Inspired by Lopez

I never thought about making jewelry until my friend Sara Lopez suggested making pendants.

"Dude, you could make that."

Huh. Ok, I'll try.

This first one is a tile hung from brown leather cording:

A variation. Long skinny tile hung from a silver collar:

Blue-green loop pendant hung from a silver collar:

Close up so you can see the glaze a little better:

Blue-green square (cube) bead drops:

I have more colors, this is just what I quickly assembled this morning.

WIPs

Finished up a few things today... trimmed a large bowl (it's 16'' in diameter at the moment) and then trimmed and finished the hand work on 2 more piggy banks.

Of course the pigs have crazy tails and butt cracks. Heh.

Huh. The bowl isn't nearly as impressive in that pic as it is in person. Partly it's the perspective - the pigs are slightly in front, and partly it's because the pigs are just large.

This Little Piggie...

Started working on stuff for the Swan Creek Potters Spring Sale today....

Still have some finishing work to do, and they still have to survive bisq & glaze fire, but I'm pleased with them so far.

And one more thing

The annual Swan Creek Potters Spring Sale is the first Saturday in May. May 1st, I believe. Same place as usual, in Whitehouse, OH. Hope to see you there!

Is it Spring yet?

I'm ready. And waiting.

Been a quiet couple months here. After the mass production before Christmas, I took a few weeks off. And then because those 2 gift pots were screwed up (see previous post), I had to re-make those and enough other stuff (mostly yarn bowls) to fill the kiln so I could get the gifts to people. That's finally done.

Anyway, one thing that I learned (well, re-learned) is that I am not a production potter. That just takes the fun out of it for me. So I'm just going to make what I want when I want to make it. :o) If that means a ton of stuff at once because I'm in a groove, great. I just don't want to HAVE do to that.

That said, I just realized I have 2 months to get ready for a sale. Good thing I'm not working now. ;oP

Today I started some new piggy banks, to replace the ones from last week that fell victim to my distractedness. Tomorrow I'll probably throw more yarn bowls. Oh, and I have some ideas for some Springie thingies. But I'm not telling what that is yet.

Stay tuned.

Last kiln before Christmas!

I'm torn with this kiln. Most things turned out, but a couple things - Christmas gifts no less - did not. Grrr.

The good:

Single yarn bowl

Pie Dish

Another Pie Dish

A Mixing Bowl

A Quad Yarn Bowl filled

A tray

The Bad:

These were Christmas gifts for people to give to people. Were being the operative word. I'm ANNOYED with these.

A Chip-n-Dip. Nice, right?....

until you see the back side of the bowl. Grrr.

And a mixing/serving bowl. Pretty shape, beautiful glaze inside.....

But then you look at the outside........

This will teach me to glaze when I'm tired.

What's next

The sale this weekend was our best yet!! Thanks to everyone who came out.

Next I'm getting pots ready to take to the Angelwood Gallery in Grand Rapids, OH Wednesday. And making a bunch of pots for Christmas. Weeeeee!

SALE THIS WEEKEND!!!

Been having stupid kiln issues as of late... Need to replace a couple parts, but am able to limp along to get through the next 2 weeks.

This weekend is another sale with the Swan Creek Potters. Check out the web site for details.

I'll have a new color combination there... Green and Almond. I'm really excited about how they look together, especially where they overlap. A very happy accident indeed.

Here is a sneak peek:

Pie dish

Yarn Bowl

The glaze up close

Better late than never

I've been getting ready for the 5th Annual Swan Creek Potters Summer Lawn Sale. Here're some pieces I'll have in the booth:

Medium Mixing Bowl

Inside

Yarn Bowls

More Yarn Bowls

Beverage Pot

Wave Platter

Large Mixing Bowl

Inside

Platter/Tray

Another Platter/Tray

And Another Platter/Tray

Napkin Rings

Pie dish

Ready, Set, GO!

I am a terrible blogger. 

Terrible.

A couple weeks after the Swan Creek Potters sale November last year I cut the tip of my index finger rather seriously. Couldn't put any pressure on it for a log time, which kind of poses a problem when throwing pots. I can throw now, but still have a dead spot on the tip of my finger, which is weird.

As my finger healed, I started training for the Glass City Marathon, and it was all I could do to keep up with work and all the miles I was running.

Anyway. The marathon was a little over a week ago, and I'm ready to get back to making more pots. 

Finally.