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These tend to be a favorite among the knitters, but who wouldn't love a Joyful Sheep mug? Made with red clay and glazed in a shiny speckly cream glaze. These are bigger than my regular mugs and hold over 16 oz each. You can probably click on the images to see them larger. I have 3 of these. $20 each.

Detail of the sheep. (There is a sheep on each side. Each one is slightly different because of being hand drawn, and how the glaze reacted.)

Swan Creek Potters Annual Spring Sale

Swan Creek Potters have a sale this weekend!!! (Click on the link for details)

Here is some of the stuff I'll have available...

Footed Curved Bowl - 14" x 7.5" - $25

Frog Planter - 7"w x 7"d x 8.75"H (to top of eyeballs of frog) - $75

Frog Detail

Red Clay & Almond Spice Leaf Bowl - 9.75"d x 6"h - $45

(Almond Spice glaze is cream with speckles)

Red Clay & Almond Spice Leaf Platter (Large) - 17.25"l x 7.25"w - $25

(Almond Spice glaze is cream with speckles)

Red Clay & White Leaf Platter (Large) - 17.25"l x 7.25"w - $25

Red Clay & White Leaf Platter (Small) - 13.25"l x 5.5"w - $20

Mugs - Royal Blue (qty: 2) - $16 each

Mugs - Forest Green (qty 3) - $16 each

Forest Green Platter (Large) 17.25"l x 7.25"w - $25

Not Very Hungry Catepillar Salt & Pepper Shakers - $30

Pig Salt & Pepper Shakers (Yes, they have butts and tails) - $30

Snowmen Salt & Pepper Shakers - $30

(Ok, yes, we're sick of winter. I made these a long time ago and only just now got them glazed.)

Royal Blue & White Salad/Mixing Bowl - 10.5"d x 6.25"h - $45

Forest Green & White Salad/Mixing Bowl - 10.75"d x 6"h - $45

Red Clay & Almond Spice Leaf Salad/Mixing Bowl - 9.75 x 6 - $45

Antiqued Red Clay Turtle Planter - 10"w x 8"d x 6.25"h - $90

Yes, he has a tail.

Profile

Red Clay & White Leaf Planter - 6.5"w x 6.5"d x 6.75"H - $55

Yarn Bowls - $30 each

1 bowl of each color (back row: Grape, Teal, Forest Green. Front: Colonial Blue, Maroon)

Yarn Bowls - $30 each

Red Clay & White Glaze (qty: 2)

Red Clay & Almond Spice Glaze (qty: 1)

Bits and pieces

Been quiet around here because I've mostly been working on commissions, and trying to give my back a bit of a break. But people have been asking what I have left, and sadly the answer is not a whole lot.

What I do have is fun stuff though!

I ship first class mail through the USPS. They have the best record for not drop kicking & breaking stuff.


Redwood turtle salt & pepper shakers - $35/pair (qty 1)

White bunny salt & pepper shakers - $30/pair (qty 2)

Bees with wire wings salt & pepper shakers - SOLD

Buckeye salt & pepper shakers - $30/pair (qty 6)

Wood fired turtle salt & pepper shakers - $35/pair (qty 1)

Wood fired turtle salt & pepper shakers - $30/pair (qty 3)

Wood fired pine cone salt & pepper shakers - $35/pair (qty 1)

Wood fired wooly mammoth salt & pepper shakers - $35/pair (qty 1)

Wood fired elephant salt & pepper shakers - $35/pair (qty 1)

Wood fired pumpkin salt & pepper shakers - $30/pair (qty 1)

Sheep bank. A rubber plug in his belly holds the change in. $65

Rectangle Snowflake tray - 16-1/4 x 10'' $40

Set of 2 blue soup (or whatever) bowls - 6-1/2'' diameter ($24)

Small Blue Brie Baker - $15

Small Cheese/butter dish - $22

I also have some plank and bead earrings left, but I haven't sorted through them yet. 

And of course I have piggy banks!

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)