February 3, 2012

A new post...got tagged by Cindy Bracker Sturm on her Facebook page...a photo from 2010 Orton International Cone Box Show http://www.coneboxshow.com/2010-award-winners/
Thanks Cindy!

no pots again, again...today

Sorry clay fans,
I just don't feel like photographing or writing about pots at the moment...small crisis(es) happening around me and I'm not coping well.
I gotta be happy to make pots, so I guess it goes to say, I gotta be happy to write about 'em.

TLC gone.

no pots again, today

Just got back from a wonderful trip to Taos, NM. Terry and I camped, but were busy in town or in the mountains or wild environs every day.

• hiking to Williams Lake (alt. sickness....ugh!)


• Ojo Caliente (all I can say is WOW!...but, ash in the water from the fires


• Rift Trail overlooking the Rio Grande


• Taos Box raft trip (Far Flung River Rafting with Ricus)...again, all I can say is WOW!


• bought some pots...bought some earrings in SAnta Fe


• ate a lot of Green Chilis...even GC beer at Eske's...great beer and pizza at Marble Micro Brewery in SF, too


• visited the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum as well...really great! Santa Fe Clay as well


• Terry had wonderful Marg's at Taos Inn...a great place to people watch...lemon curd cheesecake, too!
  

Off sometime in the future to the WHW.

no pot today

I will be away from the computer for several days, besides I haven't taken an pictures of my pottery collection for a while...I ran outta piccys.

I *did*, with the help of several KCCG members and their loved ones, take down the 2011 Teabowl National. What a job!

We are looking for a new venue, so If you read this and know of a cheap or free gallery WITH pedestals...lemme know.

pot #53...beeen away soooooo long...

This is just one of a set...
This is my olive oil server. I keep it on the stove on my Bill Alexander plate and my pepper grinder and salt shaker.
I traded for this set at the Smoky Hill River Festival in 2009. The mark on the bottom is 'P Frehm'. Can't find his name on the list of 2009 participants...cuz' there isn't one on the site anymore.
This piece is thrown, stamped, salt glazed and lovely.

pot #52

Potter's Lunch at the Nerman Museum, JuCo with Carolyn, Nancy and Christy. Yummy.
But...onto the pottery. This is a small bowl by Anne Mulvihill of Kansas City and the Barbershop Gallery (www.barbershopgallery.org)
She also teaches at KC Clay Guild one evening a week.
This piece is eiether made of porcelain (it's really white on the bottom), carved and glazed...or maybe the other way around??? It is 2.25 x 5.25 x 5.25". Anne has signed it on the bottom with her last name.
I love this piece and I love Anne's work. She is one of my local pottery heroes. I will be reviewing another piece of hers in the upcoming weeks.

pot #51

What shall it be?
Another small piece. The last few pieces on the blog ahve come from the top shelf of my dish dresser in the kitchen. I bought this at the Prairie Village Art Fair (I think)...in the 90's. I have forgotten what I paid for it...it couldn't be much as I had just bought my house. Pottery is my vice and even though money was tight, I bought a tea cup and saucer.

The potter's mark is scratched in...2 short lines intersected by a long line...like an elongated "H".
The entire set is 2.5 x 4 x 3.75". It is made of porcelain and has applied stained everywhere. What you see is what you get.