New work at San Luis Obispo Museum of Art!

I delivered three new pieces to the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art last week... and the "Bee Box" was sold within hours of putting it on display!

Patricia Griffin - Woodcut Series - Bee Box

Patricia Griffin - Woodcut Series - Bee Box - View 2

The "Bee Box" was part of a series done when I was resting my throwing muscles. I didn't do any throwing on the potter's wheel for two months and turned to using my extruder, altering and making these lidded boxes.

I unloaded more work out of the kiln last week, and a new cycle of boxes and vessels is underway. Though I'm happy to say I'm back on the wheel, I'm now incorporating a lot more hand-building with slabs and extruded forms into my work.

It truly was the silver lining in the mandatory "time off" from the wheel I had to give myself. I love that about clay... There are so many different avenues you can take to stay excited and energized!