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OMG, I can't believe that Spring Fair is one week away. It seems like I've been making mugs forever.

I decided to only make mugs this year. I created my own design templates so that I could repeat designs if I liked them. Also, it freed me up to create lots of different designs using simple and cheap materials.

So much fun to focus on just one form. I love to decorate and color mugs. It really nurtures my love to color and to design.

Sam, my younger son, came over yesterday to photograph all of them. Such a great guy to spend time taking pictures of over 60 mugs for me. Thanks, Sam!

I hope that folks will come out to see the fruits of my labor; and of course, everyone else's pottery. There will be over 60 of us, Clay Alliance potters showing and selling our work.

Hugs,

Yvonne

Findlay Market Demo Day

Kiln Results at P.A. Lowery Art Tiles

After firing over 20 tiles, I opened the kiln on Wednesday. I delivered most of these tiles to my frame maker this week so the custom frames could be made.

Shown here are the two small tiles that I first wrote about on April 1. I am pleased with the "Fern Trail" landscape (last tile shown) but I am considering glazing and firing again, the "Oak Trail" (far right tile in second row). I want to try to see if I can soften the color of the stems and give the background a bit more color.

Also shown are a few of the other tiles (Goldfinch Duet, Ivy Frog and Savanna Tree) that were in the firing.

Stay tuned, my next post will feature something entirely different!

Yosuke Koizumi

Yosuke Koizumi is the potter in residence for Shimpo Ceramics. This picture was taken at the clay show in Cambridge, WI, 2007

Baum Pottery

Bottle in Shino glaze with kiln rust

Progress on New P.A. Lowery Art Tiles

I just finished glazing two of the new tiles that I featured in an earlier post. Here are the photos of how the tiles looked just before they went into the kiln. I am also posting a photo of a wall pocket that I'll be glazing for the Spring Fair. This piece is shown in bisque form and measures about 7 3/4". Of course, it will shrink a bit once it goes through the glaze firing.

I'll be firing the kiln tonight so I hope to have more photos by Wednesday evening.

New Springfair Artist Submissions!

Check out this work from some of Spring Fair's participating artists:

Jane Lester

Alysha Macpherson

Laura Davis

Marcia Fanthorp