Spent the day demonstrating at the Kentucky Artisan Center in Berea, KY.  They don't have a potter's wheel there, and it's A LOT of work to take that whole set up... water buckets, wedge board, scrap clay buckets, etc., so I took a number of leather hard pieces.  I assembled some that needed to be and decorating them with sprigs. ... continue reading...

Maelenn Le Chinche of Antibes, France is in Kentucky for about 10 days and is studying ceramics under me for that period of time.  Maelenn has a degree in ceramics from DMA Ceramique Antibes.  Even when they are not in the studio, I am giving her lots of information on how to make different items, understanding the marketplace, finding her niche', etc.  And giving her a taste of our traditional cusine, having had dinner at a BBQ restaurant in La Grange, KY, fixing country ham, grits, biscuits ... continue reading...

After owning a retail store/studio combination for 30 years, 26 of those on Louisville's historic Frankfort Avenue, I sold the Frankfort Avenue property and closed the retail store.  I moved the studio to my horse farm in Henry County in the Bluegrass region on Kentucky.  I had the studio built and the move, building, and setting up prevented me from working in clay for about 4 weeks.  So I'm running a bit behind.  But everything is in full operation now and I'll be getting caught up soon.  ... continue reading...