ornaments for Everyone- Pottery Painting

Yesterday I told you about Ornaments for Everyone this weekend (Nov 20 & 21).  In case you would rather paint your ornaments, we have been busy making them out of clay the past few months.

We're adding a snowflake ornament to the mix this year to compliment the others: bear, candy cane, angle, gingerbread people, train, stars, heart and more....

Come by and check it out!

Ornaments for Everyone - Fused Glass

I'm really becoming addicted to glass fusing, the results are always gorgeous. And so easy! 

This weekend the studio is offering ornament making at discount pricing.  Most of the glass is precut and there are plenty of kid friendly projects with no sharp edges.  Here are a few examples of ornament made with "pebbles" which are small, about 1/2" round pieces of glass.

For those more adventurous, we have pre-cut 3" blanks in clear and white for you to go wild and create by layering colored glass on top how ever you wish.  Here are some examples. 

See you this weekend!  Teresa 

(PS- Cherie will be back Wednesday December 3rd at 5:30 pm for another free glass class)

Gobble, Gobble Kids Class Turkey

We'll be making these adorable turkeys during Kids Wheel Wednesday in November.  Can you guess what trace to make the tail feathers?

Below are some of the October Pumpkins the kids made- I especially like the purple one!

 

Happy Days, Teresa

Thursday Morning Drop-in is back!

Thursday Morning Drop-in 10 am - 12:30 am is back for the winter beginning November 4th

See you at the studio!

Teresa

Fused Glass Drop-In with Glass Artist Cherie Keep

Cherie Keep will be at hte studio November 3rd & 10th from 5:30 pm - 8 pm for a free workshop!

No experience needed

During drop-in Cherie will be giving demo's, sharing tips and techniques and giving instruction.  Drop-in is an open studio type event at the studio.  Participants may choose to work on holiday ornaments, plates, bowls, night lights and more....  the cost of supplies varies from $12 to $60 depending upon the project.

Hope to see you at drop-in!  Teresa

Luminaria for Winter in Color

These are so fun and would look great with a candle flickering inside.

Happy Haloween!

Teresa

Wheel Thrown Pumpkins

Here are a few of the pumpkins I threw on the potters wheel...

Unfortunately the glaze on the little one in front doesn't look as good in the picture as it does in person.  It is a muted, earthtone matte glaze which I am really liking.

Have a great weekend!
Teresa

Luminaria for Winter

It has been a while sine I had been on the potters wheel, I have really missed it and had a wonderful day.

These are about 8" tall and 4" wide

It has been unusually warm this week- about two hours after throwing these, they were dry enough to trim and cut the tree out.... Did not even cheat and put them out in the sun.

Enjoy, Teresa

Pumpkins

I had a really fun time throwing these pumpkins on the potters wheel.  I started with a cylinder, pushed the walls out giving them a rounded shape then squeezing or colloring in the top until the tip top of the walls meshed together creating a closed form.  The form is hallow, filled with air.  It is easy (and super fun) to manipulate it into shape.

Last I cut the lid and put a stem handle on.

Can't wait to see what they look like glazed- I'm thinking of using underglaze.... will post pics when they are done.

Enjoy this fantastic fall!  Teresa

Kids Wednesday Wheel Throwing

Each Wednesday during the school year 3:45 pm - 5:15 pm

I love teaching kids... they pick it up so quickly and are so proud of their results.

Clay Mask

Isn't "Rocky" adorable?

We've always wanted a studio cat...Cory made him for the studio at Convention.  Until he came out of the kiln, she decided to keep him....

Oh well, we will be making more masks this winter...

Dish, Dine, Paint & Wine

This month we will be painting these sweet "Ribbon Platters" at Dish, Dine, Paint & Wine. October 8th at 6 pm

It is so fun, anyone can do it!  Pre-registration required, call the studio at (530)550-7822

Kids, Kids, Kids Kids Art Camp

Kids Art Camp starts up again next week and runs through August.  There are still a few spots left if you are interested in attending.  Camp runs Mon-Fri 9 am - noon.  Daily drop-ins are welcome if there is space available.  We limit class size so all the campers get intimate attention while working on the potters wheel.

Hope to see you- Teresa

New Class Schedule is out!

T Pots Pottery has added classes in fused glass and pottery painting workshops!

Check it out - great fun, exciting new classes and mediums. 

There are still a few spaces left in the Summer Kids Camps in August.  Camp has been so popular, the studio will be offering kids pottery classes starting in September.

Hot Weather, Hot Cat, Hot Kiln

It has been hot, even hotter in the studio the past week.  Many days both kilns have been clicking away which makes the studio really, really hot.

Even my fluffy, long hair cat, Raku is hot.


 




Two kilns???? You may be thinking... Yes,(I say with a big smile).  I got a second kiln a few weeks ago, it is an itty bitty little thing. 

The Paragon Home Artist kiln is only 12" x 12" and plugs into a regular wall plug!  It even has wheels and one of those pull up luggage handles so I can wheel it outside for Raku or move it out of the way when not being used.

My husband, Stu calls it the Easy Bake after the kids play oven.  Adorable, easy and fast!  The new kiln allows me to offer 24 hour turn around on Paint Your Own Pottery and Fused Glass projects.  Oh so fun!

Keep Cool, Teresa

ARTour 2010

ARTour- North Tahoe/Truckee's Annual Open Studio event starts this Friday, July 9th.

You have two weekends to visit the 32 artist studios from Tahoe City to Incline and Truckee.  Come by the studio for your free map or check out the North Tahoe Arts for an online version and more information.

Looking forward to seeing you this weekend!  (Or before to pick up your free ARTour map).

Teresa

Truckee Thursdays

Wow- I could not believe how many people were at Truckee Thursdays last week!  It is definitely the happening event in town.  About a dozen people painted pottery during the evening, most came over the weekend to pick up their masterpieces.



Being that I have Drop-in (open  studio time) Thursdays 5:30 - 8 pm at the studio, Gerri will be there tonight for T Pots Pottery.  Stop at our booth by the Kid Zone to say Hello and paint a piece yourself or come over to the studio and check out the happenings there!

Enjoy your Thursday in Truckee,



Teresa

Tahoe Kids Camp

Another fun week of Kids Pottery/Art Camp started today.  The campers did great!  We spend the majority of time on the potters wheel.  After snack, we handbuilt mushrooms and started our art journals.

I'll try to remember to take some pictures tomorrow.  Another fun morning planned with glass fusing and more time of the wheel.

Teresa

Peace, Love and Pottery Kids Camp

Summer Camp started this week, what a blast we are having so far.  The kids are between 6 and 12 yrs old - are all such characters!

I've been so impressed with how well then all have done on the potters wheel the past two days.  The youngest ones throw standing up since they just can't get close enough to their wad of clay while sitting.  Older kids sit with blocks of wood under their otherwise dangling feet.

Check out what the campers made on the wheel...

 Great stuff!

Today the kids trimmed and painted glaze on their ceramic pieces.  After snack we used glass to make sun catcher peace signs.  The glass is in the kiln now.... stay tuned to see the results!

Teresa

Summer

Summer arrived yesterday... and is leaving again tomorrow.  So sad.  It has been wonderful having the big roll up door open, it is South facing, so the sunshine beams in all day long.  The studio feels so much larger.

With summer comes all sorts of activities, "Truckee Thursday" begins this week.  New this year, Donner Pass Road will be closed off to cars.  Stop at our booth to say "hi". 

The first Raku firing will be this Saturday from 2 - 7 pm at the studio.  It is so exciting!  Probably not an issue this year.... if you are going to Raku fire your own piece of pottery be sure to wear long pants, long sleeve shirt and closed toe shoes.  Using tongs, we take the pottery out of the special Raku kiln when the pieces are around 1500 degrees!  That is hot!

Kids Camp starts next week with a 60's theme- "Peace, Love & Pottery".  I'm so excited, have some really fun projects planned.  This first week, we will be playing in clay, both handbuilding and on the wheel, doing some fused glass and so much more.

And, of course, ARTour, North Lake Tahoe's Open Studio event.  Two weeks of fun are planned July 9-11 & July 16-18.  I'm really looking forward to ARTour this year, with the new studio, I can leave the "working" area as is without to much interruption to production and class schedules.

Lets hope summer comes and stays for a while!

Teresa