Happy Sprummer 2013!

 

Happy Spring!
...and Summer is just
around the corner...
It's high time for the
Nine Toes Pottery
2013 Sprummer Sale!

You are invited to this year's sale on
Saturday, May 25 and Sunday, May 26, 10am-4pm
The sale will be at
137 Windsor Circle, Chapel Hill, NC 27516
(not at my studio address)
I'll have lots of cups, bowls, mugs
and some new bird pitchers and teapots that I am excited about.
Come, hang out, bring a friend, and join us for a celebration of budding, blossoming, and blooming
...and of course, Pots! 

 

Other upcoming Nine Toes Pottery events:
June 1 & 2, Larkspur Sale and Garden Party, Raleigh, NC
June 9-15, "Scatching the Surface" workshop, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
June-September, Dow Studio Summer Showcase, Deer Isle, ME
July, Spotlight Show, Mudfire Gallery, Decatur, GA
August, "Sweet and Salty", Focus Gallery, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC


...and one last note:  My friend and great potter, Teresa Pietsch, will be having a show of her work at NC Craft Gallery in Carrboro, NC, I believe in June...maybe July, check out links for more info. 

Arboreality, Fur and Feathers, and Yunomis

Big month here for NTP, April that is.  I have a solo show called "Arboreality" opening online with Charlie Cummings Gallery on April 9.  I sent Charlie almost 50 of my best pots of late, with some new "bird" pitchers that I am pretty excited about and some new decorations on cups, bowls and mugs.  Charlie and his crew take EXCELLENT photos of the work for their shows, and I am honored and super excited to have a show online with the gallery.  Check the show out on April 9-30 at http://claylink.com/zen/

Other news:  an interesting show at Mudfire Gallery is up now, "Fur and Feathers", all work based on the theme of something birdlike or beastly, but with fur...or feathers.  Love the themes that Luba and Erik have been throwing out of late and interested to see how the new management/owners take this tradition and continue it.  Show is at http://www.mudfire.com/fur-and-feathers-2013.htm

Upcoming on April 19, the AKAR Gallery's perennial favorite, the Yunomi Invitational 2013, will showcase a whole lotta cups/yunomis from a lot of great ceramic artists/potters.  I am super excited to be included among the invites this year, and hope that my cups do well there.  "Yunomi" by classical definition  and the criteria by AKAR is a cup, usually for any use, but AKAR specifies for tea drinking, that is taller than wide and has a cut foot.  With all the interpretations, there is a lot of variety with some stretching the formal definition and others adhering to classical Japanese models of "yunomi".  The cups I sent are definitely of the former, and but they do fall within the criteria described:  multiuse drinking cup, taller than wider and a cut foot.  We will see how the show goes, usually a crazy online bumrush, and I hope this year holds true to that tradition.  Check it out at http://www.akardesign.com/   April 19-May 17.

Also, Crimson Laurel Gallery in Bakersville, NC  is holding "Containment All-Stars" upcoming in May, which should be a great show considering the lineup they have assembled together.  I have 2 pieces in the show and I am honored and excited to be included among the crew they have invited to this annual treat.  Be sure to check it out online at http://www.crimsonlaurelgallery.com/calendar/207/84-Containment-IV-All-Stars  or head on by the gallery and check it out in person. 

Cone 6 wood-a-bration!

I wanted to share some pics of some pots from a cone 6 wood/soda firing that a group of folks including me, Teresa Pietsch, Christie Drew, Nancy Garret-Mead, Tim Mead, Marcela Kokes, Tyler Stoll, and Andy Maynard (in absentia) did a few weeks ago at the Energy Xchange using their pallet eater wood kiln.  We had great results, with near even temps all over.  Enjoy!  And let us know what you think.

Altered States

So, despite resolutions and better promises, still lagging behind on the ole' blogging.  Still, wanted to get the word out about a few upcoming workshops.

I'll be in Fairhope, Alabama, February 2-3, for a 2 day workshop titled "Altered States" at the Kiln Studio and Gallery.  We will focus on thrown and altered forms, with some time spent on embellishing and decorating pots out of round.  This will be my third workshop at the Kiln, and all have been a whole lotta fun with lots of laughing and information to be had.  Check out

 http://www.thekilnstudio.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=70_73&product_id=108 

for more details and such.  I will also have a solo show up which opens February 1st.  I'll be at the
opening, ready to start the workshop the next morning.

I also have a workshop coming up February 16-17 at Pullen Arts Center in Raleigh, NC.  This workshop
will be a perinnial favorite, " Scratching the Surface".  We will be focusing on various approaches to the 
ceramic surface, with lots of demos involving color and texture.  Check out 

http://www.raleighnc.gov/content/PRecRecreation/Documents/PullenArtsPotteryClasses.pdf

for more details.

Hope to see you at one of these southeastern events!  

Last Hurrah for 2012

 

With very special guest artist Teresa Pietsch, current Clay Resident at the Energy Xchange in the mountains of western North Carolina.