Couples choose work from my showroom and list it in a registry on this site.   If you would like me to set up a page with you, please get in touch!  The following sample registry was posted last fall: Read the rest of this entry »

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 to have available soon.  Since we were set up to film when the contest announcement arrived, we were able to whip up this quick entry in response to their theme of homemade and re-purposed pottery tools.  We didn’t make it to the final cut, but in case you are wondering what to do with your old plastic cards, here is our take on The Five Best Uses for Credit Cards.

Hope you enjoy it!

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

Given our quiet country lives and the repetitive nature of making pots, I rarely have anything that qualifies as News.  But today I have three things worth mentioning.

First, Alan has finished producing my second teaching video — on making a lamp decorated with a wiggle wire.  It’s at the bottom of this post, and we’d love your feedback on it.

Second, I had a teapot accepted in the Fourth International Small Teapot Competition that will take place at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, California this spring.

Third, I leave this Sunday with my friend Kathy Knowles for a week teaching throwing at John C Campbell Folk School in North Carolina.  It’s a great place — like camp for grownups — where one can learn about almost anything done by hand.  Potting, metalwork, every kind of fiber arts, cooking, woodwork, music, and etc.  Check out their offerings at http://www.folkschool.org.

We have at least two more videos in the works – one on making an oval vase and one on decorating a lamp using a wiggle wire.  Alan and I had fun filming them, and I am looking forward to seeing his finished products.

There are still some spots available in my July 11-12 Workshop on Altering Thrown Forms.  Details on the Workshop Page We’ll do the two-part construction shown in the pitcher video; make oval and squared forms; and play around with wiggle wires and other surface decoration tools.

Here’s an example of a wiggle-wired lamp.  I love the way the surface resembles Harris Tweed.

In this two part video, Nan demonstrates how to throw a two part pitcher.

Part 1: Throwing the Base and Neck of the Pitcher.

Part 2: Nan Demonstrates how to combine the base and neck pieces from Part One, then continues with the techniques for trimming and attaching a handle.

Functional Pottery

Salt Glaze & Stoneware

Pottery Classes and Workshops

Studio Showroom Open Tues – Sat

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 tradition of artist craftsmen who make beautiful objects for daily use.

I‘ve been potting since 1969, yet after all these years, I still enjoy every aspect of making pottery, especially throwing and firing.  The alchemy of transforming soft clay into finished pots continues to excite and inspire me.

I offer classes and workshops in my studio, and I also teach at conferences and craft schools.  I had some wonderful teachers when I was first learning to pot, and teaching allows me to pass the favor on.  Drop me a line if you want to know my current teaching schedule.