Hi friends! So, I made my very first YouTube video for my ShopTiny event. In it I do a studio visit of my studio at the Berkeley Potters Guild and show how I throw and slip cast pieces and also some inspiration for my designs. It was really fun to make and I hope to… READ MORE
One of my favorite books as a kid was The Phantom Tollbooth. One of the parts of The Phantom Tollbooth is when our brave character gets stuck in the Doldrums. It’s a place I feel too familiar with the past couple of months. I think it is the state of politics, the world, the normalization… READ MORE
One thing that doesn’t distress me as much anymore in making ceramics is when I unload the kiln and I find a blue dot where a red one was supposed to be, a tiny crack, a small bubble, a smudged black line, a plate that doesn’t sit completely flat on a table, or a piece… READ MORE
This year, I am taking a new tactic and not doing any outside holiday shows. I sort of needed a break from the stress and the schlepping but also I am pleased to say that I have expanded into many new shops and galleries! I’ve just been too darn busy making work for them and… READ MORE
I am so excited to share that I have solved a two year pinholing issue I have had on my large fruit bowls. Perhaps even you have wondered why doesn’t she sell many fruit bowls? Why are they never posted on Etsy? Why does she only have pictures from one photoshoot with them with her… READ MORE
I feel like I’ve been oddly quiet from the world and then I realized it was because I spent the majority of the month of April in Ireland!!! It was AMAZING and as my family calls it — it was an ABC tour (Another Bloody Church/Cathedral/Castle). I was really inspired by the history and nature… READ MORE
Sometimes being an artist is not making art and sometimes it can feel like you don’t want to make art for long periods of time. If you are at all like me as an artist and you don’t feel like making art for long periods of time, you start to freak out and think I’ll never have… READ MORE
I used to watch Letterman all the time before we got rid of cable and started watching everything through Netflix, Amazon and the Apple TV. He was always my king of late night comedy and one of his surrealistic skits he used to do was “Will it Float”? Call me weird but I loved it and… READ MORE
In my never ending questing, I decided to test a whole slew of new (to me) clay bodies this last two months. I insanely chose 8 clay bodies including two that were red in color, five that were porcelain clays and one new stoneware. It has been quite a process and definitely took more time than… READ MORE
I’m sorry but I can’t resist the overwhelming urge to post more kitten photos! During our most recent photo shoot, look who wandered in. In fact, right now, she is also destroying one of my old paintbrushes. She has become an integral part of my painting process and often lounges on me or my work… READ MORE