornings. It left me…
Here are a few photos of my works in progress over at the studio – life has been such a bubble of busyness that making studio time has been next to impossible! I had to get in there though – I promised the Purple Purl…
Today I wanted to talk a little about product photography and how I get even lighting on my shots. For an example I’ll use a piece of pottery. Here is a photo of one of my pitchers. Pottery is very hard to shoot because it’s…
I finally finished my latest wooly muggeth designs – a revolutionary new way to consume hot, yummy drinks! These hand thrown cups were designed with a groove around the middle, to make a secure spot for my knitted mug sweaters. Using matching thread I sew…
Fresh out of the kiln – 3 new yarn wranglers, including a new design; a double sided bowl for colourwork. I have tried knitting fair isle with this one and yes, it does work. Makes handling the different strands much easier. I love the saturation…
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