One week from today is my annual Holiday Home Show.
So I’m at the studio today firing another soda kiln full of new pieces.
Here’s a glimpse of the stacked kiln – before the door was bricked closed
and the firing began! This kiln will cool all day Sunday
and be unloaded Monday night… just in time for my big holiday show!

“My Home For The Holidays” Home Show 2008
Saturday, November 22nd & Sunday, November 23rd
10:00am-6:00pm

It’s the widest selection of work from Fire When Ready Pottery
that you’ll see all year – with pottery in every room of my condo
and my annual “Tired Of Shlepping Sale” at clearance prices!
It’s the perfect chance to start your holiday shopping.

Please contact me for address, directions & more details…

It was a wonderful, fall weekend in Barrington. And a great time to sell art in the Barn!!

This past weekend was “Art In The Barn” Art Fair in Barrington, Illinois. It was fun selling art & seeing a lot of familiar faces… including a few former co-workers from my previous corporate life! I also had the honor of having a double-booth this time – my “prize” for being on of the Top 10 Selling Artists last year! It was another successful weekend – with lots of sales. It was by far my best outdoor art fair ever! Who knows?… if I’m lucky, I might just get a free double-booth again next year?

The double-booth gave me more room to spread out, show some extra work & room to chat with customers without feeling too crowded in the booth.

To make the weekend even better, I also had two great artist “neighbors.” My jeweler friend Molly Bitters was on one side, and a new photographer, Brad Pogatetz, was on the other. Both of them are very talented in their craft. And I came home with some new jewelry from Molly… after a little art fair “trading”!

It was a nice way to kick-off the fall season, complete with pumpkins, gourds, mums & hay bales… and a little art thrown in here & there. And a special thank you to everyone who came out to play this weekend… to shop… to chat… to hang out in the Barn.

With fall right around the corner, my studio pumpkin patch is almost ready to “harvest.”
Hopefully in time for the art fair this coming weekend?!

Art In The Barn – September 27th & 28th
On the grounds of Good Shepherd Advocate Hospital in Barrington.
On Route 22 west of Route 59.

As November comes screeching to a bitter end…
December is right around the corner… TOMORROW!!!
Which is also the Lillstreet Holiday Open House Party.

So I’ve been cleaning, decorating & setting-up my studio for the big party.
C’mon by tomorrow night from 6:00-9:00pm!
Lillstreet Art Center – Studio 205 West
4401 North Ravenswood at Montrose, Chicago, Illinois 60640