Thank you for changing the world. Thank you for changing my life. We will all miss you.

Tonight we focused on making basic bowls… on purpose!
So instead of “embracing” that cylinder gone bad that happened to turn into a bowl…
this time trying to make a “real” bowl on purpose! And then making it your own!!!
So we made bowls, and then I demonstrated how to make each of them different
with some altered rims & slip decorations.

So I threw ten bowls. All basically the same. Basically round. Basically plain.
The my goal was to overwhelm then all with some quick tricks to make them special!!!

A simple fluted rim… and the basic bowl with a “dragonscale tool” flower in the bottom!

With a flanged rim… and then a flanged & fluted rim.

With a split-rim that I pinched together… and another split-rim that I squared off.

Bad photo… but this one was shaped using a rib that I cut out of an expired credit card.
And then I introduced colored slip as a decorative. Starting with a spiral dragged through!

Slip chattering.. and a slip stencil using a “2” cut out of the newspaper!

So now they’re in my studio, waiting to be stamped, accented & trimmed.
But I’m going to be gone for the weekend for ART DETOUR. So I’ll be wrapping them up
extra tight with soaking wet sponges under the plastic… and hoping that they stay wet!

Still chilly… guess I need to admit to myself that Summer might indeed be over?!
I’m still hoping for warm Summer days… but I do love Fall once I commit to it.
Maybe it’s time?… c’mon Indian Summer!!!

With signs like these, there’s no way you’ll be able to miss us
if you’re up in the Northwoods this weekend! Sarah, Julie & I painted all night tonight.
The paint is still drying… almost ready to pack-up for our weekend show at ART DETOUR.

Be sure to follow us this weekend on Facebook – www.facebook.com/artdetourwisconsin

Fall is definitely in the air. Cooler than I would like it to be.
But I have pulled out the long pants, gloves and skull cap. So still warm. Still pedaling.

I especially loved the criss-cross pattern that developed above during the sunrise!

If you’re coming up to the Wisconsin Northwoods this coming weekend
for the ART DETOUR… and I definitely hope you are… watch for our bright orange signs
along the way!!! You’ll see ’em… you know, “detour orange”… kinda like this…

Yep… the paint is still drying! Tomorrow I need to do some lettering…

Less than a week away… Three days of fun up in the Northwoods of Wisconsin!
I hope you’ve made plans to come play up North with us… to enjoy some art,
fun with friends, beautiful Fall colors and some gourmet s’mores!

For more details & updates… check us out on Facebook!
ART DETOUR – www.facebook.com/artdetourwisconsin

During the Ravenswood Art Walk today, I was in my studio greeting customers
and making another batch of stamps! I figured if I’m going to be sitting around there
all day, I might as well get something accomplished. I always find it a little tough to
throw on the wheel getting all dirty when there are so many visitors, so many shoppers
and so many “interruptions.”

Instead, I sat there and made another batch of stamps. Not only will I have more patterns
to play with… but I also think that it’s a great demo for the visitors. I think it helps “explain”
that I make my own stamps – and then press them into my pots one-by-one-by-one to
create the textured patterns, surfaces & details.

And for those of you who may have missed it today, the Ravenswood Art Walk continues
tomorrow with artist studios & galleries open all up & down the Ravenswood Corridor!

Love the colors. Love the textures. Love my harvest “souvenirs” from “Art In The Barn.”
But can anyone explain to me where Summer went so quickly?!