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Monday, July 18, 2011

HaPpY BiRtHdAy to wilma.

(cake stand by whitney smith + cake by george)

today is wilma’s 6th birthday. it seems like just yesterday that i was choosing her out of a litter of 8 other seven week old puppies. her mannerisms are still exactly the same as they were back then . . . a little strange, shy, awkward, a wallflower who always stands off to the side from the crowd. but back then she had a huge belly full of worms, which made me fall in love with her even more.

Sunday, July 17, 2011

the pour house.

there is a new pourer in the house.


see it here.
Sunday, July 17, 2011

before glaze.

after glaze.

Sunday, July 17, 2011

the Salade Niçoise study.

i think that a Salade Niçoise is pretty much the perfect meal . . . and i ate quite a few of them in france. click here to see some of them.

Friday, July 15, 2011

friday field trip (from the sketch book).

(click on image for a closer peek)
june 2011
golfe-juan, france

golfe-juan is a cute seaside town right on the mediterranean and 2 miles from vallauris, the town where i was living. i ran to golfe-juan every morning and swam in the mediterranean sea. it was the perfect way to start the day. one night while i was waiting for my dinner companion in front of tétou, i quickly sketched this view of the golfe-juan hills.

Thursday, July 14, 2011

eye candy.

(click on the image for an even yummier view)
an inspiring rack of clothes in nice, france.

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

howard + howard.

in france, these 2 lovely pigeons were always outside of my bedroom window. i would talk to them, and they would coo at me. when my late father was a boy, he had a pet pigeon named howard, and because i felt a peculiar connection to these pigeons, i called them both “howard.” sometimes i would come home and the howards would actually be IN my bedroom. but they never EVER left droppings, just an occasional feather. one early dawn, i was dreaming about wilma. in my dream we were snuggling and she was lying on my stomach like she so often does. i could actually even feel the weight and heat of her body on my belly. i was in that half dream state, happy but confused, i could feel wilma lying on my stomach but was confused about how she got to france. and then i opened my eyes to discover that a HOWARD was sleeping on my STOMACH !

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

flower power.

new summer gingham plates are available at TERRAIN.

Monday, July 11, 2011

M E R C I .

“THANK YOU” to everyone who came out to the renegade on the weekend. it was a fantastic show, there was a record 200,000 people that came through the door ! maybe my lucky ladybug had a little something to do with it ? she hovered around my booth for an hour . . . “thanks, lady.”

Friday, July 08, 2011

friday field trip (from the sketch book).

june 2011

vallauris, france

this is the church in the square where i lived in vallauris. cute little church and such a beautiful color. i miss looking at this church out of my window EVERY day.
Wednesday, July 06, 2011

made in france.

you can take the girl out of her production studio,
but you can’t take the production studio out of the girl.


click here to see most of what i made in france (from start to finish in 3 weeks). i also made a series of 20 cups, 2 of which broke and the rest sold + a bunch of clunkers that were not photo-worthy. it is so shocking how much you can accomplish when you have nothing else to worry about and you are doing what you truly love to do. i HIGHLY recommend a residency at A.I.R. VALLAURIS. it was a life changing experience.
photo gallery here.
Tuesday, July 05, 2011

THIS weekend . . .

i am BACK from france and will be doing the renegade craft fair in san francisco THIS weekend. if you say to me “no, you don’t look jet lagged at ALL,” you will get 10% off your entire purchase.


saturday + sunday
fort mason festival pavilion
11-7
(booth 134)

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