The mugs make it!

This year I'm making a mug for Green Mountain Coffee Roaster's catalog. I call it Blue Cloud Windows. (like?) They just call it Windows. Hmm. Here's what it looks like:

Here's what a bunch of them look like while I'm in the middle of their crazily elaborate glazing process:


First this.........................................




















Then this!!!!!!














Then into the trusty ole Subaru (that's 253 mugaroos in there) for a nice drive down to Waterbury, Vermont.


Stay tuned for what happens once I'm there! It's very exciting.

Teapots are born!

Just for you, a few photos of teapots in progress.
You can even peek at them in the new Vermont Life gift catalog. ooohlala!

The NEW STUDIO!!!!!

It's really true! I'm completely moved into the new studio now. Just a hop, skip and a jump up from the old studio, the new studio is spacious, sunny, and ready to be filled with new pots. The first floor allows a more elbow-roomy experience for my production and classes. The second floor is home to the gallery (oh my, it's pretty) and will be an open space for other non-clay classes and summer camps. The basement room is my new glaze mixing/ mad-scientist space. I've always wanted one of those. Come see me on Open Studio Weekend, May 29 and 30th from 10-5.

Empty Bowls

Well, Sterling College's Empty Bowls fundraiser was a smashing success! Congrats to all who made this event happen, especially the Sterling students who worked so hard to make these bowls. They raised a ton of money for the Foodbank. Here's an after-the-fact press release:

"Sterling College to host Empty Bowls Event

On Friday, April 30th, from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm, Sterling College will
be holding an Empty Bowls event in Dunbar Hall. Empty Bowls is a
grassroots effort to raise money and awareness to alleviate hunger.
Sterling's event will focus on local hunger and will benefit the
Vermont Foodbank. On the evening of April 30th, handmade pottery
bowls will be set out (empty) alongside a simple yet wholesome meal.
Up to 150 attendees will join together for a meal, choosing an empty bowl, filling it with food, and making a donation in return. The
Foodbank's Theresa Snow will speak on the topic of hunger in Vermont and attendees will be asked to take a few moments for reflection. At the conclusion of the meal, everyone will take home their bowls to serve as a reminder of all of the empty bowls in our world. The event is made possible through the generosity of Vermont Campus Compact and TD Bank, Heather Stearns of Muddy Creek Pottery, Elmore Mountain Bread, the Sterling College Kitchen, and many volunteers."

The best kid clay class ever!

These kiddos are fabulous! A lot happened in the studio yesterday, ranging from Alex's hot dog boat called the SS Weiner, to Cora's momma and baby mermaid soap dish complete with starfish, clams and fish, and a zillion other cool things! The snowball fight after class was a hoot too, both in and out of the minivans that came to pick up...


Other studio news.....about half of the Sterling College Empty Bowls Fundraiser bowls are done and are lookin' good! Another glaze firing is going now.

And tomorrow...a big studio moving day. Time to get things moved into the big beautiful new space and make that place come alive!

Some new designs

A big day today....I took some photos of my pots while trying very hard to ignore the snow outside.
These are some possible designs for a wholesale order. Just playing around. Tell me what you think!

Sterling College Empty Bowls Project

Well, they did it! About 20 Sterling College students made a total of 88 fabulous handmade bowls in the studio yesterday. (And it was so fun!) Here's how the Empty Bowls Fundraiser will work: At the end of April, you can buy a ticket to the Empty Bowls Dinner. You will get a meal at Sterling in the handmade clay bowl of your choice, get to hear about and discuss issues of hunger in Vermont, and all of the money raised will be donated to the local Foodbank. More details to follow. Here's a preview of the bowls for ya....