Fine Mess Pottery

Hello, yeah, it's been awhile...Not much, how 'bout you? Whenever there's a long pause between posts, I get emails asking afte...

When I asked a young friend of mine if she made New Year's resolutions, she told me no, but she had made a New Decade's resolution...

...Or else I set $40 on fire. I applied for the St Louis Art Fair , which happens in September. Every year I have an argument with myself ...

Last year's images This year's images This year's images A potter is always living in the future. (Well: and als...

Though the ground is still covered in snow, we know spring is on the way. How do we know? Well, I mean, I guess because it always has, and...

The Roaring 20s are opening in the Year of the Rat - the Metal Rat, to be exact. Don't @ me about the 20s actually starting next year...

Though I have my own website , I run the online shop through SquareUp, the same folks who provide credit cards processing when I am at art ...

This month archaeologists made an intriguing discovery at a dig near the Israeli city of Yavne: a site of an unusual number of kilns, and...

In an effort to better plan my production, I am trying to realistically detail the phases of my making cycle. I am lucky to enjoy all phases...

I have sometimes told myself a little story of how people discovered ceramics: a grass cooking basket (this actually works as long as the f...

I love the week between Christmas and New Years'. All the shows are done, all the carols are sung and the Yule logs burned; all the co...