As easy as 1, 2, 3… one row, two rows, three!!! Did a little platter stamping today. All of the surface decoration, texture & pattern was done with just one of my handmade stamps.

Pressed in one by one… by one… by one…

The NORTHERN ILLINOIS POTTERY TOUR is coming soon… just four days away! Mark your calendar & plan your route to visit six different pottery studio locations & see 43 potters along the way! I will once again be a Guest Artist at the the Sandwich location… home to My Talented Friend Cory McCrory!!!

For more details : www.northernilpotterytour.com

A little stamping fun in the studio. Turning a plain platter into something a bit more special. All done with one handmade clay stamp pressed in one by one… by one… by one… by one…

Another bright green platter fresh out of my latest cone six kiln. I love how the vibrant green glaze puddles & pools in all the right places. And how it accentuates the stamped patterns exactly as I want them to be!

Hope you’re having a great day with family or friends… or just outside enjoying the Spring weather!!! We did a family get-together and my niece Taylor made these yummy “birds nests” with marshmallows, peanut butter & Cadbury chocolate eggs!!! Perfect on a spring green platter!!!

This is our final week of classes for the Winter session at Lillstreet… and we like to celebrate with a group potluck. And if you bake a double batch of brownies… you can bring them to both Monday & Tuesday night classes.

Yes… voice of experience!!!

This week in my LILLSTREET THROWDOWN class, we did a decorative platter challenge. Which started with 45 minutes to throw a five-pound platter. Not too tough… until they found out that they had to rotate around to different wheels every ten minutes or so. Picking up wherever the person before them left off. Then after several rounds, they ended back at their original wheel to see what kind of a platter was left for them! Some were very nice… while others may have struggled a bit & ended more with a small salad plate?!

Regardless, the real challenge was to decorate whatever platter was left for them! Embracing the nuances & pivoting as needed in the final minutes. We had some pretty sweet results after a lit of fun rotating & switching!

Okay… so today was a double-whammy of yummy holidays. We started the day with one… and now we’re ending with another one. As today is also NATIONAL CHERRY PIE DAY!!! You know I love a good holiday… and a good pie!!!

The large demo dinner plate needed some lovin’ too…
and some decorative stampin’ around the rim with that one handmade stamp!

This week in class I did a wheelthrowing demo on plates & platters. The platter was a bit too plain… so of course I thought a little stamping could make it a bit more special. All done with just one handmade clay stamp. More is more, right???