Vanda

The second orchid for this year... Vanda

2012 Fair Schedule

We are beginning to hear the juried results from some of the big fairs. I always try to post our inclusion on the 'Events' page of our website. This year is looking like it will be a traveling one. We have been fortunate enough to be accepted into the Des Moines Arts Festival in Iowa, the Cherry Creek Arts Festival in Denver, CO and the infamous Ann Arbor Street Fair, the original in Michigan. Those three will put us on the road for the summer.... We have never done three in a row like that so preparation will be paramount.
 We are also waiting to see if the Metropolitan Museum of Art will reorder. Thank heaven we have some time before summer. Gotta use it well!
I've been working on a Phalenopsis orchid for this year's special pot.

Into the New

Happy New Year's to you all.... may 2012 be better than ever!!
Here is a look at some of Steve's improvisational pieces.... just for fun... maybe worth developing....

Merry Holidays!!!

The more the merrier!!

 We hope you all are enjoying the holidays with family and friends. Here are some pics of our last kiln load for 2011. You'll notice some small experimental pieces in there that Steve is working on. We are embarking on our annual clay playtime. I'll post some closeups for New Year's.

Two views of the last kiln load for 2011 and two orders nicely finished.

Kiln Firing 12/3/11

Here are the results of our last kiln.
Glazing was near perfect!!

A couple of gorgeous gingers

New Pink Lady Slipper!!

It's a girl thing

And what, you ask, has Cherie been doing while Steve has been slaving away on the MET order??
Ah.... working on these:

How did I do this before??

The tale of two firings

 As the weather turns colder here in the Northeast, we focus on getting some holiday orders completed first for the galleries and then for the rest of us. I even posted what's in stock on our website tonight and will be adding to that as we continue firing this and next week.

These are the two vases with the daffodils on them that we made those press molds for earlier.