by Sue | Jul 3, 2017 | Blog
A local group hosts an Empty Bowls event in support of community food shelves. I’ve donated bowls for several years and each year try to donate something different than my normal body of work. This year, I’m making some heart shaped bowls. The underside...
by Sue | Jun 29, 2015 | Blog
This is my first summer as a fully self employed person. I’d previously spent many years working full time doing other things while being a potter part time as well. Beginning as a young teen I worked summers full time while school was out and upon graduation,...
by Sue | Feb 28, 2015 | Blog
Last weekend I attended a Fundamentals of Design in Clay workshop lead by Nick DeVries at the Edina Art Center. It was a great time and very educational. Edina Art Center has a wonderful facility and always puts on equally wonderful special events. Principles and...
by Sue | Jun 30, 2014 | Blog
A few years ago, we were younger and more naive woodfiring. We fired the kiln over the weekend that followed the 4th of July. It ended up being a very hot, humid weekend with no breeze made so much worse by the fact that we were standing in close proximity...
by Sue | Jan 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
As some of you may have read yesterday, anything freezable in my studio was frozen when I woke up. The door had been left open and the heater couldn’t keep up with the -20F temps outside.I had a lot of ware on drying boards and was a little concerned with...