Ripe for the pickin’… plenty of functional bowls headed to the NORTHERN ILLINOIS POTTERY TOUR next weekend. I will once again be setting up my booth at the Sandwich, Illinois location… home of My Talented Friend Cory McCrory… she’s a peach!!!

Just a week away… still trying to pull together a few last pieces in one last kiln!!!
For more details : www.northernilpottery.com

The NORTHERN ILLINOIS POTTERY TOUR is coming soon!
Mark your calendar & plan your pottery roadtrip.
With six studio locations & 43 potters… it’s gonna be a fun pottery weekend!!!

For full details… www.northernilpotterytour.com

Hard to believe that June is right around the corner, which also means the NORTHERN ILLINOIS POTTERY TOUR is just one week away!!! Mark your calendar!

I will once again be hanging out with my good friend Cory McCrory in Sandwich… along with a handful of other talented potters! C’mon out & say “Hi.” Visit all six locations and you’ll have a chance to see all 43 artists!!! A lot of fun & a LOT of pots!!!

Waxing poetic about how much I love waxing bottoms… glazing not so much!!!
But it’s a necessary step in replenishing my inventory for the NORTHERN ILLINOIS POTTERY TOUR just a week & a half away! Mark your calendar for June 6th & 7th.

At the end of the day, we had a wonderful weekend at the SCHAUMBURG PRAIRIE ARTS FESTIVAL. The setting & weather were perfect. Thanks again to everyone who came out to help kick-off my art fair season! See you there next year…

Sadly, not everyone “survived” the overnight rains Saturday night at the art fair. It’s always tough when you hear thunderstorms overnight knowing that your tent is out there in the downpour. Fingers crossed… hoping for the best. Luckily, my tent was fine… but there were a handful that didn’t fare so well. Like this one across from me. I will say the roof seemed a little “jenky” even before the rain. But Sunday morning we arrived to see a flooded & sagging roof. And then she decided the only way to drain it was to punch a hole through the canopy?! Odd choice… but I loved the water spiral. Unfortunately, it turned out that the frame of her tent was broken too! Just another “glamorous side” of doing outdoor art fairs that a lot of people are unaware of what the artists have to deal with!!!

So I will share that it was more than a little anxious about packing for this weekend’s art fair. This is the first one with my new car… and I was concerned that everything would fit. It does seem a little smaller than my old blue one, so things packed in a little tighter! But luckily… everything seemed to finally squeeze in just fine! What you can’t see… my tent & shelving uprights that also pile on the roof!!! Yep, I look like the “Beverly Hillbillies” coming to the art fair!!!

HUGE THANKS to everyone who came out to the Schaumburg Prairie Arts Festival this weekend. It was a beautiful weekend… as we avoided the overnight rains Saturday night. It was a wonderful weekend out in the park – the perfect setting with plenty of trees, the pond, a fountain & blue skies! A great start to my summer art fair season!

The SCHAUMBURG PRAIRIE ARTS FESTIVAL is today & tomorrow from 10:00am-5:00pm.
I’ll be in the same location as last year in Booth 96… on the “other side of the pond”
from my usual pre-construction location. Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

Kickin’ off my art fair season this weekend in the ‘burbs at the SCHAUMBURG PRAIRIE ARTS FESTIVAL. The location still has a bit of construction going on, but we’ll all still be there Saturday & Sunday from 10:00am-5:00pm. I’ll be in the same booth space as last year… on the other side of the pond from my usual “pre-construction” location – Booth 96. C’mon by & say “Hello!”