NEW WORK Good day to all you crazy cats….quick post.These pots just went into the kiln bathed in glaze. They are getting ready for that big Fed Ex road trip to the Pittsburg NCECA. They are approx. 10-16″ in height and are all coil built with Terra Cotta Clay. Check out my gallery to see finished images or in person you can see them at the following Pittsburg NCECA shows:

• Juicy Terra Cotta, Sweetwater Center for the Arts.
• Tactility Tactile, Gallerie Chiz
• La Mesa,Santa Fe Clay

Last weekend I was in Atlanta teaching a workshop at Mudfire Studios. This could quite possibly be one of the best furnished, most clean and well organized studios I have ever seen. It was very inspirational to see two young people with such a grande and daring vision.

I thought I would thaw out a bit in Atlanta….but no such luck. I should have brought my snow suit. I woke up on Saturday morning and you guessed it- it was snowing.

So I am blowing on my Forsythias, and chipping away at my compost pile. Begging spring to come out and play. I dont care if winters lease hasn’t run out yet. I am getting the gallery ready to open for spring. Unpacking from winter shows, dusting off my seconds, and the super fun endeavor has been my new “Pottery” sign. Made from hand cut Terra Cotta tile that I made while teaching fall concentration at Penland in 2006.

Do you know what happens on april 4th at 10 p.m. ? Yes my friends, season 4 of Battlestar Galactica commences. It is for sure one of the greatest shows ever. Adapted from the cheesy 70’s sci fi show. It is a gripping allegory of the war on terror. Full of religious zealots, sleeper cells, civil liberty crackdowns, and prisoner- torture scandals…sound familiar?
I could go on and on but i wont. You can watch a recap of all three seasons in eight minutes and get caught up before the start of season four. Did I mention this is fraking hysterical?

Its been a long time since my last post…sorry. I have been busy shoveling snow. We just had out billionth storm of the winter and as much as I love it I am ready to see some green stuff. All I do is listen to Mike McGrath yap about compost and corn gluten meal and think about my new garden beds. The Johhnny’s Seed cataloge haunts me at all hours of the day and night. I cant decide if i should order the Savor French Melon or stick with the tried and true Honey Pearl. What’s a gal to do??? I should probably get a hobby.

I have been traveling a ton and doing workshop after workshop. Last week I went to my favorite city- Philadelphia and did a visiting artist workshop with my new friend Michael Connelly at Montgomery County Community College. One of his students Dave Thomas has put together a fabulous website and great teaching tool. The site captures all the past visiting artists almost frame by frame. It is like looking through a flip book. Did i mention the crocus’s were budding in PA?

Every week I have been trying to resist this…but i cant any longer. Pushing Daisies is one of my most favorite tv shows ever. (aside from battlestar gallactica, twin peaks and the x-files) It is scratch and sniff, syruppy sweet, and candy colored goodness all in one gumball. It is Burtonesque in its magic, romance and dark comedy. The only thing missing is a pair of 3-d glasses.

The show is about Ned a lonely piemaker who as a boy discovers with one touch he can bring the dead back to life. He discovers another ability, a second touch and they are gone for good. Unfortunately he also learns that if he lets them live someone else must take their place.

Pushing Daisies has a Big Production feel..almost as if it were a two hour feature length movie. This may be the result of a cast who are predominately stage actors and actresses or may be that the Executive Producers Brian Fuller and Barry Sonenfeld have ties to big stuff like Star Trek, The Adams Family and the Coen Brothers.

There are so many things that I love about this show….I love that Jim Dale the voice from the Harry Potter books on tape narrates this program. I love that Ned’s bakery is called The Pie Hole. I love that the two things Ned cherishes most in the world he cant touch (Digby his dog and Chuck his true love). And I love that this program doesn’t discriminate. It is equally enjoyable for both the young and old. Check it out in all its technicolor glory…Wednesdays, 8 pm on ABC.

Come and see Ian and me for our 2nd Holiday Home Sale over Thanksgiving weekend. Friday night we will have snacks, drinks and some festive Leon Redbone playing Christmas Island in the background. There will be LOTS of pots both small and large, reasonable and unreasonable. We will also have an enourmous selection of seconds and this will be the last chance to collect a piece from my previous body of work. Whether it’s to shop or just say hi we would love to see you and meet your friends and family.

We are at 149 Central Street, in downtown Westbrook Maine. 207.856.5083

Hours of our Sale:
Friday November 23, 6-9pm
Saturday November 24, 9-5 pm
Sunday November 25th, 10-4 pm

Here is a link to a map of where we live.

Or you can try our written directions: Take Rt 25 by-pass into Westbrook, turn at Sportsman’s Hardware (this is directly across from the back side of CVS) onto Central Street. (Coming from Gorham you will make a right onto Central St. and coming from Portland you will take a left onto Central St.) We are almost at the crest of the hill on the right, #149.

Westbrook has great things to offer…good eats and quite a bit of art. If you are hungry before or after your visit check out Burrito or the new Frog and Turtle. Also one of my favorite fundraisers and a fabulous fun time to see and buy great and often very inexpensive art is the Bakery Photographics Photo A Go-Go which happens December 14th from 6-8 pm.

Imagine a show devoted solely to the underbelly of historical pots…Oribe, Tang, Royal Copenhagen and many many more. The MAK museum in Vienna revealed the hidden aesthetics of the reverse side, which often tells a lot more about objects and their history than the so-called “right side”. This was a truely profound experience, and such a treat to have stumbled upon. The only bummer was that there was no photography allowed. So close your eyes and imagine a room where 80-90 pots lay upside down and sideways, exposed and virtually suspended bearing their most deep dark dirty secrets.

My grad school professor said , “you have to have input to have output”… well fill me up! I just returned from a 10 day trip to Eastern Europe.(Prague, Budapest and Vienna) My friend Ingrid and I walked, looked, ate, drew and couldnt help but noticie how Europeans are really into tall sexy boots right now.

This is a great 30 min. video about…you guessed it Pots. It was produced in conjunction with the Cup: The Intimate Object V exhibition at the Charlie Cummings Gallery. Pete discusses the finer points of function as it relates to handmade ceramic cups, and place. Quick, run dont walk to your closest web browser.

I was featured in the “Shop Talk” portion of this weeks Portland Press Herald. Dont look for me in the Art section …I am a Buisness woman and thats where you’ll find me.