PMA Craft Show

the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show is set to begin Nov.5---running through Nov.9
I'm very happy to be back in the show
hope to see all of you there!

Trays

some serving trays for the small shelves just before the chimney...
they fit perfectly there...
a white clay, looking for a lighter surface
something bone or shell like on the back where the action is...
iron residue from my canvases on the surface to influence the shino...
we'll see if the clay can survive the thickness
no fun to work with, but it registers the texture on the back beautifully...

morning sun in the fall

2 views of the effect of the morning sun
the colors are increasingly stronger...
magic here every day!

red red red

some red for you in early evening...
out the dining room window
it's even more intense in person!

the creeper!

virginia creeper over birch, backlit by the late afternoon sun
cutting wood all day today...
had to cut down a birch, here, close to the power lines...
the only one not coated with the creeper and it died...
roped the tree off with a few towing straps
and avoided the power lines right next to it...
sore and tired, it's Friday... time for some red!

monkshood

with the colors coming
I always await the flowering of the monkshood...
sentinels against the cold
they only arrive after all else has faded in the flower beds...
celebrating if you will the last hurrah of summer...
so for now the vases remain empty...
waiting...
will they make it before a killer frost?

heading to Philadelphia

grey day, with studio smoke in the air
the fall is coming with winter not far behind...
soon the pots will be hauled to the kiln
the firing will be done
and Philadelphia will see the new pots...
nice all around...
hope to see you there...

wet, round open jar...

wet in the studio...
"Traditional Open Jar"/ Lava/Burl Style
12in. H

the twins...

through the looking glass...
as the frost continues to come each morning
the twins have lost their spots...
slowly growing into a new life,
fueled by the apples beneath this tree...

Wet Burl Bottle

Wet in the studio...
I spend half my time in the fall in the woods
cutting trees and hauling them for fire wood to the splitter...
booted broken foot and all...
I love the odd growths, the strange forms and the Burls...
organically " exploding" out of the order of the trees growth...
this has probably come from there... exaggerated a little...

Wet Spiral Bark Jar...

Wet in the studio...
preparing for the Phila. Craft Show...
contrasting the raw and the cooked
hoping for the emphasis...

Mudflat Surface Vase

this is a favorite piece of mine for some time now...
still trying to get a reasonable photo...
maybe this is closer, try to ignore the blue blush...
Mudflat Surface Vase
16in.H x 8in.W
$1,800