Yes – I do struggle keeping this site updated but I have big plans!  This summer I will be building a home studio and working on creating web sales!

This weekend is the Boulder Potters Guild Annual Spring Sale at the Boulder County Fairgrounds.  I don’t have much work currently but I really wanted to participate – I am the President of the Guild after all!  SO I have a little booth set up! Walking around the sale is so inspiring – I’m so proud of the work of my fellow guild members!

So we are relaxing with our friends Marios and Maria in Cyprus at their beautiful beach house. Since I have not had consistent WiFi until here I have not been able to post… so that means I  eventually will have to go back in time and start from the beginning post by post.  This should be fun because I will get to live it over again. But for now I’m here at Konnos Bay.  The water is a magical color of blue that my phone will never be able to deliver. I haven’t taken many pictures yet but here is one taken around 2pm white on a walk to the market:

 

 

Here is the view from our bedroom:

Last night we went to a a traditional Cypriot Taverna in Soltira called Ploumin.  There we had a traditional mezedes dinner … or what Patrick calls “death by a thousand tiny dishes”.   We started with some pickled items, bread, salad and quail eggs  The dips are tzaziki and tahina:

Anyway, as usual, we got so busy eating, talking and drinking Cypriot wine and I forgot to take any more pictures but there was 20 more dishes that came out  – souvlaki, keftedes, grilled halloumi, eggplant, grilled chicken and many items that I cannot pronounce or figure out how to write.

Well we are off to do some snorkeling so I will write more later…

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Well I just remembered that I can post from my phone… Only a week into my trip.  I find that I don’t want to sit still a moment over here…i want to walk and drink in everything I can.  And eat! I have one meal out a day and every one has been pasta.  

Right now I am having lunch at Cucina Torcicoda…a rec from the NYT. It is fantastic. I am having the special… tagliatele with porcini. Housemade pasta of course. AMAZING!
 

I love the little leather basket for the bread. 

This place is right up my alley because it has a tiny menu and serve red or white wine…one kind… the house.  At least for lunch.  They can make any cocktail and it is the same price. A glass of wine is 4euros…my pasta is 8. I’m having a glass of white and it is delicious.

Anyway… I spent the first half of the day at the Uffizi Gallery. I looked at every painting. It was wild seeing so many paintings that I studied in school.  

  Off to explore…

Ok – so I am done with school – that was a long haul.  Am I a “real” artist now?

As much as I feel such relief finishing I am also feeling a tiny bit at loose ends.  Funny – I went back to school because I wasn’t happy with my work and now that I’m done I’m not happy with my work. Really – I’m just feeling a little blocked.  Today I am going into the studio to make some triaxial blends using mason stains.  I have been using underglazes but not so happy with the flat look I get.  I’m hoping that by adding a bit of titanium to my glazes and brushing on the layers I’ll get a little more sense of depth.boring…

Ya know – I’ve always wanted to make dishware with muted colors but for some reason I end up with bright colors.  I’ve also always been interested in white.  I think I might start investigating this soon.

Priscilla was so wonderful to take some images of the newest work I dropped off at the Boulder Arts and Crafts Gallery.  This body of work is still in progress and I am experimenting with getting out of my comfort zone and playing with more color.  I’m not 100% sure how I feel about it – I’ve always been a more neutral color kind of gal – preferring to dress in blacks and greys and keeping my work more towards the quiet side.  Working with the color is scary for me but I feel it is time for me to take a few more risks.  I have always felt that working with clay is “my practice”…along the lines of yoga and meditation.  So here is some results of the latest to emerge.

So – I have made the switch to porcelain and have been working hard in the studio getting to know it better. I forgot about the importance of drying it slowly – my first round of bowls had quite a bit of cracking – ugh! I have the first round in the bisque kiln as I write…

I really need to update this site but it’s hard to get myself to sit down at the computer and just do it.  I have had a crazy busy last 6 months (more like 6 years)  and no matter what, the days are never long enough.  All I want to do is be in the studio making but there are the actual paycheck related jobs, family and friends and …well…you know how it goes.

I have been working in the studio  making new work which I have been selling at The Corner Studio in Lyons, Co , pARTiculars in Lafayette, Co and at the Boulder Arts and Crafts Gallery in Boulder, Co.

I have extremely successful Boulder Potters Guild Sales last fall and this Spring – I am just so grateful for all the support!

I am also working with Trish Kurnik and her new gluten-free baking biz – New Beat Foods.  We’ll be at the Boulder Farmers Market on Saturdays and you can also find our crackers at Cured on Pearl Street in Boulder.

Anyway, just a quick update.  Pictures of my new work to follow…