After watching Diana and Shane’s YouTube video today on color, I thought these pictures fit their discussion perfectly. The first two were Natalie Warren’s’ booth at the ceramic show over the weekend. And another whose name I don’t know. The picture at the end was a lady with a basket of snacks for all of us. What I saw were the red packets and couldn’t figure out why she had packets of catsup! They weren’t 😵‍💫

We made it to Morro Bay, CA yesterday and there was a kite festival going on. So fun! Today we turned right and are heading north up the west coast! 🌊🥳 I found these adorable mugs in a boutique and love the spoons in the handle. And how cute is the candle holder?!? Added to the list of things to try! 🙂

Hello all. Crazing can be a confusing glaze problem, and there are a lot of myths out there regarding its causes. (Just like a lot of glaze defects) I can explain it, but if you want the experts, you can't do any better than the Ceramics Materials Workshop. Here, they provide a short lesson on crazing, its causes, the myths surrounding it, and the chemistry that causes it... yes, always. It's very short; just over 12 minutes. It's also free, so please watch: https://youtu.be/NkNda1R-xro?si=iV-AMlQBlMQWRlPf

I’m so excited to interview the owner of Coyote Clay tomorrow. I’ve already interviewed his sister who has developed all their new glazes. I have a list of my own questions of course. But if you have a question you’d like me to ask, you have about 12 hours to let me know!

I thought I would share our work in progress of our Rusty, Dusty,Old Farmhouse showroom in a converted horse trailer. We are thinking of just leaving to door open and putting a ring camera on it if passerby people stop by to look. Amazon guy was impressed lol. We are still decorating and will decorate sesonally too. Half the pottery and craft work went to Oregon this week, so we need to get busy again. On the second Saturdays of each month we open the doors an offer free pottery lessons on the wheel , hand building project and jewlery making to draw people in as it is a very low traffic location. We have several people signed up and a troop of 5 girlscouts for May 9th. I may film the event and post on youtube. It's a fun way to help and enjoy the people in our small community as well as hopefully make some sales and create new potters!