Jan 05
 Anyone going to be in Tempe on February 22nd and 23rd should attend the Empty Bowls event in Downtown Tempe. I was one of the ceramic artists who made bowls for the event. $10 buys a handmade bowl and some soup. All proceeds benefit local food banks. For three years now, I’ve made bowls …
Dec 16
I just repainted our dining room, and I want to paint a frieze of grape vines around the walls, near the floor. I debated grapevines vs. blackberries, and decided on grapevines because grape leaves are interesting, and blackberry leaves are harder to stamp. I had hoped that I could carve grape leaf stamps out of …
Nov 21
Here are the ornaments out of the annealer from last week.  I made a small mistake with the blue and red ones, and the glass got stretched out and folded over when the color was added. It turned out to be a happy mistake, because the lines of color are more interesting then they would have been had …
Nov 15
I did this to play around with scatchboard art a little. The format is sort of an homage to Jennifer Hewitson, whose art I admire. I finally got some decent tools, so removing larger areas of white isn’t such a chore. The size is only 5×7.
Nov 14
Just got my first ornaments out of the annealer from class. The red one got blown a little too unevenly, but the red and yellow one looks pretty good. Next week I should be able to post pictures of a really ugly bowl I made.
