i picked up my finished pinch pots yesterday! and i LOVE them! they didn’t come out exactly, or even close to what i expected. but, they’re like children, i still love them all the same. i thought the clay i used was more of a white clay then it really is. so, i thought the [...]
Entries from July 31st, 2009
we’re back!
July 31st, 2009 · No Comments · Family
dan and i went to seattle for the weekend to visit his folks. we had a blast! we rode on a duk, watched a baseball game, hiked through meadows, ate ivar’s and used the internet on a plane for the first time!
here are some photos.
Tags: Family·seattle·what i'm doing
AR+BQ
July 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Pinch Me! Ceramics
i’m participating in a art show / BBQ in venice on august 15th! i’ll have my pinch pots on display and for sale. you should spot by!
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make your place sustainable
July 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Food, Inspiring Design, our house, things i like
i got my new favorite book in the mail the other day. it’s called Make Your Place: Affordable, Sustainable Nesting Skills by Raleigh Briggs. i brought my little book with me on my trip to seattle and have been reading it every chance i get! i haven’t gotten through the whole book yet. but so [...]
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i’m in heaven
July 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Family, things i like
i’m on a PLANE! and on the internet, AT THE SAME TIME! i’m in heaven. i have the internet, tasty snacks, a large aray of tasty beverages (one being booze) and tv! oh, and dan, the love of my life.
before we got on the plane we had our traditional bloody mary in the airport bar. [...]
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second round
July 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Pinch Me! Ceramics
i took some more pots in to get bisque fired today! i timed it so that the first set of pots that i took in last week was coming out of the bisque fire and ready to be glazed as i was bringing the second set in to get bisque fired.
here’s the first set [...]
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sneak peek
July 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · Pinch Me! Ceramics
i’ve been working really hard for the last week making a bunch of pinch pots for the art show coming up in august. i dropped off five pots last weeks to get bisque fired. i got ten done! i’m going to take these ten in to get bisque fired when i pick up the first [...]
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the small objects
July 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Inspiring Design
i just found my new favorite site! the small objects. sarah neuburger makes the cutest stuff! she has a whole line of stamps and stationary. she also makes little wooden dolls, from finger puppets to wedding toppers.
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more flickring
July 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Inspiring Design, things i like
found. and love.
Tags: flickr·graphic design
other things i’ve made
July 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Pinch Me! Ceramics
here are some of the other ceramics i’ve made.
Tags: ceramics·what i'm doing
pinch pots
July 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment · Pinch Me! Ceramics
a few months ago, i took a ceramics class once a week for nine weeks at a downtown art gallery, Downtown Art Center Gallery. i sat around for three hours with a bunch of bitchy old women and made by hand very tedious pots and bowls and plates. i thought we would have some wheels [...]
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the heat is on
July 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment · our cats, our house
it’s starting to get hot around here. for some (the cats), salvation comes by being under or half under something.
flickring
July 20th, 2009 · No Comments · Inspiring Design, things i like
browsing through flickr today, i found the art of Mami Kobayashi and i love it! he’s a graphic designer based in japan. he draws this cute little hamster character named poku poku going on a bunch of different adventures. he’s got a bunch of other work too. check out his flickr page here.
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here goes something…
July 15th, 2009 · No Comments · our house, things i like
hi! so, i’ve decided to start a blog! i’m want to share with whoever wants to know what i’m doing and what other people are doing that i like.
so, i guess i’ll just jump right in!
this last saturday, july 11th, some friends of mine and i went to the renegade craft fair in [...]
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