2016-08-28 - Sunday - Kevin Crowe, part 2

On the second day Kevin showed us more of his techniques and finished the large pot.

One thing I forgot to mention is that Kevin started off each day with a poem and the ones he picked were wonderful. On Saturday he read a Jack Troy poem about all the material that passed through his hands over the years. It was very moving. That one is not online, but you can read three of his poems here.

On Sunday he read "Axe Handles" by Gary Snyder, another moving poem. You can read it here.

It was a fun and inspirational workshop on many levels and it will not soon be forgotten.

Building up the large pot.

Kevin and some guy.

Finishing the large pot with Ralph.

Ta-da!

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2009-12-24 Thursday - Christmas Eve

Here's hoping everyone has a 

Merry Christmas! 

I hope your holiday is safe, warm and happy with friends and family close by wherever you are this year.

Tuesday night on the way to Clayworks I started playing with a poem for the studio.  It made me chuckle and several people told me I should write it down, so here goes:

'Twas the night before Christmas
Hanukkah if you'd rather
it could've been Kwanzaa,
it just doesn't matter.

The holiday season
was on us full bore
and nary a potter
came through the door.

The kilns were all quiet
the wheels, they were still
we wanted to go there
but we hadn't the will.

We'd filled up on
fruitcake, cookies and sushi
we just sat in our chairs
and felt kind of mushy.

Visions of pottery
danced in our heads
trimmings and glazings,
some of them red.

We thought of new pieces
that we wanted to do
some of them conceived
in two thousand and two.

This year is almost
"remember when?"
Here's to good pottery
in two thousand ten.