Swan Creek Potters Summer Sale

It's time for our annual Summer Sale!

Saturday, July 28th
9am-4pm
5737 Weckerly Rd, Whitehouse

I'll have soup/cracker mugs, planters, salad bowls, yarn bowls, earrings, fun seasonal salt & pepper shakers and more. Stop by!

Focus on Fiber Arts Festival

This Saturday (6/23) I'm going to be at the Focus on Fiber Arts Festival at Sauder Village in Archbold. The festival funs from 10am-5pm. Come out and see me! I'll of course have yarn bowls in my traditional glaze style, plus some new stuff:

Shear Joy Sheep Mugs ($16 each) have a sheep on the front...

(The white mug is made from red clay and white glaze, the blue & green mugs are made from white clay with the colored glazes.)

And say Shear Joy on the back (same mugs as above, just flipped around)

Detail

Grazing sheep yarn bowls ($30 each)

Shear Joy draw string back packs. These are sewn from natural colored, pre-washed cotton twill, hand stenciled (with stencils I cut myself), and then sewn together. The eyelets at the bottom are reinforced for strength. They're the perfect size to carry a medium size project! I use one to carry knitting when I walk to/from the coffee shop to meet up with other knitters. $33 each (I made 3 so far.)

Fresh out!

Fresh out of the kiln - soup mugs with a cracker caddy. These were a Fathers Day gift commission, but I'll probably be making more. Especially for fall/winter. These would be great for chili with some saltines!

In Progress

For some reason this photo makes me want to yell 

PIIIIIIIIGS INNNNN SPAAAAAAAAAAACE!

 As you can see from the back side, these are planters. 

They're made from red clay, and have 4 holes in the body 

that drain out holes in the bottom of the legs.

Besides these pigs, I have a bunch of yarn bowls in the 

works for the Sauder Village Fiber Festival June 23rd.

Swan Creek Potters' Spring Sale

Our annual Spring Sale is this Saturday! We're likely to be inside because of the weather, but you should still come out! We've got all kinds of Spring-y & garden-y artwork to tempt you!

Saturday, May 5
9am - 4pm
5737 Weckerly Rd
Whitehouse, Ohio

Here are a few things I just pulled out of the kiln, and will have there this weekend:

Lady bug salt & pepper shakers
1 pair ($30)

Snail salt & pepper shakers

2 pairs ($30 each)

Bee salt & pepper shakers with wire wings
2 pairs ($35 each)

Garden worms - stake them into your flower beds for a bit of fun! @7" long x 3" tall
4 worms  ($11 each)

Printemps

I'm packing up pots to take to Angelwood Gallery for their 'Printemps' show. (I actually dropped some stuff off 2 weeks ago, but I think a good bit of it sold. So I'm taking in some more. Here's a sample below.) The show has a garden-y theme, so there are lots of fun, out doorsy pieces. Check it out!

Printemps Opening Reception:

7pm - 9pm

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Angelwood Gallery

24195 Front Street, Grand Rapids, Ohio

Footed Cut Out Platter

Footed Cut Out Platter

Round Cut Out Platter

Garden Worm Stake (and detail of planter)

Rectangle Planter with Cherry Blossoms

Lady Bug Stake

 Square Planter with Cherry Blossoms

Spring has sprung!

For as long as I can remember, my parents have put out a glass candy jar shaped like a bunny for the month around Easter. The head and body of the bunny are glass, but the features - ears, face, shirt, etc, are made from felt. It's kind of goofy, but I always thought it was fun, and is the inspiration for these 3 candy jars.

Milk chocolate bunny $65

detail

White chocolate bunny -SOLD

detail

Dark chocolate bunny $65

detail

And yes, they have tails...

And, I have some bunny salt & pepper shakers left (3 pairs) $30 each

Making Foolish Mugs - part 3

Today I'm stamping sides and attaching handles!

Almost there. They need to dry so I can bisq fire them, then glaze, then fire again.

Making Foolish Mugs - part 2

Today's video is throwing the mugs. Hopefully you can hear me over the wheel; the motor isn't covered up on the side the camera was on, so it's a little loud. And I'm not familiar enough with imovie to tone it down much.

Anyway, you can watch me whip one out!

Making Fool-ish mugs, part 1

Something a little different today. Sort of a quick overview of making the Fool's Run mugs.

Part 1 is some of the prep involved.

It's been a long time since I've came around

It's been a long time but I'm back in town...

After taking a couple weeks off for the holiday, it's time to get back to it. Here's a peek at some of my recent projects:

A few days before Christmas we got a new German shepherd puppy. Meet Oskar. (this is Oskar at 8 weeks. He's gained @5 lbs since this was taken. heh.)

It's been a long time since we've had a puppy, and wow, he is either all ON or all OFF. There is no in between. So I'm trying to take advantage of the 'off' times, but it's a challenge to get anything done.

Before bringing Oskar home, I installed new vinyl tile in the kitchen, and then we refinished 3 of 4 rooms on the first floor with wood floors. They look great, but I'm still trying to reclaim the house from the dusty mess that caused.

Kitchen (I haven't painted over the yellow yet. Another day.)

Dining room (before the coats of satin, but you get the idea.)

I also did 2 fun commissions for butter dishes. (Wish I'd taken the time to get formal pics of these, but was in a rush to get them shipped out before Christmas.)

Swiss cheese butter dish

HEY COW! 1lb butter dish

These are little skulls for my tween nephew Eliot's birthday. They each have a hole in the top/back of their head, and I included flame-less votives with them. I love these things and might have to make some larger ones for our house for Halloween.

AND, I made birch fireplace logs for my husband for Christmas. I poked holes in them, intending to poke mini christmas lights through the holes to look like embers. But once I saw them lit (which wasn't till after I gave them to Brian), I wasn't satisfied with how the holes work. And Brian wanted them to have little nubs, like where a branch was cut off, so they wouldn't lay so... flat. I've made a couple mods too, and have version 2.0 in the works. THey're going to be put on hold until I can get more white engobe though. I don't have enough to get 2 coats on each one, and my supplier is out. Might have to order some online.

Version 1

Version 2.0 in progress

Left & middle log each have 1 coat of white engobe for the birch bark, but need another. They all need the black detailing.