Autumn Creations

Summer came and went.  Autumn came and went.  Winter now upon us, although in the Northeast it hardly feels like winter.
Many of our Autumn Days were well in the high 50s to mid 60's.   Call it an extended Indian Summer if you like, however, it does beg the questions again regarding Global Warming.    My work has continued to be inspired by both my concerns for the poaching of wildlife animals (some species to near extinction) and even more broadly, our abuse of nature.   I live in hope that we quickly determine ways to live in better balance with other earthly species and each other.

Recent Work - August 2014

Works in Progress

Teaching the Girls Scouts of America

This was one FUN class I taught at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts.   The Girls Scouts were such amazing students - curious with lots of questions, great listeners throughout the demonstrations, eager, excited and ready to jump in for creative time with clay!   I taught them both hand-building & how to throw a pot on the potter's wheel.   Their work came out fantastic!   What a pleasure they were to teach.

Works in Exhibit at LBI Foundation of Arts & Sciences

A few of my works appeared in this nice newspaper article about the LBI Foundation of Arts & Sciences during one of the exhibits.

New Works October 2013

This past weekend I took a workshop with Ramon Camarillo.  Ramon is an extremely talented potter with huge amounts of experience in Raku firing in addition to throwing large beautiful forms that are as light as a feather.   If you have the opportunity, I highly recommend a workshop with him.  Not only is he a wealth of knowledge, he is a great fun personality.   Ask him to play his ukelele in between firings - another talent of his.
The following images are works I fired in saggar firings.   The platter has appropriately been named The Phoenix  - as when I looked as this wonderful surprise after being fired for a mere 10 minutes - I saw the Phoenix rising from the ashes....

Recent Works July 2013