So I’ve dropped some hints… left some clues… alluded to some AITG collaboration projects. Did you catch ‘em?! Well, here’s a more direct approach since ART IN THE GARDEN is just a week away! My “collaboration cohort” Cory McCrory has been working on our pieces very quietly in her studio. I dropped off a few stamped platters with very “plain” interior areas. Cory will be changing that while adding her amazing sense of whimsy & crazy cool color schemes. I can’t wait to see them myself… teaser photos coming soon?!

Pressing one of my handmade clay stamps into the clay one by one… by one… by one…

Now if only that center section weren’t so plain & flat?… more to come???
More is more!!!

Worked on another platter this afternoon… stamping a textured pattern around the flange of the platter. All done with one of my handmade clay stamps! Kinda plain on the inside though… might need a little sumthin’-sumthin’. Right Cory?!

Doing a little stamping this morning… one impression at a time! Press, squeeze, repeat.
The textured pattern was made all with that one handmade clay stamp!

With ART IN THE GARDEN just a few weeks away… it’s time to get those collaborations started!!! I had lunch today with my pal Cory McCrory to hand-off my part of our collaboration project. Still under wraps… but they went from my car to hers… my studio to hers! More to come…

While my potluck contribution was a homemade Chocolate Chip Tollhouse Pie!
A longtime family favorite recipe… and now my students favorite too!
Homemade pie on a handmade plate!!! Yummy!!!

As this has been the final week of adult classes for the Summer Session… my Intermediate Wheelthrowing class was “celebrating” with a fun White Elephant game… and the trade category was two matching dinner plates. These were my plates for the trade… and also one of my first demos for the same class!!! Not my normal style… but I do love some chattered slip patterns & textures!!!

Gotta love a good holiday… especially when it’s so tasty!!!
Celebrating today with NATIONAL CHOCOLATE CHIP DAY!!! burp…

Stamping a couple dinner plates after summer camp… but before teaching class tonight!

Last session during our final class potluck… Hannah brought in these amazing cheesecake bites! And we all noticed the gorgeous platter she served them on. Turns out she “scored” the platter at a thrift shop!!! Unaware that it is actually a handmade platter by my friend & studio mate Karen Patinkin!

As a potter… does it mean that you’ve finally “made it”
when your pottery shows up at a thrift store???