While so many potters are at NCECA… hopefully buying their own MKM Pottery Tools… some of us had to stay home to make more pots! I’m working on more hybrid mugs & using some of my favorite texture handrollers from MKM.

Wall pocket vases coming together… gently trimmed, stamped & squished!
Well, maybe “gently ovalized” would be a better phrase. Regardless…
these now just need some accents of colored slip before they start drying completely!

Another productive day… working on some new vases for an upcoming soda kiln firing.
Lots of stamping & “oval-sizing” today! Gosh I love ovals…

Lots of early-morning stamping to kick-off a snowy Monday morning.
Yes, we got hit with snow & ice overnight… I’m ready for “real” Spring in Chicago!!!

Some time last week…

Adding some accents of colored slip to my new batch of mugs this morning.
A little splash of color that will change in my next soda-kiln firing about a month from now!

Handles attached… mugs assembled! I’ll keep them under plastic overnight…
and then clean them up & add some accents of colored flashing slips
before I let them start drying!

Just finished a “quick” stamping session in my studio…
before heading downstairs to teach class!!!
More mugs… more stamps… more fun!!!

Wondering what to put on your new wall sconce-shelfy-thing?
Looks like Beth figured it out… “Put a bird on it.”

So this week in my “regular-non-Throwdown” classes, we focused on traditional lidded jars. After a bit of stamping, trimming & throwing knobs onto my lids… this trio of class demos is ready to dry!