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…

Today in Summer Camp, it was trimming, attachments & surface decoration day. So I brought some of my handmade stamps to class for the kids to use… and Sloan apparently embraced the “more is more” concept!!!

Okay… so I “might” have brought my handmade stamps down to share with my Summer Campers this week… perhaps… and it looks like Micah really enjoyed using them! To make this sweet little set of bowls! Adorable!!!

Just a few of the mugs that came out of my latest soda firing. Still enamored by the stamped textures, the flashing soda effects & the saturated colors! Not just “gray & brown” like a lot of other soda firings!

More summer camp fun with 8-9 year olds this week… and I “may” have brought some of my handmade clay stamps to camp for them to try!!! More is more… even with the kids!

Lots of stamping done today… moving on to trimming. Which I love!!!

Let the stamping begin… on another batch of pots today!
Big production Sunday is well under way!!!

Painting some accents of colored flashing slip…
around the top rim & on each stamped impression!

Working towards filling a soda kiln in the next couple weeks…

Handles attached. Mugs made. I’ll keep them under plastic until I have time to add some accents of colored flashing slips. As these mugs are destined for a soda-firing in a couple weeks!!!

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