Moms Visit- Painting Pottery

I love my Moms company, she is silly, goofy and a lot of fun! 

Mom is my #1 Assistant!  If you have been to an open studio- you know have experienced Cory (aka Dogwood, Gigi).  Along with open studio, Mom helps with glazing, pricing, dusting and thankfully adding cute little touches to the pottery display.

If it were not for all of her help and support (both mentally and physically) I would not be where i am today.  

 Last week Mom, my friend Teresa and I spent the day painting pottery to be used as example display pieces at the studio.  what a wonderfully, fun day we had.  Painting, chatting and giggling.  The pieces came out great!  

A gal came in, just after I had put the display up, saw the dog dish mom painted and wanted to buy it!  Mom is very crafty and does some wonderfully creative stuff- check out her blog http://pinkdogwoodblossom.blogspot.com/

Later that same day, a group of young women loved a different display piece so much, they used it as a sample to paint their own pieces. 

Have you ever painted pottery?  Help me out, let me know what you liked about it and if there was anything special the studio did to make your visit a great one. 

Paint Pottery- it is cheaper than therapy!  Teresa

March Mudness

It's been pouring rain since around 4 pm today.  They (good ole "they") say we are going to get 1-2 feet of snow by Wednesday.  For now, it is raining.  I have mixed feeling about the downpour outside, the rain melts the snow really, really quickly...  Good for spring fever and the emerging dandelions, bad for spring skiing. 

I play in the mud almost every day at the studio and love it.  Cleaning the house from all the mud we have tracked in- not as much fun.

What really makes me smile and not care to much about the rain is..... (drum roll) the new studio does not flood.  Tomorrow I can spend the day how I want to instead of squeegeeing water around the studio!

Enjoy your days for what they are.  Teresa

"Cheese Burger Bird"

I heard my first "Cheese Burger Bird"... spring is here!  No, the cheese burger bird is not a flying Big Mac but, a true bird whos song sounds like it is saying "cheese burger".  Some say it is saying "spring is here" or "hang over" or "lame loser"- guess it just depends upon your frame of mind.  

Personally, I like Cheese Burger because it is so silly.  As I write this, I realize I have no idea which bird sings this McHappy song.  A quick Google Search teaches me, it is the Black-Capped Chickadee.

I am so enjoying this spring like weather we are having and would like to encourage the birds.  (My indoor cats love watching them through the window, too)  Yet, I am afraid if I put bird seed out this early, I will only encourage the bears.  What do you think, should I risk the bears on our back deck and put bird seed out or should I just go to the studio and make some ceramic birdhouses for the birds.

Enjoy your days!  Teresa

Ceramic Basket Class

What?  A basket made of clay????  Yep, the basket making classes were scheduled for this weekend.

The baskets are both fun and easy to make.   Great project for all levels, could even be completed during a single drop-in session.

The baskets are made upside over a bowl with the uprights (corners) hanging down and the woven coils wrapped under and over the uprights.

Hope you had a great weekend!

Teresa

Paint Your Own Pottery

In preperation of offering Paint Your Own Pottery at T Pots Pottery, I recently dragged my friend, Teresa with me to learn the ins and outs of paint your own pottery.    I figured we would stay an hour or so... 2 1/2 hours later, we left with smiles on our faces.  What a blast!

Jean, owner of Clay Canvas in Reno, NV was fantastic, showing us all the fun techniques in her arsenal. 
We painted, dripped, blew bubbles and stamped glaze on our pieces.

 

Teresa's creative masterpiece!  I love the grapes.

 

Mine is a little goofy.... I wanted to try everything Jean could throw at us.

Right now I have about 20 glaze colors and 15 different bisque pottery items to paint, more is on the way.  I hope to get it all on the website soon. 

Happy Painting, Teresa