Cuckoo clocks

October 20, 2010

Back to the studio!  Among all of the other projects I am working on in the studio, (Julia Skops plates, Temi’s serving bowls, and Michelle’s gold pedestal cups, all of which are made, but still drying), I am going to get started on another one.   Last March I started making cuckoo clocks out of clay.  I [...]

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I see red and white

October 20, 2010

  Whenever I travel to a city, one of the first things I notice, of course, is what people are wearing.  In May of 2007 I traveled to Paris with my husband.  One of the major trends, specifically with the younger generation (those in their mid twenties) was wearing black and white horizontal striped, over sized [...]

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Living Room Must Haves

October 18, 2010

So as I mentioned the other week, we are moving to Boston.  And the place we will be moving to  doesn’t have as much storage space as we do now, so what does that mean?  It means we will have to pare down what we have, and bring with us only the “must haves”.  Today [...]

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Boston the South End

October 12, 2010

 This weekend my husband, son, and I are in the South End of Boston, looking at potential places to live.  Yes, we are moving.  (I will post more about it, once we get closer to the actual move.) We are sad to leave Rochester, NY, but are really excited about living in Boston.  I am [...]

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A European Adventure

October 6, 2010

  My parents will be traveling to Italy, Greece and Turkey next week, and I wish that I was going with them.   I had the opportunity to travel to Turkey two and a half years ago, and promised myself that I would go back, someday.  (Later this week I will post some pictures from that [...]

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Plates in Progress

October 1, 2010

  Often people will ask me. “how long does it take to make a plate, or a cup?  That is a hard question to answer, because the answer really is: “It depends”.  I usually don’t make one cup at a time.  I will make 8 or more cups at a time, and then wait for them to [...]

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