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 birds. It’s an awful lot of fun, with varying levels of success. [...]
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 current state of tribalism, of hostility to the "other," to the "alien." [...]
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 brought armed white supremacists, Nazis, and other hate-based groups into our little [...]
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 around the world are joining forces to celebrate the “Year of the [...]
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 of the woods to get to the ferns I'm after. Forest, my [...]
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 hanging planters; they’re looking in my window in the morning. There’s a [...]
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 tea-sets with tiny birds as the knobs on the teapots and sugar [...]
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 speak to me, that move me in some way…and I figure the [...]
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 if you made it to our PACKED Studio Tour/Open House on November [...]