Thursday, January 30, 2014

Tea pots

Tea pots are always fun to make. There is a clear function with specific demands like pouring smoothly, no drips, balance as well as lots of room  for interpretation. Here are some of the recent offerings.



Table cloths

A couple of years ago, I painted some canvas for gifts to family and friends. It was terrific fun, but I figured that was that. Awhile later, I started getting requests, and then some orders and now, I keep them in stock. Here  are a couple of the new ones.

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Shrine to my parents

When my parents died and we had dispersed the ashes I still had a feeling for the need of a marker of some sort. After considerable ruminating, I remembered a book I had given to my parents on an artist whose work moved me, Andy Goldsworthy. His work is sculptural and very close to nature. This shrine is behind my kiln shed in a quiet part of our yard.