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.

With warrantied replacement parts & pieces… I’m back up & running with my favorite Giffin Grip! So much fun & so much quicker… especially when trimming these little cutie-patooties mini vases!!!

Okay… so I may have “over-used” my Giffin Grip… if that’s even a thing?

I LOVE my Giffin Grip… but I take it on & off my wheel so many times each week for trimming. After “investigating” the un-centered wobbliness… it appears as though one of the three “connectors” has a small fracture. Three connectors underneath… vertical, vertical, not-so-vertical?! Luckily, Giffin Grip has replacement parts & pieces… so I hope to be able to ”centered” again pretty soon! Of course, this happens on a day when I have a lot of bowls to trim… ugh, centering the old-fashioned way!!! Ha!!!

Sure, the ombre’ blend of colored slips was nice… but I thought it could use something more! So I did a little carving with my favorite P1 carving tool from DiamondCore Tools this morning… and I’m glad I did!!!

Doing a little trimming in the studio tonight… on the new batch of mugs! I love trimming… even more with some of my favorites from DiamondCore Tools & Giffin Grip. A perfect duo for a fun night of trimming!!!

Here we go again… starting another batch of hybrid mugs. The coneflower pattern from my friends at MKM Pottery Tools was so popular last summer… I figured I should make more of them for this summer’s art fairs!

Looks like Santa came a little early?!
And now it’s time to make some Christmas cookies!!!

Beautiful texture stamps to press into your dough before baking… and you know how much I love stamping!!! Thanks to the folks at FUN FOOD TOOLS.

Check ‘em out at www.funfoodtools.com… plus, they’re currently running a Holiday Sale!!!

Gotta love getting those perfect spirals when trimming…
especially with my DiamondCore Tools trimming tool.

Just a little Saturday carving session. This green slip ombré bowl has been under wraps for awhile… finally found some time to finish it up. Carving a detailed pattern using my favorite P1 carving tool from DiamondCore Tools.

What started out as a class demo on decorative carving… while sharing some of my favorite DiamondCore Tools… turned into this large decorative platter!!! With a thick band of white slip, carvings through the slip to reveal the clay body contrast… and little “berries” of clay on top. Sometimes deciding when to stop is the hardest part!!!