slide right into october

So, with the Mint Sale behind me and 3 Guys* a warm fuzzy feeling, I'm gearing up for a trip to Charlotte, NC, this weekend for a sale with the Circle of Eight.  The Circle is a group of potters in the Charlotte area who teach and have studios in the vicinity of the Queen City and they do a sale twice a year with an invited artist.  I'm excited to be this year's Fall Invited Artist, and I join the alumni of Suze Lindsay, Kent McLaughlin, Kelly O'Briant, Blaine Avery, Laura Avery, and Brad Tucker...did i leave anybody out?  

I had 2 good sales with the Mint and 3 Guys* which wiped me out of my bread and butters:  cups, mugs, bowls, and bud vases.  So, amidst glazing for 3 Guys*, I managed to throw, trim, slip and sig some cups, mugs, bowls, and plates, but alas the bud vases did make it into the mix, too much process.  But, I am very excited about some new square plates with buggy decorations, which I will offer at the Circle Sale this Saturday, 10-4pm.  That is if I get them glazed and fired tonight...

Wish me luck and hope to see you in Charlotte for this great sale with some great potters.

September Sales (on by!)

This coming Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, September 25, 26, 27, with Friday, Sept. 25, 6-9pm opening reception, and Sat, Sept 26, 10-4pm and Sun, Sept 27, 12-4pm, the 7th Annual 3 Guys* and Some Pottery Sale will descend upon Doug Dotson Pottery near Pittsboro and Chapel Hill, NC.  I will have my highly decorated functional earthenware for sale alongside the earthy and comfortable soda fired stoneware of Doug Dotson and the elegant, yet familiar and colorful porcelain of Kelly O'Briant.  We will be joined by Matthew Thomason who will have handmade journals, cards and some paintings on hand.  Last year's sale was great and we are looking forward to another weekend of hanging out, snacking and selling some pots (and prints!).  Come on out into the woods and join us, bring your friends and spread the word about this special studio sale.  You can visit www.dougdotsonpottery.com for more details, or for you facebookers check out the 3 Guys* and Some Pottery facebook page , become a fan and invite others. 

The next weekend, October 3, I will join the Circle of Eight for their Fall Sale as an invited guest artist.  The Circle is a group of Charlotte area ceramic artists which include Amy Sanders, Ron Philbeck, Julie Wiggins, Jennifer Mecca, Greg Scott and Adrienne Dellinger.  I'm excited to be part of this sale and I am looking forward to hanging out and selling some pots with these talented potters in the Queen City.  The sale will be 10-4 pm at 1225 Dade Street, Charlotte, NC 28205.  You can call (704) 650-5662 or check out this link at the Circle Sale for more info.

I'm in a few invitational sales later in December and I'll send out some info about those later, and I'm hoping to have my annual holiday studio sale also come December, but Kara and I are expecting another little baby boy the first week of November so Im not sure what this Fall/Winter will bring.  Come on out to the aforementioned sales and check out the pots I have available now, because I may not be working so much in the studio as holding things together at home for all the Peterberrys and pets. 

Hope to see y'all and Happy Autumn!

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Light at the End of the Tunnel

So, wrapping up a week long glaze-and-fire-like-mad marathon in preparation for this weekend's Mint Museum Potters Market Invitational.  Almost staying up all a night a few days (?), I have together a good body of new work to have for the sale.  Here are some pics of pots in process and then some finished gorignac jars and cups fresh out of the first glaze kiln for this cycle.

One reason for my mad dash glaze-o-rama is that I have another big sale the end of this month. 

So, I was attempting to get far enough along that the next few weeks might have a more leisurely (ha!) pace at glazing and finishing work.  Check out www.dougdotsonpottery.com for more details on this sale.  It's called 3 Guys* and Some Pottery and is a lot of fun and we usually sell a lot of work.  Hope to see some of you there!

Gearing up for September

So, a day late and a dollar short, I'm slowly turning up the shred level to 11 (as Marty Fielding so eloquently put it on Facebook) to get enough pots together for 3 huge events (for me) in September-October.  September 12, I'll be in Charlotte, NC for the 5th Annual Potters Market Invitational at the Mint Museum.  This is an awesome event, and I nearly sold out in the first couple of hours last year, so I am bound and determined to take more pots this year.  Later in September, the weekend of 25, 26, and 27th, I am back in the Triangle for the 7th Annual Three Guys* and Some Pottery Sale at Doug Dotson Pottery with the honorable Doug Dotson, and the comely, yet not a guy, Kelly O'Briant.  Every year this sale has gotten better and better with lots of interest and attendance with reflective sales.  The first weekend in October, I'm back to Charlotte, NC for the Circle Sale at Amy Sanders home and pottery.  I'm honored to be invited by this great group of Charlotte area ceramic artists, and I'm excited about hanging out with them and hopefully selling a few pots.  So, why am I typing and not potting?!?!?  back to the studio...

August is Upon Us

Hey y'all, Hope you are having a wonderful summer and that the rain is reaching you somehow.  Pretty dry here in the Big Chap.  Here are 2 events that are coming up in the next couple of weeks that you might want to check out:

I am the featured potter at Lark and Key Boutique in Charlotte, NC  for the month of August 2009.  I will be showing with a printmaker, Dan Allegrucci, who does incredibly cool woodcut prints.  The show opens July 29, and the Opening Reception is the following Friday, August 7, 6-9pm.  You can go to larkandkey.com or call (704) 379-1826 for more information on the show and on how to get to the gallery. I have 30+ new pieces in the show:  some bug mugs, bug bottles, cups, bowls, bud vases and a salsa basket.  Hope to see you at the opening!  For those of you on facebook you can check out this page www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=136185680434&ref=mf

On Friday, August 21, 6-9pm, Claymakers in Durham, NC will host an opening reception for "Drawn to Clay:  Vessels Emblazoned".  This exhibition gathers together 20 of NC's best ceramic artists and potters who employ imagery to embellish their ceramic vessels.  Included artists:  Jennifer Stas, Naomi Dalglish, Michael Hunt, Blaine Avery, Bruce Gholson, Samantha Heneke, Ronan Peterson, Jennifer Mecca, Ron Philbeck, Amy Sanders, Matt Kelleher, Shoko Teruyama, Susan Feagin, Corinne Fox, Kelly O'Briant, Carol Gentithes, Fred Johnston, Laura Korch, Michael Kline, and Gillian Parke.   Each potter and ceramic artist in this show is known for their unique approach for enlivening the surfaces of their ceramic vessels with imagery.  From the quick energetic finger wipes evoking grasses blowing in the wind of Michael Hunt and Naomi Dalglish to the carefully considered and constructed kitsch decal images of Gillian Parke, this show promises to be a feast for the eyes and an event not to be missed.  Techniques and content vary from artist to artist, but quality, creativity, and invigoration tie these 20 ceramicists together in this special exhibition at Claymakers in downtown Durham.  You can go to claymakers.com  or call (919) 530-8355 for more information regarding the show and the studio.  For those of you on facebook you can check out the following link:

www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=109449312697&ref=mf 

Save the Date(s)!

Saturday, September 12, 10-4pm, Mint Museum 5th Annual Potter's Market Invitational, Charlotte, NC

Fri, Sat, & Sun, Sept.  25, 26, 27, 7th Annual Three Guys* and Some Pottery Sale, Doug Dotson Pottery , Pittsboro, NC

Saturday, October 3, The Circle Sale , Charlotte, NC.  I am the invited artist for this Fall's sale.