Another mug. Another Monday… another MUGSHOT MONDAY.

Another beautiful morning. A few more clouds for the sun to play with…
and a few contrails criss-crossing the sky as well.

Still replenishing “the basics” in my studio. Then I need to switch gears for newer production pieces. Any ideas or suggestions of new forms & shapes I should be adding to my production list for the upcoming art fair season?! Please leave me a Comment or two.. or three…

Okay sure, there may still be a small chill in the air. But it is nice to see daffodils, iris and other spring greens poking through the ground. A wonderful sign of Spring fun to come!

It was a beautiful sunrise this morning for a few minutes as it snuck in below the huge clouds blowing through.

The water was choppy & waves were crashing all along the lakeshore. Combine the splashing waves with a flair of sunrise and you get some
great sparkling moments. Timing is everything.

All too soon the sun went behind the clouds. The sparkling waves were replaced by moody clouds. Sure, the waves were still there… just not quite as pretty.

Did a little stamping tonight to finish off a class demo platter. Unfortunately, the clay is always to squishy to stamp during class. So I bring the demo upstairs and wrap it up. The stamping occurs a few days later… okay, well, today.

Same platter. Different angle. Lots of stamps.

This morning was cool & crisp. Not many clouds in the sunrise sky…
but it was encouraging to see some buds popping out on the trees.

WHOO-HOO… Spring is on the way!!!

So exciting to see that another one of my students made it onto the Lillstreet Student Brag Shelves!!! Great job Colin… so glad your “last” mug turned out great before your move to San Francisco!!! We’ll all miss you… and your mugs!

Last night we had our final pottery class of the Winter session. Always a bittersweet night. Fun to see what my students have made and how they’ve grown over the 10-week class. Sad to see some of them leaving… some of them moving on… one of them just plain moving! Luckily, I believe many of them will be coming back again next session to play some more in my class!

As part of our last class, I always challenge them to a trading-exchange White Elephant sort of game. They have the 10-week class to make a specified item, and then we do a big trading game on the final night. This session it was plates. 12″ or smaller for my new beginners, 12″ or larger for my returning beginners! Let me just say we didn’t quite pull out the ruler, but most of them gave it a great effort. So much fun with so many great students.

And then you see this kind of a post on Facebook the next day…

Direct from Katie’s post on Facebook…
“Latest pottery… plate from Patty via our end-of-term exchange and bowl by me! As always, massive thanks to and adoration of Gary Jackson!”

Aw shucks… warm fuzzies all around. And some pretty sweet pots too!!!

This movie looks pretty incredible. The style, the process, the visuals.
Apparently it’s the first time ever using this film-making process. Think of it as a stop-action, clay-mation type movie… but using individual oil paintings instead of clay?!!! Amazing… and slightly crazy, right? I’ll definitely be “Van Gogh-ing” to see this one! Would be great at the Drive-In under some beautiful Starry, Starry Night.

Click here to see the trailer video of “Loving Vincent” on INSIDER’s videos.