So you know that skinny little area above your stove? Like that two-inches of “useless” space? Well, I am a firm believer of “more is more”… so I have a tendency to use every space with MORE!!! Gotta love a good collection! Like these little cutie-patooties lined up filling that useless above-stove area in my kitchen!!!

So here I am still showing off some of my pottery collection! Here’s another kitchen cabinet with my Steven Hill dinnerware set. Long story… it’s all here on my blog if you just do a quick search for Steven Hill… I never thought I was going to get it… it was a long time coming… but Steven pulled through, and “surprised” me with these beauties!

Great glazes. Great pottery. Great guy!!!
Thanks Steven!

And let’s not get crazy… while THOSE mugs might be “for show” as part of my collection… I do have PLENTY of pottery to use everyday!!! Some of my own, and a lot of other friends, former teachers & potters I admire!

So today I’m taking over the Lillstreet Ceramics INSTAGRAM feed!!! Nothing too crazy, but I’ll be sharing a bunch of pictures throughout the day… many of them from HOME!!! With this shelter-at-home thing still going on, we’ve all been spending a lot more time at home looking at our own stuff. So I thought I’d share some of my pottery collection… like these mugs that live in my kitchen! Please disregard the stacking… there’s a LOT more mugs than these shelves allow me to display. Plus, you would think with all the free-time we’ve all had lately, I would have found time to dust the shelves?! Nope.

Well, maybe tomorrow…

Back from my ride, showered & changed…
time for a little breakfast. Starting with some fresh Vitamin C!!!

Two more quick shots as I was headed home… a view of the Chicago Skyline from a distance. Oh, how I long for the day when I’ll be able to ride my bike down there again along the Lakefront Bike Trail… which is currently locked-down due to the pandemic… thank you Mayor Lightfoot!!!

Beautifully wispy clouds coloring the sky. A little chill in the air with a bit of a breezy. Both combine for another beautiful morning ride along the lakefront headed up towards Northwestern University!

Another productive studio night with a lot of stamping. The bowls were thrown (against my natural instinct) without a spiral… and you know how much I LOVE a good spiral!!! But these are going to become berry bowls, and I didn’t want the spiral to “get in the way” of the drainage holes I’ll be drilling through the bottom later.

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So for now they’re all stamped and back under plastic for the night. I’ll tackle trimming the bottom to add a foot ring tomorrow… and then drainage holes after that. Once trimmed & drilled, then I’ll throw a batch of small plates to fit… drainage catch plates for the berry bowls!

After the rain today… another star magnolia gracing the city.
Love these spring flowers!!!

We’ve gone LIVE!!!
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