some of my new cups are available at TRAX GALLERY.

(click on the image for a better look)

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 . . .

PARTY + CUPS.

our BIG annual studio HOLIDAY PARTY is thursday, december 9th from 7pm-11pm.

this year we invited 27 local ceramic artists to be part of our CUP SHOW . . . there will be SO many amazing cups for sale.

come by for some live music, food, libation, and lots-o-cups.

thursday dec. 9th

7pm-11pm

2370 4th street (@channing)

berkeley, ca

510.848.2390

more details here.

S I P .

this is one of my cups that will be at the 'OUR CUPS RUNNETH OVER' show at the society of arts and crafts, boston. the show runs from november 13 - january 22. i will have a variety of functional + nonfunctional cups, along with a few framed porcelain pieces. there will be 33 artists featured in the show . . . this means a LOT of cups !

opening reception is november 19th 6:00-8:00

cups. cups. cups.

i am doing 2 cup shows + a gravy boat show in november. don't ask me why. cups just might be my least favorite thing to make. i don't enjoy dealing with a handle or with a rim that has to be good enough for someone to put their mouth on. but, as always, it is a good way to push me into making things i usually wouldn't make. and though i don't "like" doing it, i do like having new work to look at.

friday field trip (from the sketch book).

from bed in emeryville, ca

august 2010

anyone who knows me, knows i am highly un-technologically inclined. i was the last person on the block to get a cell phone. the last person i know to get a computer. the last person to get a laptop and do away with dial-up, etc . . . so when my husband presented me with an iPad last week, i wasn't sure what i was going to do with it, though it is certainly VERY cute. then yesterday i discovered sketchbook pro. and now i think i am in love. this is the best thing i have learned in years (though still learning, as it's only been a day).

i am in a cup show this november, so cups are on my mind.