TRYING TO DO INK-BRUSH PAINTING IN CLAY
I’ve gotten obsessed these past few weeks with trying to capture in clay the quick gesture of Japanese sumi-e ink brush paintings of [...]
INVASIVE SPECIES, NOXIOUS WEEDS, GARDEN PESTS
Hello, All, I've been consumed all summer long with a project that has grown up within me as a reaction to our country's [...]
Dateline: CHARLOTTESVILLE August 11, 2018
Hi People, I'm holed up in my studio on the outskirts of Charlottesville on the anniversary of the Unite the Right rally which [...]
2018 is Year of the Bird
2018 marks the centennial of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, the most powerful bird-protection law ever passed. In honor of this milestone, nature-lovers [...]
A Potter in a Time of Global Climate Change — Fiddling While Rome Burns?
My foot slips off of a tussock of swamp grass and sinks into rich black smelly muck as I cross the wettest part [...]
It’s all about Birds and Friends
I can’t get my mind off of birds these days. They’re at my feeder and nesting in my kiln shed and in my [...]
Trunk Show Meets Tupperware Party
Happy New Year, Fellow Pottery Lovers, It’s mid-January (already!), and I’m getting ready for the ACC Baltimore show February 19-21st. I’m making solid-colored [...]
Yes, Virginia, It IS Time to Panic About Gifts
Actually, I don’t believe in panicking about gift-giving at the holidays at all. My modus operandi has always been to give gifts that [...]
Holiday Open House Saturday, December 5th
Save the date, people! We’re gearing up for a fabulous Holiday Open House at Mud Dauber on Saturday, December 5th from 10-6! Even [...]