Bottle w/ River Runs

Bottle w/ Big Runs
11.5in.H x 8in.W
$700

Shino Bottle

Shino Bottle
14.5in.H x 9in.W, wood fired...
$950
of the many "experiments" with simplicity and the traditional mode
of pot making, or so I thought, in the past 2 years,
this bottle remains a favorite result...
subtle tonal change with a thick and varied layering of glaze
over a textured surface...
what's the texture? what's the glaze?
that was the search...
to have each moving in and out of the other
leaving the line between blurred, if not totally obscured...
a beautiful bottle to my eyes...

Long Flame Path Tray

Long/Skinny Flame Path Tray
33in.W x 9in.H x 3in.D
SOLD

A Virtual Tour

Hi everyone...
back home from the Smithsonian
Craft Show...
the Maine Pottery
Tour Weekend is now past...

Time for the opening of the gallery
and getting ready for, most likely, my
last summer here at my home and
studio...
I hope to make it a good one!

Following is a sort of "Virtual Tour",
something I learned from the realtors...
These are snapshots, not excellent
photos, of the gallery and some of the work offered here at Bog Pond Pottery...
I hope it might entice you to come by, take a look around and perhaps
support my efforts toward moving and continuing to make pots...
I have been doing this for 40 years...
not much chance of stopping now,
just as I've hit my stride, finally making pieces I saw as a kid, but didn't have the knowledge and wherewithal to make...
time is change and vice versa... one never knows what the future might bring...
here in this room are many objects which have captured moments of time and exposure to fire...
fire, time and clay, all together, spoken of quietly and with some very magical energy...
worthy of a view... don't you think?

Virtual Tour

Moving along...

Virtual Tour

Another Group

Virtual Tour of Gallery

Last group

Boys of Summer

Sorry folks, my Tour schedule has been altered for Saturday
by opening day for my son Wyatt's baseball team
the boys of summer begin their quest!
opening ceremonies 8:30... game 10:00
I'll open here at 1:00 and begin to bake...
nice to see the gallery filled again after the long winter!
being gone 11 days leaves one behind the eight ball a bit...
Tryin' to flow with the go...
go, go, go, go
is there a dancer here somewhere?

Rock

another from the falls
winter water seeping through the rock

The Falls

the water runs visibly at Small's Falls again
with ever fading combinations of snow, ice and water...
one could spend a lifetime there
capturing ideas and images from the rocks and water
it is a place of great magic
I tell visitors it is my church, encouraging them to visit
it's all the church I need anyway...

Maine Pottery Tour

coming soon
this will open the gallery season here at Bog Pond Pottery
when back from the Smithsonian
reset the gallery
make some nice snacks,
decide on beverages...
I'll be ready!
see you then!