Thank You Corvallis!

Just wanted to thank all the wonderful people that braved the weather to come out for the Corvallis Fall Festival! I got a lot of great feedback, made some new contacts and met some really great people. I have to give a shout out to my booth neighbors: Aimee Herring, Jennifer Lommers and Sarah Brown. Aimee is a wonderful ceramic artist that is also going to be showing at Local 14 along with me next weekend. Jennifer Lommers is an amazing painter making beautiful and colorful works of art! Both of these ladies kept Jeremy and I laughing all weekend long. And, I scored some great gifts from 'A House In the Woods' children's clothing by Sarah Brown. If you weren't able to make it, maybe next year!



Remember that the Local 14 Art Show starts this Thursday September 29th and runs through Sunday October 2nd at the Forestry Center in Portland. I hope to see some of you there!!

The Latest and Greatest

So as some of you know, my husband and I recently sold our house. Which of course means that I also lost my studio! Currently I am renting space from a friend in Portland at Mudshark Studios. It's been fun to be in a new environment, and definitely takes some getting used to. There are now lots of people and lots of dogs around me all day, making for plenty of distractions! It has also been a bit chaotic because I have to produce enough work for two upcoming shows. The first is the Corvallis Fall Festival on September 24th and 25th and the second is the Local 14 Art Show running from September 29 through October 2nd. Both are known to be great shows and I am looking forward to them both!

Since I am now a full time studio artist, I have been making a greater effort to document some of my processes. Recently I have been making some butter dishes and here are some pics of that process. Enjoy!

First things first, a slab must be rolled and texture is added by rolling a carved roulette across the surface.



The slabs are then cut, folded and manipulated into the basic shape of the butter dish top. Some extra slab allows for a couple of salt and pepper shakers to be made as well.



Smooth slabs are used to create the bases for all the butter dishes and four square 'feet' need to be cut out and attached to each base.



All of the birdie knobs start out as a solid ball of clay and each one is made by hand, making them all individuals!

Once all the knobs are sculpted, they can be attached to the butter dish tops. The finished product is a flock of birdie butter dishes!