Category Archives: Pottery

Latest Firing Results

Here are some of the pots from yesterday morning’s kiln opening – my first glaze firing since last fall. Since the kiln shed is unheated, and all the glazes freeze, we wait until spring to recondition them. It was a … Continue reading

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Spring Workshops at City Clay and online at TeachinArt.com

This spring, I’m offering two hands-on workshops at City Clay in Charlottesville, VA.  After a long Covid-induced break, I’m excited by the prospect!  The first will be on Throwing  Chickens and Fish, and the second on Creating Patterns and Texture … Continue reading

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Black Iris Gallery Show – Simply Functional: Pottery by Nan Rothwell

We’re almost finished setting up our shows at Black Iris Gallery.  First Friday Opening starts tomorrow (3/6/20) at 6:00 pm, and then the gallery will be open by appointment during March.  Once NCECA starts, we’ll be open daily, 11 am … Continue reading

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Pottery by Nan Rothwell

Functional Stoneware Pottery Pottery Classes and Workshops My pots are made to be used — to enhance the rituals of preparing and eating food, to hold flowers, to light a corner for reading. Making functional work connects me to the age-old … Continue reading

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Work in progress

My friend Steve Palmer came by to take some photos for the Artisans Studio Tour which will take place November 11 & 12, 2017.  My new studio will be on the Tour, although it’s not clear  whether we will have moved … Continue reading

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New online course, second firing, and a great link

A lot to report here: First, my online throwing course on Teachinart.com is now open for registration.  There are six weekly sessions, with the entire course content available for ten weeks.  This format feels like an innovative hybrid — somewhere … Continue reading

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Creating a wedding registry

Build Your Own Wedding Registry If you would like to set up a wedding registry, you can reserve pots from my online store, and we can display them as a linkable registry for your wedding guests.  Please contact me by … Continue reading

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Credit Cards as Tools

Here’s a new video that Alan and I made as an entry to a Ceramic Arts Daily contest.  Alan was here for a week (a place he refers to as “the old country”) filming a teaching video that we hope … Continue reading

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Pots & Paintings – at McGuffey Art Center now through June 27

Lindsay Michie Eades and I have a joint show at the McGuffey Art Center in Charlottesville now through June 27.

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Wiggle Wire Lamp

How to make a Wiggle Wire Lamp, from my instructional video “Wheel Throwing with Nan Rothwell”  

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