New Studio Gallery - on the move!

I'll be moving my studio and gallery this month to this awesome place:

It's an actual one-room schoolhouse from 1881 that was relocated many years ago to land owned by our local Lions Club on Main Street in Cambria, Ca. It was home to the Allied Arts organization for many years and they've recently moved to larger space.

I'm thrilled to be moving to a ground-level, larger building with such huge community visibility right on Main Street. The building has such charm and character, including the original school bell in the tower. A rope hangs down and people are invited to ring it.

I'm honored to be asked to become the new caretaker of such a cool community asset. I'm excited to get in there and make it "mine." I'm eager to get things situation so I can get back to the process of making pottery...

But I'm also a little scared about getting everything done on time. I gave notice on March 1 and have sooooooo much to do by April 1. One step at a time...

Pretty cool, eh?

Gone to good homes

Pieces from the "Endangered" series sold well over the weekend. Here are some shots of a few that have gone to good homes...

I sincerely need to set up the photo cube and start taking some better photos of my work BEFORE I set it out in the gallery.

Puppy love

Champ came home with us last Sunday. What a bundle of energy! Between lots of studio work and lots of puppy walking, I've been busy!

At just 12-weeks old, he's already keeping up with Mae, our 3-year-old black standard.

This last photo, below, is is a picture of me with Champ's dad, Max... Gives you an idea of how big this guy will grow. Within days of bringing Champ home, we had to locate another crate for him to sleep in at night. He was already too big to use the one we had for Mae when she was little!

I've also been busy this week in the studio and will post new pics soon!

Pedestal Forms and Line Etching

Been working on some new forms. Here's a finished piece and some at the decorating stage. I like the softer colors, on the ones shown in the first two pics. They'll become more muted with the stain and clear glaze in the next steps. I haven't yet documented the time needed to make these. But I'm sure it's atrocious!

Look what I get for Valentine's Day

My hubster showed up at my studio a couple of weeks ago with a bit of mischief in his eyes and was being really sweet to me. Well, he's usually pretty sweet, but this was extra-special and I thought .... "Hmmm, what's going on...??" It was kinda like a kid who wanted to ask for something special for Christmas. Or, how about an extra-special Valentine's?

Look what we get for Valentine's Day!

We pick him up on Sunday, Feb. 14!

Scenes from a clean studio and gallery

Here's my place before the last weekend... All ready for visitors!

Great Show!

Thank you to all who visited my studio gallery during the Art & Wine Festival last weekend! It was a great show for me and I was pleased with sales, as well as meeting new people visiting my studio for the first time.

There was a lot of interest in pieces in the new series featuring endangered plants of the Central Coast. Below is a large vase that now has a new owner.