Fine Mess Pottery

​ I have an alter ego that occasionally pops up in the studio. Unlike my usual work, she makes hand built work with spontaneous shapes &...

 I unloaded a firing last Sunday! Between packing & delivering the pots to their awaiting outlets, & photographing, then processing ...

  The Pottery Stairs, wearing their spiffy new coat of lipstick-red paint, are out for the first time since the Maine Pottery Tour! Local pe...

You might have the impression from my last few posts that all I've done for the last couple months is studio housekeeping: roof repair, ...

​ The pottery stairs have needed spiffying for some time now, but it’s never the most important thing on my list. It’s not the most importan...

​ For “ducks” read “kiln furniture.”  It takes so little to make me happy. Today it’s a new wire shelving rack to keep my posts orderly, fre...

​ A predicted 4 day dry stretch seems like a good time to address the state of my studio roof.  This is sort of a new experience for me, as ...

 Yesterday, Today, & Tomorrow: Yesterday was mostly teaching classes - not a lot of studio work. I did some minor clean up from the pot...

​ And, unlike the old song says, goodbye does mean forever. Goodbye does mean we'll never be together again! It's time to let go of ...

 Featured are my friend Diane Harwood, at her studio in Winthrop, and Nick Skelton, whose studio, The Art Walk, is also located in Winthrop....

It's probably not a great sign, that I am still tired from yesterday! & this year Doug can't be here to help me set up the EZ-up...

  A peek into the spyhole! Unloading Saturday at 11 This might be my busiest day of the year: the day before the Maine Pottery Tour! (& ...