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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. […]

After taking two beginner classes (and one intermediate years ago), I was able to take an intermediate stained glass workshop this week. Even though it […]

This spring, I’ve been decorating and glazing all my thrown pots with the same techniques and colors, so I decided to do something a little […]

In late April, I was able to take a Monoprinting on Clay workshop at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg. This is an […]

Art Source 2024 An Exhibition of Works by Knox County Art Educators I was unable to attend the opening of this year’s Art Source Exhibition. […]

I started a six week wheel throwing class back in mid-March. It had been almost four years since I had been on the wheel and […]

In mid-April, I took a succulent planter workshop at my clay studio and was able to make this adorable little guy! We used a pre-made […]

This frog prince is a little larger than the last frog and I changed up the glazes. I used three celadon glazes on the frog […]

I wanted to create a few more frog princes, similar to what I made last summer – Small Frog Princes. This frog is a little […]

Well this piece definitely didn’t turn out like I had hoped! I was a bit heart broken <sigh>. I took a Valentine’s Day themed workshop […]

We had a pretty massive snow last month – 8 – 10 inches – and then some nasty ice as well. The ice is not […]

Last night I was able to take a really chill, relaxing, no pressure paper collage workshop. We started off talking about how to safely use […]

I was able to make a few gnomes in January while working on an additional clay project. I really enjoy the cuteness of the small […]

Just before we got an incredible snowstorm (8 -10 inches, bitter cold), I was able to take another stained glass workshop. I knew I wanted […]

I was able to make a couple of masks over my Christmas break. I have been wanting to make more masks lately but I did […]

I love making these little guys and seeing the end results! So cute and fun. These gnomes were made from the scraps leftover from creating […]

After I took a recent clay Christmas tree workshop, I had to come home and spend more time with my favorite of the techniques. In […]

A few weeks ago, I took a Christmas tree workshop. We were introduced to three different techniques for making the clay trees. I’m usually not […]

I’ve mentioned previously how much I love taking one or two day workshops – nothing super intensive or major time consuming but just enough time […]

I started this group of gnomes back in early September and I finally finished them up this past week – early December. Life got extremely […]