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My last completed piece of Summer 2026 – bittersweet! I just had to make one more version of my fish rattle. I love the other […]

I did a two day stained glass workshop last week where we used repurposed glass as the center of a flower and we designed our […]

I made this lidded container for a friend who loves pigs. This is the third lidded vessel I’ve hand-built and I made sure I was […]

I had fun making this random little kitty cup. I slabbed some white clay and used a template to create the walls. After I created […]

I started assembling this guy back in early April but I put him aside to work on a few other projects. I made sure he […]

Last week I took part in a two day PD called the Innovative Makers Academy. It was easily one of the best professional developments I’ve […]

It rattles! I started this little friend in a workshop back in April. Of course being the slow worker that I am, I wanted to […]

Back from the beach! We spent a wonderful week at Alligator Point, Fl. We had the beach to ourselves, it was a wonderful time to […]

I think this is my fifth pitcher attempt? The actual form is quite good and I can tell I’m making progress with the construction of […]

I finally made something we actually need! I accidentally broke the soap dish we used in the shower a few months ago and have been […]

Every spring, I love entering a piece into our Knox County Art Educators Show. The exhibit is held at UT’s Downtown Gallery and it’s such […]

I created my own glaze transfers for these plates. The designs were created on newsprint paper and the colors had to be layered in reverse. […]

This is only my second hand-built lidded vessel. Unfortunately the lid is wonky. I had made two lids and I dropped the lid that was […]

I was able to take another intermediate stained glass class a few weeks ago. My instructor had a new tulip design and I had to […]

I love making pitchers because it’s a challenge at almost every step of the process. I pretty much hold my breathe until the piece comes […]

During the first class of each new hand building session we usually make something with pinch pots. Honestly, I think this might be my favorite […]

MY 100TH BLOG POST!!! My turtle and a piece by one of my fantastic students was accepted into the juried Dogwood Arts 2025 Synergy Student […]

I love making these hand-built scalloped bowls. I made sure to emphasize the textured side lines as i did the imprints. I also wanted the […]

I took a fun underglaze transfer workshop a couple of weeks ago. I’ve done this process several times before but because there’s so many steps, […]

This tile and my previous tile were both slab rolled back in November. But due to life getting busy around the end of the semester […]