Friday, February 10, 2012
trax gallery.
saturday, feb 11th
small bowl invitational
enjoy hot chocolate nibs whisked into a foamy delight right in your cup by chocolate connoisseur, mark sommer.
click HERE for details.
Monday, February 06, 2012
chocolate + cups.
here are some of my new cups.
they will be making their debut THIS weekend at TRAX GALLERY.
. . . an invitational show featuring small bowls for drinking hot chocolate. mark sommer, connoisseur of natural, organic, free trade chocolate from COCOA RUSTICA will be there to whisk up this frothy treat right in your cup !
saturday – february 11th
5:00 to 7:00
1812 5th street
berkeley, ca
Friday, February 03, 2012
friday field trip (from the sketch book).
july 2004
cortona is one of the sweetest towns i have ever been to. this beautiful little town is built upon a hill and has the most amazing medieval architecture. cortona was made famous by frances mayes book, under the tuscan sun. and just by chance, while we were there they showed this movie (under the tuscan sun) on a huge outdoor movie screen. watching this movie under the stars whilst sipping limoncello was truly an epic moment.
Thursday, February 02, 2012
more love.
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
anthology magazine.
thank you ANTHOLOGY MAGAZINE for featuring me and some of my clay posse in the latest issue (no. 6 winter 2012). i love this magazine. the content and the design are both so beautifully executed. they are really more like coffee table books rather than magazines.
you can get a bluebird plate right here.
Friday, January 27, 2012
friday field trip (from the sketch book).
july 2004
one of my top 3 favorite countries has to be italy (tuscany, to be exact). tuscany is so luscious and rich with culture . . . the FOOD, the colors, the people, the art, the landscape. i could easily spend a year eating and sketching my way through tuscany . . . (a girl can dream).
Monday, January 23, 2012
shake it.
these are new salt + pepper shakers that i designed for my manufactured line.
they were based on and inspired by these bells that i made last summer in france. i had many requests to design a set of salt + pepper shakers (in addition to my cellars) and this shape was perfect for the job.
the gift shows are now in progress and i have A LOT of brand new products hot out of the kiln. be the first to stock your store while you can. my manufactured line will be shown in new york THIS weekend:
New York International Gift Show
January 29th to February 2nd
Magenta presents in “Tabletop and Housewares”
Javits Convention Center, Booth # 3066
Thursday, January 19, 2012
beautiful ugly.
i love the term “beautiful ugly.” this is when something is SO ugly that it is actually beautiful. i’ve been experimenting with new glazes, underglazes, slips, and clays. when these bowls came out of my test kiln, i was HUGELY DISAPPOINTED, as they were nothing of what i expected. i slammed the kiln shut and stormed out of the room. but the next day when i looked at them again, i found them to be quite beautiful . . . exquisite, even.
one of clay’s biggest life lesson for me is to not have your heart set on something. when you think you want something a certain way, it could turn out in a completely different way and you just might love it even more. i love when the clay speaks to me like this. it opens up my mind to even more possibilities than i ever imagined were out there.
what you think you might want, might not be what you want at all.
(click on the image for a closer look at the beautiful ugliness)
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
a foot to stand on.
i’m making new cups . . . hand building the cup and using my new best friend, the kick wheel, to trim the foot. this is much harder than it sounds, as it is IMPOSSIBLE to center something that is OFF CENTERED to begin with, but i am having much fun doing something new. trying as it may be (yes, there have been naughty words cried out, sweat dripping from my face, and cups flying off the wheel), i think i am gaining a new appreciation for the wheel. stay tuned for my new series of goofy footed cups . . .
