Wise as an Owl

Often the pieces that come out of the kiln serve as the muse for my weekly story, inspiring me to share what I was thinking about when I created them, or perhaps they trigger something in my thoughts or memories that I share. This week it was my new friend, “Sugar,” who emerged from the kiln to serve as my muse.

I wonder what it would be like to be part of a royal family? From the paparazzi press I’ve seen about the royal family in Great Britain over the years I don’t think it would actually be that much fun…

At The Pot Shop I get visitors from all over the world and sometimes they find pieces they want to take home with them. We have the discussion about shipping, which I’m happy to do, but I always recommend that people take their piece home with them in their carry-on luggage

The most tactile of my animal sculptures has to be the puffer fish. It seems there is an almost irresistible force that makes people reach out and touch their spiney surface. It’s like we know that the spines will be sharp and poke us but then we want to make sure so we reach out and touch them to actually feel the poke.

This holiday season I ended up with an extra bag of fancy marshmallows shaped like snowflakes.

One of the wonderful things about having collectors who gather my pieces over time is that we get to become friends.