Fine Mess Pottery

  I made a t-shirt! Get yours here .

The Division of Ceramic Art at the School of Art and Design, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, is seeking candidates...

The bones of a woman who lived approximately 3,000 years ago have been determined to be those of a potter. The skeleton was found in Crete, ...

 August - my birthday month! - is usually a fan favorite here at Fine Mess Pottery. The nights get cooler while the days are still bright ...

  The universe has provided me with a new truck. Or - equally plausible! - I scoured Craigslist & Facebook Marketplace, & every othe...

  It seems like only yesterday I drove her home, overjoyed to have a truck for the first time since 1989. Everything is a little easier with...

​ 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...