It’s hard to believe that in just two weeks I’ll be up north teaching a pottery workshop on ALASKA!!! Huge thanks to the Fairbanks Potters Guild for inviting me for this “bucket list” adventure!!! I can’t wait to finally see Alaska… I’ve heard such great things. Plus, I get to meet new potters & share my own pottery adventures with them for two days. Anyone else ready for an impromptu “adventure“ to Alaska to join in the fun? It’s not too late!!!

Here’s my EXCITING NEWS!!!
In just a couple weeks I will be taking “my show on the road” and heading up to ALASKA to teach a two-day workshop! I’ve been invited up to Fairbanks, Alaska to share some of my pottery techniques, designs & processes with the Fairbanks Potter’s Guild. It will be an interactive & immersive workshop where participants get to make work & try out my techniques for themselves during the workshop! There are still a few openings available! If you’re interested in joining me in ALASKA… send a quick email to Theresa to get more details before it fills up! It’s going to be so much fun…

They “had me at ALASKA!!!”

Can you tell that I appreciate a good “teaser” campaign??? At 6:00pm CST tonight I’ll reveal the details… and “I’ll ask-a” question or two? I’m very excited about finally sharing my BIG NEWS… and I hope you will be too!!!

All hands on deck… for an upcoming pottery adventure! Interactive so everyone will be able to play along with me! Details to come at 6:00pm tonight!!!

Birds of a feather flock together… and YOU might want to join in on the fun of my upcoming pottery adventure?! Details coming at 6:00pm CST on my Facebook page!

There’s been something brewing… plans coming together… and it’s almost time for the Big Reveal!!! Tonight at 6:00pm I’ll share my big news on my Facebook page! Exciting for me… could be fun for you too?!

Earlier this week I had the opportunity to work with some artsy kids at Vernon Hills High School. What I thought was going to be a workshop mostly about altering & decorating bowls, turned into a much more “interactive” wheelthrowing class as many of them had never really thrown before?! Of course I encouraged & prodded them “just a little” to get the to lighten up, loosen up & get muddy in the clay with me.

I taught them some beginning basics… and then coached them along the way as I continued to throw two dozen bowls. At the end of the workshop, we started altering rims, adding some creative flair & blowing kid’s minds!!! I loved seeing their looks of shock & awe as I altered some of the bowls. They loved it… and I had a great time molding clay & molding young minds!

Spent the day with a bunch of great kids at Vernon Hills High School today… making a bunch of bowls, chatting about pottery & trying to inspire them to play with their clay more. After I threw two bags of clay… two dozen bowls… we talked some more and then started altering rims & decorating bowls. Great fun with a good number of “wow” moments… until the school bell rang & we ran out of time!!! Luckily, all of my bowls are staying there so that the students get to finish decorating, trimming & glazing them… and keep their new bowls!!!

Tomorrow I’m headed out to Vernon Hills High School for a demo workshop with some of the Art students. We’re focusing on “not-so-basic bowls” which is one of my favorite demos! Looks like they’re excited & ready for my visit… at least based on this cute little “shrine” they made already!!! HA!!!

Here’s another great example of soda-firing… BEFORE & AFTER.

This collection is mostly Kelsey’s handbulit pots. Some classical forms with some contemporary surfaces. It’s cool to see them side-by-side to see & how they all transformed during the firing.

Well done Kelsey!!!