Big drama blowing across the City sky creating a beautiful sunrise.

With a lot of clouds blowing through, we had quite the dramatic sunrise complete with contrast, color & shine!

I always love seeing my pottery being used in their new homes. Sometimes it’s a serving bowl on the table, a morning cup of coffee… but I must admit THIS one is a first?!!! Not sure it needs any explanation… nor could I even make one up!!!

Thanks for sharing your new mug (and your troll) with all of us Annie!

Here’s a quick glimpse of a fun platter a made as a class demo. I placed a lace doily onto the freshly-thrown plate surface and carefully covered it with thick white slip. Pull off the lace.. and voila’! Sure, it’s taken me awhile to get it glazed, but I think it was worth the wait.

One of the best parts of doing art fairs is making friends with your talented “neighbors.” Seeing what cool things they’re making and possibly doing a little shopping or “trading” along the way! In Schaumburg, I was again next to Claudia Winter of “Baubbly” who makes beautiful resin & metal jewelry. Whimsical, colorful & fun. Three of my favorite things!… even better when some of them are reversible!!!

This pendant is layers of clear resin with colored accents in between. With different lighting, or looking at it from an angle, you can see the colored dots “move” or “shift” around on the pendant.

And this pendant of colored resin sanded to a smooth matte surface. This little cutie is reversible – lime dots on one side, and perky orange on the other!

But here’s the best part of the story…
So we’re in the middle of Saturday when a cute high school girl comes into Claudia’s booth. They start talking and the girl is asking some great questions. Claudia is explaining her process very thoroughly. And clearly for the high schooler. After about 15 minutes of resin definitions, epoxy clarification, color placement and everything else you could ever want to know. That it’s resin. That it’s a two-part process. On and on. Very clear. Very concise. She couldn’t have been any clearer…

And then the girl asked… “So is it a stone?”

We both had a good laugh about it… No, it is NOT a stone… it’s RESIN!!!

Click here to see more whimsical fun by Claudia Winter.

This weekend I’m packing everything up and heading out to the suburbs!
We’re setting up the art fair tent in Burlington Park in downtown Hinsdale.
A beautiful park… soon to be filled with a lot of beautiful art!!!

We’re all hoping for good weather as we’re getting ready for a fun weekend in Hinsdale.
I’ll have a full assortment of functional & decorative ceramic pieces. Bowls, mugs, vases, platters, salt & pepper shakers, flower pots & so much more! Always handmade, one-of-a-kind, food safe & ready for everyday use.

Hinsdale Fine Arts Festival
Burlington Park : 30 East Chicago Avenue, Hinsdale, Illinois 60521
I’ll be in my usual booth location, Booth #100… just northeast of the park’s fountain.

This coming weekend…
Saturday, June 11th & Sunday, June 12th – 10:00am-5:00pm.

I’ve been so busy prepping for art fairs that I kind of forgot about the new glaze test tiles I ran through my last kiln. Finally getting around to looking at them… some hits, some misses. Promising… but all need a little more exploration.

Fun to see the huge Grandstand being built down on the east end of Navy Pier in preparation for this weekend’s America’s Cup World Series boat racing! The first time EVER on fresh water!!! Blue skies, brisk winds and great scaffolding silhouettes.

A band of low dark clouds hovering on the horizon this morning.
Blocked a lot of the sunrise… but made the final reveal so much better!

And the City look incredible once again! This time from Fullerton Beach.