Little pitchers - New for 2012

I've been thinking of winter breakfasts and wanting to make some smallish pitchers for cream, maple syrup, etc. I wasn't getting around to throwing any, so I decided to try extruding some porcelain and hand building some. Here they are!

 Going left

                Then right

                                    Forward

                                                        and Reverse!

 

And a close up.

New Mugs This Spring

I tried something new with my mugs lately. I've been throwing them in porcelain, then carving them with wire. When I got some out of the kiln I set them out on the table to look. Not the best backdrop, but the light was so pretty.


I hope you'll stop by this weekend and take a look. I'd love to get your feedback on size, glazes, etc. I'm really having fun with these and I think I'll keep making them until I get one just right for you!


I've got some new bowls and beads too. Lynn and I were discussing our menu over a beer yesterday, thinking about festive food and drink. My favorite thing lately (from my favorite food blog) is this Feta Salsa.

Come by and say hello on Saturday!

Lisa

Spring

Well, That wasn't SO bad :-). Time to rise up, shake the down out of my ears, and think about gardening and our spring sale. We'll be open just one day for spring of 2009. We'll have photography, knitting, jewelry, pottery, gourds and leather goods for sale, of course. But we also invite you to stop by just to say hello and celebrate spring with us, and let us thank you for your support over the last few years. We'll have some tasty snacks and hopefully a beautiful day to be out and about. We've been tweaking the gallery bit by bit, so if you haven't been in for a while, stop by and take a look. As always, we appreciate your feedback about our work and our space.

I got to get a little jump on spring this year by potting up some of my planters into little dish gardens. My friend Liz is part of a fledgeling family horticultural enterprise called Pots and Petals in Foster, RI. Husband Keith's focus is on woodland natives, son Howie and daughter in law Rana are starting vegetable seedlings. Liz shares my love for succulents, especially Hens and Chicks. For me they are like Japanese Painted Ferns. Each one is its own little painting and I never find one that I wouldn't like to take home. 

Well, Liz decided to try her hand at raising them last fall, and did she ever! Winter chatting got us thinking about collaborating on some dish gardens together, so last weekend we did. It was a cool, rainy Sunday, but with a glass of wine, a big propane heater, and  our supervisor at the helm,

we were ready to go!

We think these came out great. They should fill in a bit over the next month or so.

I'm having trouble resisting showing you all of them.

They'll be pretty cozy in their little corner of the greenhouse. Liz will take some to sell at farmers' markets in May, and I'll have some at the gallery on June 6.

Happy digging! Lisa

Platter from Feats of Clay

Here is one of Lisa's new pieces.  As you can see her work is organic and romantic at the same time.

News from Feats of Clay

My mantra in pottery and gardening, which I think I lost for a bit there: "Above all else, have fun!!"
And I have been. I've been playing with textures and glazes on little plate and dipping bowl sets like these:


This got me in the sushi mood, so I began trying my hand at a few soy pots. Talk about fun! I've got a million ideas in my head for these.





I've also been making some
funky canisters.


As requested, I've been playing around with the "fish plate". I've made four. Each is quite different from the other, and 3 are not yet out of the fire so I can't make any promises.
But, don't worry. It hasn't been all experimental. I will have a collection of new porcelain mugs, along with a stack-o-bowls.


See you in a couple of weeks! Lisa