Category: everyday art

I had some leftover clay and was able to make a few tiny gnome friends!

A few weeks ago, a friend and I took a charcuterie board and spatula wood working class. I have taken two wood turning classes and […]

I was fortunate to take another intermediate stained glass workshop this past weekend. I haven’t been able to make much artwork over the past couple […]

My first leaf bowl workshop was in the fall of 2023. I learned several tips and tricks from that initial workshop, so I decided to […]

I just recently took my third intermediate stained glass class. I chose an abstract pattern and once again I think my favorite part of the […]

This fall, I had hoped to make several of these hand built scalloped bowls to either give as Christmas gifts or maybe even sell. But […]

I’ve had so much fun making Jack O’Lanterns this fall, that I couldn’t resist making more. I played with the facial features of these pumpkins, […]

I was on Fall Break this week, so I was able to take a workshop during the day! This is my fifth stained glass workshop […]

I used some of my white clay to make a few small gnomes just for fun. I love how cute the tiny gnomes turn out! […]

Scalloped bowls! This was such a great workshop I took back in September from one of my favorite instructors. We hand built the bowl forms, […]

Oh my gosh, I’ve had so much fun making Jack O’Lanterns this fall! I started in early September and I am up to (I think) […]

I created this Garden Totem in a July workshop. The workshop took place over three different weekends. The first weekend, we choose our textures and […]

In early August, I took a hand built pitcher workshop at my studio. We used a template to create the form, traced and added the […]

During my hand building class this summer, we did monoprinting on clay using underglaze, slips, and mason stains. This was such a fun process. We […]

These are the last of the pieces I created in the throwing class that ended in June. They are a speckled red clay that I […]

I took an awesome hand building class this summer filled with lots of techniques for creating vessels without the pottery wheel. These pieces were created […]

I made a few white clay gnomes from some leftover clay scraps. I went with my standard red, green, and blue underglazes. I unfortunately rushed […]

I started a six week hand building course back in mid June. I am loving the class and this vase was the piece I made […]

Over the last weekend in June, I got to take a hand broom making class. I went in with no experience or expectations, just a […]

This past weekend, I took a one day Paper Marbling workshop. I loved it! We did two different styles, Suminagashi (Sumi) marbling and Turkish marbling. […]