Recent booth shots

So as you may or may not know, I belong to Midwest Clay Artists, a regional group of clay artists within a 100 mile radius of Joplin, MO.  We have sales twice a year at a local strip mall.  These sales are held prior to Mother's Day and Thanksgiving.

I believe that this sale had 15 different artists participating.  The weather was glorious and  as always we have a great time just catching up. 

These are two shots of my set up with me at the cash register above.  Have I ever mentioned that I by career choice am an accountant?  All my artist friends love that about me, so guess who usually handles the money?  Yep, you figured that out.

Here is a good pic of the little trays that I've been doing.  Some are sushi sets and some are just little trays with or without "compartments". They are textured which is just a blast. Sometimes, I find it hard to stop making them and as long as they sell, I will just keep on keeping on.

This is a pic of my booth at Joplin's Taste of Home event.  Please, note the colorful cutting boards and coasters in the display.  I have those made from my original watercolor paintings.  They are a fun distraction and add a lot of color to the booth.

I hope this helps the viewer get more of a feel for what my work looks like as a whole versus just a single picture at a time.

Work in May 2015

Just a very small sampling of the latest firings.  I'll add more pics of the other work at a later date.  I know this doesn't show it, but I really went crazy when it came to making cups, serving trays and those ice cream bowls which are shown above.  The glazing is similar...love the combination of the blue ash and the dark yummy chocolate temuko.  They meld together nicely..then add a dash of ash just to make it more interesting.  I truly love glazing!!!

oops, this is the real one

I forgot which pot was the one in progress.  This is the correct pot.  There are lotus and koi carved into the body of it which are quite muted by the glaze.  I love the way the glaze flowed down the pot.

And the finished products!

Here they are....I hope you like them!!

work in progress

here are just a couple of my latest pots in the works.  Please, note my little studio helper in the background!

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art!!

I do have some big news. Looks like the Nelson-Atkins Museum Gift Shop will be selling some of my pottery during the Folk Art Exhibition that will run from the end of March through July of this year and possibly beyond that. They have actually picked out about 10 pieces to begin with and will BUY more as things sell. That is a really great thing about this whole process...they are out and out buying my work which is a lovely change from working on the commission basis where the artist just waits and hopes pieces will sell and then get paid.


The work has been delivered and the curator actually accepted some additional pieces!  


Here are a few pics of work that will be available the middle of March.  

Another distraction...

When I'm not making pots or exercising, I seem to be doing these...

and there are many more.