They’re cute. They’re adorable. They’re precious.
Those tiny little pots. The miniatures that look like their full-sized counterparts.
One or two are cute… and the more the merrier. But what to do with your collection of mini’s?

Well, you know that top of your stove where there’s really not enough room for much of anything – except grease & dust? I decided to use that space to build a shelf display for my collection of miniatures – complete with kiln posts for the risers between shelves! It’s a great way to use that narrow space to display your very own collection of mini pots.

It’s been fun having images of my work published in books. And then to see the books for sale in the bookstore and online… pretty cool. But for those of you who may have missed them…

Lark Books creates a great line of books full of artistic creativity. Each book focuses on a certain form or project. They then solicit artists from around the world to submit images to be chosen for the five hundred cherished spots in each book. I have had the honor of being chosen for three of their publications. This series of books is a great visual reference on how diverse the same “shape” can be when interpreted by different artists around the world.

“500 Cups” – page 265
“500 Pitchers” – page 357
“500 Tiles” – pages 219 & 240

Over the years, I have made hundreds of stamps.
Each of them making a different impression.

I make my stamps out of a little piece of clay, rolled into a coil, then carved with a design on both ends. The stamps are then bisque fired before using. With hundreds of stamps in my studio, it always surprises me how a handful of them have become the favorites that I always reach for.

To make the textured surface of my pots, I typically take one of the stamps and press it into the leather-hard clay to make the impression one… by one… by one. Sometimes well over a hundred impressions on a single vase! Each one pressed in by hand. It is this repetition, and the textural pattern it creates, that intrigues me.

In the beginning there was clay…

and it made a great “impression” on me!

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