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It’s summer... and that means it’s time for th

It’s summer... and that means it’s time for the garden photos to commence. ;) This year I had my first successful grow of shelling peas. They are my absolute favorite first crop of the year and they look beautiful dressed up in one of my most frequently used @klineola serving bowls. This pot has a long history of trips from the garden to the table. Swipe to see a photo from about 12 years ago of the same pot hard at work. I highly recommend. Love you, MK! Thanks for making one of my favorite pots.

Head on over to the Penland Gallery to check out t

Head on over to the Penland Gallery to check out the Ramen & Rice exhibition in the Focus Gallery. Open through June 6. @penlandgallery @penlandgalleryshop

This ramen bowl, with its rim wrapped in borage le

This ramen bowl, with its rim wrapped in borage leaves, will be part of Penland Gallery’s upcoming exhibition Ramen + Rice, opening the end of this month. Borage will be a new herb in my garden this year. Historically used as both a medicinal and culinary herb it wears beautiful star shaped flowers in summer. Formally, its broad leaf tapers down gently into the stem, providing quintessential ‘plant’ decoration on the pot. Swipe to see an image of the leaves of my borage starts. I’m growing a white variety this season with seeds purchased from Sow True Seeds. Such a lovely plant. @penlandgallery @sowtrueseed #borage

@aboveboardceramics is live! This plate was a favo

@aboveboardceramics is live! This plate was a favorite of mine from the last firing. Head on over to check it out. Link in bio! #nceca2021

@aboveboardceramics goes live tomorrow at 8am EST!

@aboveboardceramics goes live tomorrow at 8am EST! All of these pots, (and so many more) will be available for purchase. Link in bio. A big thanks to @penelopevangrinsven @lillyzuckermanstudios for organizing such a great exhibition! #nceca2021

First porch meal of spring and just had to share.

First porch meal of spring and just had to share. Loving that we grew everything on this awesome @eastforkpottery plate. #lionsmanemushroom #garlic #parsley #whatmorecouldyouwant

Accidental morning conversation between a bowl & b

Accidental morning conversation between a bowl & bread. #sourdough

This plate and a handful of other new pots are now

This plate and a handful of other new pots are now available as part of the exhibition, “Fluid Expressions,” at Red Lodge Clay Center, curated by Bandana Pottery. Check it out!
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Repost @bandanapottery We’re excited about the show “Fluid Expressions” at @redlodgeclaycenter, which opens today at noon Eastern time. This show explores a range of methods using contrasting clays and slips: wiping, brushing, dipping, slip trailing, carving, wax resist, stencils, combing, pouring, stamping, inlay and sgrafitto. These techniques all lend a rich depth of layers to the pots, and we can’t wait to see them all.

Some new work that will be included in @aboveboar

Some new work that will be included in @aboveboardceramics - Opening March 17

In late 2020 I changed all of my materials and fir

I’m not really sure what to say about this yet,

I’m not really sure what to say about this yet, so I’m just gonna leave it here. Also, it’s gray and rainy today. 💙🌧

#almostspring #notquite #morningcoffee #latergram

#almostspring #notquite #morningcoffee #latergram

Merry Christmas to all. ❤️ This gorgeous holid

Merry Christmas to all. ❤️ This gorgeous holiday photo is courtesy of @vanessa_mayoraz - My pots have never looked so lovely... so thank you!

Three new lidded jars (in addition to other pots!)

Three new lidded jars (in addition to other pots!) are now available @penlandgallery 🤍

New works in progress. I’ve always been fascinat

New works in progress. I’ve always been fascinated with the aesthetics of food and farmland, and with this series of pots, vessel form has started to merge with vegetable silhouette. While these are, in fact, profiles of cabbages translated from drawings to plates... to me they are less about exact reproduction and more of an exercise in attention. Things I’ve been thinking about as I sit and carve these rims: how human scale dictates how I perceive farmland and also gardens. Tools and their relationship to our bodies. How all healthy landscape design forces you to consider light, scale, and form. How regenerative farming requires the constant consideration of multiple timescales in a very lovely way. Do all of these thoughts come out in the pots? No. Not at the moment. For me, how much I ask my pots to hold can be a philosophical question as much as a functional one. For now, the tall feet and wild rims are an exercise in casting shadows... and maybe challenging functionality and food presentation a bit. I’m enjoying the slow down of hand building again... and delighting in the new merging of digital drawing in my process - even as I fight the internalized anxiety created by decreased production. Anyone else get this? Many thanks to @jyhoward for the nudge to start using procreate.

Fall weather is the best weather. Shelled a whole

Fall weather is the best weather. Shelled a whole bunch of beans outside last night in very good company. @stevethebergeceramics

Form to Table is now open @bluespiral1 and I’m t

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A little Friday night work in progress. I just lov

A little Friday night work in progress. I just love how much slow attention teapots demand. #teapot

I voted. It’s really important that you do too.

I voted. It’s really important that you do too. #makethevote

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