The Shows are over for 2011

The 2011 Mountainside and Icehouse Pottery shows are over.  It's time to start playing the mud in earnest.  Hope you'll be back occasionally to see who's been born for the 2012 shows!  Thanks to you all who have come here to visit and especially to those who have stopped by a table or show, met me and my friends and then come here to see the family albums.

Happy Whatever-the Holiday-you-celebrate.  But from me - Merry Christmas! - because I think that everything that can be made right is folded into those words.  Whether you believe in a jolly man who breaks into your house to eat cookies and leave tokens of love, or a baby who grew up to make a difference by doing what was right.  Both of them were thinking of others first and that's what can fix the world.

Icehouse Pottery Show and Sale

Come on out!  It'll be great - several potters all in one place:

3 Hamburg Turnpike
(Exit 53 off of Route 287)
Riverdale, NJ

Saturday, December 3, 2011 10AM to 5 PM
Sunday, December 4, 2011 11 AM to 4 PM

See the Icehouse Site www.icehousepottery.org under events for more details and visit Icehouse Pottery on Facebook

Next Weekend for Next Show (11.12-13.2011)

Potters' Guild of New Jersey - Winter Show and Sale
Over 35 Clay Artists From all over NJ, including me!
Community Presbyterian Church
1459 Deer Path, Mountainside, NJ 07902
*Nov 12th and 13th, 2011 *

Sat: 11 AM to 5 PM
Sun: 12pm to 5 PM

Admission is Free and Credit Cards Accepted!

This is a secret - sshhhhhh......

Don't tell my family this shot is here - I'm not ready for them to see these guys.....

Prepared for Applefest, October 2, 2011, Warwick NY

Face Jugs will be at Applefest.
Soap pump at left and dark green soap pump are already adopted and have therefore sent their regrets - but everyone else is coming along for the fun!

MMMmmmmm....Cookie Jar

It's not entirely clear whether he'll hold your cookies... or eat them for you.
Adopted by Tomica & Peter at the IceHouse, December 2011!

Are they toothpick holders... or shot glasses?

Face Jug Soap Pumps

Bright Coloured Pumps.
The dark green adopted by Lesley

Face Jugs with hats.
On the right, adopted by Esther.
Other two adopted by Bucky & Barbara - I just found out one as a gift and the boys living with him now wash ceaselessly and have named him "Fred"

Esther's new friend with his pump in place!

Preview of what's to come

 

 Time for a preview of the work I'm doing right now!  The family is expanding.... and I think they're a fun bunch for sure.

I'll be at Applefest with Fired Arts Collective in Warwick, NY in October, then hopefully Mountainside with the Potters' Guild of NJ in  November, and certainly with Icehouse Pottery in December in Riverdale, NJ.  That all means I need to have plenty of work ready since my day job stops me from putting in long hours to replenish between the shows.

So, take a look at the shot glassses, toothpick holders, and soap pumps I'm working on - so far, so good! 

Salt and Pepper Shakers!

At Mountainside, I was asked to create face jug S/P shakers - so I did. Look for them at the next show!

Too late for the brown set - they've been adopted by Jack and Harriet. May 2011
Green/Blue adopted by Claude - Icehouse Dec 2011
Last set  in this pic (lower right) adopted at Mountainside 2013 by Stephanie

One More Day at Mountainside!

Day One is over but we're still set up for Day Two - come on out - the pottery is great!

Potter's Guild of NJ Spring Show
Community Presbyterian Church
1495 Deer Park, Mountainside, NJ
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Noon to 5PM

Parking is free, Cheques and credit cards are welcome.

Two New Garlic Jars!

DOn't forget the April30/May1, 2011 Mountainside Show - details in entry below!

Spring 2011 Mountainside Pottery Show

Spring Show, Potters' Guild of New Jersey
April 30 and May 1, 2011
1459 Deer PathMountainside, NJ
Go here for more info:
http://www.pottersguildnj.org/

For the more traditional pottery I'll bring along as well, see my other blog:
http://sunottinghampottery.blogspot.com/

There will be 32 potters at this show - it's not to be missed - hope to meet you there!

The Garlic Jar Series

Here's the latest version of my face jugs - garlic jars! They sit down on your counter while you look down and laugh along with the funny faces with pins on their noses. Join them in asking "What's that funny smell??"

Come see them at their debut at the Spring 2011 Mountainside Show on April 30 and May 1, 2011. Details follow below!

Susan and her daughter adopted a couple, as did Alison and Mark... Donna and Kelly both have one too!.  All but one has a home - I have high hopes for the next Maountainside (I added this note October 2011)

Four garlic jar faces

Four more garlic jar faces

New Show Announced!

Spring Show, Potters' Guild of New Jersey
April 30 and May 1, 2011
1459 Deer Path
Mountainside, NJ
Go here for more info:
http://www.pottersguildnj.org/

I'll be bringing a bunch of the Face Jugs - come visit them and adopt a new friend! "Normal" pottery too - and over 30 other potters - a show not to be missed!