Fine Mess Pottery

 Spent most of yesterday photographing pots, processing photos, & writing descriptions for posts. Today I'm getting those links out ...

Tomorrow is unloading day, always my favorite day! The kiln is probably cool enough to unload now, but I don't want to rush it - I...

This was the demo I did for my Tuesday night class! A couple of notes about this: Clay matters! In addition to their contrasting colors...

It's fun to look through the pots after unloading and try to choose a favorite - what I call the "fattie." If I'm lucky, c...

Click here to purchase this vase! I while ago I did a step-by-step on a thrown and altered form that has been fascinating me for a ...

These are headed to the Center for Maine Craft, for a show in conjunction with Mug Season, a fundraiser for local arts programs put on by...

When I was an undergrad, I frequently used to run into this problem: when I really should be studying for my art history test, I really w...

Finally, I listed new pots on my websit e! I have been needing to repopulate that pages since December. I thouhgt I was going to be very ver...

  Pottery in the wild. 

I've been interested lately in a shape I've seen while searching for the Thursday Inspiration artists: Both Kristen Kieffer and La...

" Women " By Adrienne Rich My three sisters are sitting on rocks of black obsidian. For the first time, in this light, I can see w...

Though I still have orders to fire, all the ware for existing wholesale accounts has been thrown, so when I sat down at my wheel today, I co...

When I was a student, a single really good pot was enough to make me pleased with a firing. By that standard, this was a spectacular firing;...

Does anyone use bud vases anymore? It's just my luck that I love to make stuff like bud vases and tea bowls that nobody uses. Although I...

Vases & Butter Dishes. These are leatherhard, and will be finished in the May 2 glaze firing.