As part of the final SURFACE DECORATIONS class of the session, we did my favorite “trading-exchanging-stealing” game… with the category of something stamped! Everyone put in a piece they made this session, and then went home with someone else’s!!! I was the lucky winner of this cute mug by Christine! A wonderful memento of our SURFACE DECORATIONS class!

Another stop along the NORTHERN ILLINOIS POTTERY TOUR will be in Gardner, Illinois. Hosted by Anne Maraviglia with invited guest artists Roberta Polfus & Hironobu Nishitateno.

Be sure to add this to your calendar for the online kick-off next Friday morning, June 18th with sales & virtual demos all weekend long!

For more details, artist links & demo schedules, visit www.northernilpotterytour.com

Five more ceramic artists will be part of the Burr Ridge studio location of Jean Burnett for the NORTHERN ILLINOIS POTTERY TOUR.

She will be hosting with invited artists Nancy Gorman, Nancy Jana-Kent, Chris Cox & Deana Bada Maloney! This year they will all be participating online… with plans for a live in-person pottery tour next year!

For more info – www.northenrilpotterytour.com

Another “stop” along the NORTHERN ILLINOIS POTTERY TOUR will be in Aurora, Illinois hosted by Jon Pacheco. He will have four invited artists along with him… Chelsea Dubick, Tanvvi Agarrwal, Levi Yastrow & Carly Connelly.

Check out the website for more information… www.northernilpotterytour.com

Another stop along the NORTHERN ILLINOIS POTTERY TOUR will be in Plano, Illinois. Hosted by wood-firing Amy Song, with invited guest artists Jess Dougherty, Sam Hostert & Susan Messer-McBride. You can check-out all of their work when the tour goes “live” online next weekend June 18, 19 & 20th.

For more information, go to www.northernilpotterytour.com

For the NORTHERN ILLINOIS POTTERY TOUR, I am one of the Invited Guest Artists at the Sandwich, Illinois location! I will be joining my pal & uber-talented paperclay artist Cory McCrory, along with Nancy Gardner & Linda Kiepke. Unfortunately, this year the tour will be “virtual” with online sales by all of the ceramic artists! I can’t wait for next year when I get to play in-person with these three talented women!

For more information : www.northernilpotterytour.com

Next up on the schedule… the NORTHERN ILLINOIS POTTERY TOUR! It’s the inaugural year for the tour with twenty-one potters! This year will kick-off with a virtual online event… but we’re going live & in-person next year. So watch out!!!

Check us out at www.northernilpotterytour.com for more information!
And I’ll be sharing more info soon…

We had a wonderful day at the HINSDALE FINE ARTS FESTIVAL today. Incredible weather, nice shade, sweet breeze… and a great booth neighbor to play with! I’ve know Rhonda Gurgone for a couple years now from the art fair circuit… but we’ve never gotten quite this much time to hang out together. If you happen to swing by the fair tomorrow, be sure to pop in to say “Hi”, She makes great jewelry pieces out of vintage & historical buttons. You can tell that she loves what she does… and LOVES sharing the stories behind every button!!!!

Check her out at The Buttons Stop Here – @thebuttonsstophere

Another surprise find during my trip to Omaha last weekend was running into these two masterpieces by ceramic artist Jun Kaneko. I’ve seen a couple of these dango sculptures (Japanese for “rounded form”) before at SOFA CHICAGO… but never this up-close & personal. Little did I know that his studio is in Omaha too… I learned that fact when I got home!!! Too late… maybe next time?!

So excited to be part of this new Pottery Tour… featuring so many great potters! I wish we were doing it live & in-person this time… but with times being what they are, we’re online virtual this year. But look for us alive & in-person next summer!!! More details to come!!!