Winter Dreams

It has been a long odd winter. One week sunny and balmy. The next week brutally cold. My studio is in an old Victorian carriage house that is built on brick piers. Heavy oak timbers support a structure that stands over a three-foot earthen cellar. As the frost...

Raku Tip of the Season

Originally posted on February 12, 2009 This was my first blog and I have decided to repost it as a way of bridging old and new. It’s hard to believe that my old site was seven years old last month. I’m looking forward to our journey together in my shiny new web home....

SHARING JOY – WORKSHOPS IN THE CARRIAGE HOUSE

With more than a little gentle nudging, I started sharing my studio and offering workshops to small groups of my fellow potters in the summer of 2011. Soon, word spread and my mailing list grew. Two workshops and a few tag-along firers in the initial year steadily...