Warren Mackenzie Retrospective at the Fuller Craft Musuem

Today was an exciting field trip day for the Asparagus Valley Potter’s Guild.  We took a two-hour bus trip to the Fuller Museum in Brockton, Ma. to see the wonderful Warren Mackenzie Retrospective.  We also saw the up-lifting,  and inspiring,  “On the Line”, an installation, by one of our own guild members, Francine Ozereko, and her husband Frank Ozereko.  And last but not least, an exhibit about shoes… totally engaging!  I will report on the later two in the next few days.  For now, here are some Warren Mackenzie pots to inspire!

 

More Student Pots, and Apprentice Pots

Here are a few more pics of student work, and my apprentice’s work!

Wendy's Serving Bowl

Dawn's Oval Covered Casserole

Dawn's Serving Bowl

My Apprentice Pam's Votive Bowl

 

Another of Pam's

Pottery Students and their Creations

It is the week before Christmas and my studio is a flurry with students picking up the last of their fired pieces, and customers coming in for gifts.  This week I just change my mind-set to visiting, and doing some work in between the customers and students.  It is a happy time in the studio, everyone is all smiles.  I love seeing students faces when they see their creation finally finished.  Yesterday I thought it was about time to photo my students work, and will soon incorporate it into my website which is in the process of be totally re-done.  So here are a few pics of their work to share with the blogging world.  More to come tomorrow, and in the next couple of months!

Darlene's Beer Butt Chicken Roaster

 

Darlene's Double Dipper

Cliff's Sushi Set

Studio Dogs

Have to share the latest pics of our new puppy Willow.

Willow the Wheaten at ten weeks

Graham and Willow Sharing

 I have two dog beds, and quite a few toys  in my studio now, but the two of them managed to be in one bed sharing one toy.  The bed was moved by a certain dachshund right in front of the pellet stove fire on this very cold day!

Big Girl Pottery Class

No Kidding this is what my advanced students call their class, and when one of the newer students make it into the advanced class, they say, “you’ve made it to Big Girl Pottery”.  When they said it to Cliff, he wasn’t so sure he wanted in!

Classes are filling up for the winter session.  One opening left for Wednesday, and one for Thursday, (Big Girl Pottery)

Big Girl Pottery, Wendy. Dawn, Gayle

Cliff and Darlene

Fall Pottery Classes Ending this Week

Another session of classes at Lucia Pottery is ending this week… that means Winter Classes are starting soon!  The next ten week session begins the first week of January.

Happy Pottery Students, Heather and Sara

What a great group of students this Fall.  Some of them too prolific in their pottery making… making larger and larger pieces and taking up so much space in my kiln!  But I love it,  it is so good to see students that I have had for a few sessions progress.  One of my students, Darlene,  introduced us all to BEER BUTT CHICKEN ROASTERS.  Our class tasted the most deliclious chicken which she roasted in her very own wheel thrown Beer Butt Chicken Roaster!  Darlene was determined to make this roasting pan right, so she not only made one, but four!  I guess she got my point about repetition makes for a perfect piece… but now I have to fit them all in my kiln!

Our New Puppy

I would like to introduce Willow, our new addition here at Lucia Pottery!  She is a Wheaten Terrier, nine weeks old.  She is rescue pup from Ohio.  Her mom, along with another pregnant female were rescued from a puppy mill.  The two girls had 17 pups between them. 

Here she is in the snow looking almost un-real… just too cute!   She is making Graham’s life very exciting. 

Thank you!

What a great open studio/ holiday sale it was… the best ever!   Thank you to all who came.  If you missed it, there are more pots left for holiday gift giving.  If you see any pots you like from the pics I posted drop me a line, or if your local give a call, and stop by for a visit.

A Little Snow for the Holiday Sale

There is a Christmas tree farm a mile up the road from me , so people were stopping at my sale with trees on their cars and snow softly falling all day… a perfect New England December day!   It’s the second day of the sale.  People were coming in shaking off the snow and warming up by the fire with some hot cider and cookies.   I love the two studio sales I have a year.  People love to see the place where I make pots, and I love to have them here asking their questions, and buying directly from the studio.

I’m open 10-4  Sunday for one more day, if any locals want stop by.

More Pots for the Sale

Today we started setting up for the Holiday Sale which starts tomorrow at 4:00!  The studio is becoming transformed!  Here are more preview pics of the latest work.

Olives anyone?

Pickles?

Lovely to Hold

Garlic and Olive Oil. Yum

Large and Meduim Serving Bowls