Fine Mess Pottery

My track record with productivity tools is...not great. I mean, nothing disastrous happens but usually I find them to be more effort than ...

I frequently get calls and emails asking if I give lessons. I don't - not at my studio, anyway. I do teach both wheel-throwing and hand...

Fall has brought a flurry of activity with it! We got a last blast of summer weather last week, including one day in the upper 80s. Thi...

This one has been on the list in my head for a looooooong time; although to be fair, it is a long list. It finally came to be as part of a...

A few weeks ago, after a long break from art fairs due to lack of an appropriate vehicle, I did a sidewalk show - the Portland Fine Craft ...

One thing I hope I have learned from many years of self-employment is that even if you love your work, you gotta take a break. With that in ...

Saddle up the Nopetopus and nope on outta there . I am always telling my students that saying no is a very useful skill as a potter. P...

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...