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

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…

Sure, my pie crust may not be so decorative this time…
but I was hoping that the handmade stamped pie pan might compensate for that?! And really… it was more about making a yummy rhubarb pie… and then EATING a yummy rhubarb pie!!!

Back stack packed & loaded… lots of pots already in the soda kiln.
And that’s just the back third of it!!!

Well, my studio cart is all glazed, wadded & full…

…with masking tape “seat belts” in place for the arduous journey downstairs via the rickety old freight elevator! Always hoping for no jumpers or speed bumps!!!

Last night during my SURFACE DECORATION class, we tackled carving through wheelthrown bowls to make “baskets”… with the goal of carving at least HALF of the bowl’s weight away! Tougher than it sounds. You kinda need a good plan from the start or you’ll lose some structural integrity. And then when it becomes delicate towards the end… you need to remember to NOT over-work or over-wet it… or it might just come tumbling down!

And then when it becomes delicate towards the end… you need to remember to NOT over-work or over-wet it… or it might just come tumbling down!

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!!!