Around The Studio

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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Today is the day. VOTE.

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

It’s National Clay Week! Join us tomorrow as we

It’s National Clay Week! Join us tomorrow as we chat about one of my favorite topics: CLAY.... Details: DIG’N IT- insta live
Friday October 9
1PM (PDT), 4PM (EDT), 9PM (GMT+1)

Lindsay Rogers @rogerspottery (USA) + Carly McCann @carlymccannpottery (Ireland) + @bpracticalpottery (Canada) Talk about digging clay from the ground for their projects. Listen to three potters 6,757 km from each other talk about how hand dug clay changes their making processes and the of content of their work.

@clay_week @make_and_do_ceramics

#nationalclayweek #digclay #pottery #tennesse #beautifulbritishcolumbia #galway

I took a couple of weekends off from making pots t

I took a couple of weekends off from making pots to build a chicken coop. While I have made plenty of my own studio furniture this was the largest building project I’ve ever undertaken. It was really fun and I’m already in love with my new ladies. 🐓🥚 @thegardencoop.diy

The final day of @cousinsinclay is today! Take a p

The final day of @cousinsinclay is today! Take a peek at the website linked in my bio. There are still many amazing pots available from eight artists. These two bowls are still up there! Sale closes at 5 pm.

Firing pots in a soda kiln again, with its varied

Firing pots in a soda kiln again, with its varied atmosphere, means that some interesting color shifts appear in the clay. Sometimes the change is wild and unexpected, like the orange pot I posted a last week... sometimes it’s more subtle. I placed this plate on a wood backdrop to show off the undertones of warm brown that appeared on some of the pots from this last firing. Work from this firing will be available for purchase at 11:00 am on the Cousins in Clay website! Link in bio. @cousinsinclay

The @cousinsinclay sale is this weekend! Sale goes

The @cousinsinclay sale is this weekend! Sale goes live on Sept 5 at 11am and runs through Sept 6 at 5pm. These plates will be there but you can preview all the pots on the Cousins in Clay website (link in bio).

Head on over and check out the work by all the amazing cousins:

@courtneymartinpotter
@klineola
@brucegholson
@samanthahenneke
@lydiajohnso
@connellypottery
@kylecarpenterpottery

There are also LIVE EVENTS! Check them out:

Friday
7:00 Happy Hour with Cousins in Clay on ZOOM

Saturday
12:00- Michael Kline- Brushwork demo. Meet the artist interview by Kyle Carpenter
1:30- Lindsay Rogers. Meet the artist interview by Courtney Martin
3:00- Kyle Carpenter- Surface Decoration. Meet the artist interview by Michael Kline
4:30- Courtney Martin- Studio and Kiln Tour. Meet the artist interview by Michael Kline

Sunday
12:30- Lydia Johnson. Meet the artist interview by Michael Kline
2:00- Bulldog Pottery- Unload Crystalline Glaze Firing. Meet the artist interviews by Courtney Martin
3:30- Michael Connelly. Meet the artist interview by Kyle Carpenter

A little peek at a serving bowl that will be part

A little peek at a serving bowl that will be part of this weekends @cousinsinclay sale! More details to come...

For me, starting to fire in a gas kiln again means

For me, starting to fire in a gas kiln again means embracing the quirky pots of the firing. This small side plate was sitting right by the exit flue and it’s placement in the kiln is what gave it this gentle orange blush. It was the only one in the firing like it. While this color wasn’t my intention, its kind of fun to have the voice of the kiln keeping me on my toes again. Ps. This was the pot I decorated during my very fun studio visit with @harvardceramics earlier this summer!

A little glimpse of a little pot from my most rece

A little glimpse of a little pot from my most recent soda firing ... and some little beans from my garden. I grew black beans for the first time this year. The plants are currently hanging upside down in my kiln shed drying out, but I couldn’t resist taking a peek. 🖤 #blackbeans

#details Looking forward to @cousinsinclay Septemb

#details Looking forward to @cousinsinclay September 5.

Waiting for decoration in the late afternoon sun.

Waiting for decoration in the late afternoon sun. These plates will be headed to @cousinsinclay September 5th. 🤍

⭐️Giveaway!!⭐️ I’ve never done a giveawa

⭐️Giveaway!!⭐️ I’ve never done a giveaway before so this is exciting! Head on over to this post on the @cousinsinclay feed for instructions on how to enter the drawing to win this lidded jar. The winner will be chosen on Monday!

Check it out y’all! Join me for a tour of my stu

Check it out y’all! Join me for a tour of my studio and quick look in to my process on June 26. 📷 @bredvad .
Repost: @harvard_arts - Join @harvardceramics for a virtual field trip to an artist's studio! In these virtual classes, you visit contemporary ceramic artists for a guided tour of their space, a demo of their process, and discussion about their work. Pictured here is work by studio potter and educator Lindsay Rogers (@rogerspottery).
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The “Visit an Artist” series is part of @harvardceramics’s summer courses. Free for Harvard undergrads. Register online. #makeart #makeartathome #visitanartist #ceramics #harvardceramics #harvardsummer

The annual Yunomi Show just went live at @clayakar

The annual Yunomi Show just went live at @clayakar ! Hundreds of awesome pots - check it out. ❤️

Live! Right now I have a small collection of pots

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