Fine Mess Pottery

It's raspberry season once again, and my unmowable slope is earning its keep. For a week or so in July, I get a full colander every da...

Today is my favorite day! Not Independence Day - it is, and I like that too - but Unloading Day! As usual I am excited and a tiny bit worrie...

Embrace the Wonk!  This is something I tell students all the time: round is overrated. Some of the most beautiful pots in the wor...

It's sort of a running joke in my family - my Dad and his tomato plants. There are reels and reels of home movie footage of beautif...

I loooove sliptrailing. Usually my sliptriailng is just dots or other patterns, but occasionally I get inspired to do some representation...

...firing a raku on the hottest night of the year. At least I hope it will turn out that was the hottest night! I kind of feel cheated: May...

Received this ^^ in my inbox today!  I've started my linesheet already. As of this second it's only got one item on it but check ...

Remember my love/hate relationship with Etsy? I love to shop there - mostly for supplies* - and hatehatehate to sell there. Or rather I...

Fresh compost & happy tomatoes! Got the new raised bed in, and filled both the new and old beds with compost. Can I confess someth...

Many years ago, when I lived in the Twin Cities (the Minnesota ones, not the Maine Twin Cities ), I was driving on Lake Street on a Sunday...

I've posted four new items in the online shop - plates! Check 'em out here , here , here , and here . I've been having some f...

The rough stone wall behind and the directional lighting give this stack of bowls more drama than one might expect, from cereal bowls. Alm...