Fine Mess Pottery

The crowd actually smelled pretty good yesterday at the Portland Fine Craft Show. It was a hell of a long day - I had to get up around 4...

These pieces are all wearing the same glaze: the aptly named FAB Raku, a copper luster variation ( Thanks, Captain Obvious. ) It ca...

...to bring you a special bulletin: I, Lori Keenan Watts, potter, teacher, wife, sister, daughter and Mother of Cats, denounce Nazis, Nazi...

The August edition of the Messy minute is out! You can check out a half-assed version* of it at this link , or, if you'd like to get T...

This time of year inspiration is right outside my door. Blooming now: purple coneflowers! Their simple and easily recognizable shape makes...

Hey all, it's been a bit since I posted! For a good reason, though - I'm not in a depressive funk this time, I am making pots, bo...

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...