First up, two bowls from a Montana potter named Tara Wilson. In Minneapolis, her work can be found at the Northern Clay Center. We picked up one of her bowls the last time we visited there and that sturdy little wood-fired bowl has become much beloved around here, so this time we picked up two more.
There's a bit of orange peel texture on this one and some flashing slip that went orange in the bowls' interiors. I should have photographed the feet on these bowls. She has a very interesting rolled foot design that fits the piece and is also easy on tables.
This next piece is by, I believe, Zac Spates. We got it at The Grand Hand Gallery in St. Paul. The shape reminds me a bit of the bowls that Dave throws.
This beauty, also from The Grand Hand Gallery is by an Iowa potter named George Lowe. There isn't a lot of information about him online.
This next tall bowl is my favorite piece that we brought back. It's by Guillermo Cuellar, a potter originally from Venezuela now settled in Minnesota.
Here's a view looking down into the bowl. I love its wavery edged personality very much.
This is a little, unassuming, white-slipped mystery bowl. We got it at The Grand Hand Gallery and the information they provided suggests that it was made by a potter named Andrea Leila Denecke, but the bottom is signed with a very proud "K" so I don't think it's her work. (Maybe it's Kevin Flicker's (another potter who shows at the Grand Hand)?)
This low, rough beauty is by a potter named James Grittner. I just looked up his bio. He's in his 80s now and taught ceramics for nearly 50 years at University of Wisconsin.
And finally, there is this craggy little mug from a young potter named Pat Barnick. I liked it. Dave liked it. So we brought it home with us, the only non-bowl piece we brought home.
Welcome to your new home, dear pottery!
4 comments:
Ooh, lovely things! Just out of curiosity, will you use them for eating/displaying fruit etc, or are they objets d'art?
That bowl that I bought recently gets used almost every day...sometimes for breakfast AND lunch...I just love using it, so I was wondering if you used your purchases or do you treat them like treasures and lock'em away?
Hi Helen! How's your weekend going? We are overheated here in my little desert city.
I wish I had the space to display beautiful, purely decorative things, but we are packed in so tight to our little casita that I can't possibly justify it. (Well, that and I hate to dust all that stuff. LOL.) Everything we bring in has to earn its keep!
I'm glad to hear your bowl gets used often. I'm a big fan of getting everyday use from a beloved piece of pottery, even if it means that it gets chipped or even broken. (And I have broken some beautiful stuff, sadly.) But that's the name of the game--and best of all, it gives me an excuse to buy more. :D
The weekend is over now...it was okay. Didn't feel that great on Sunday to be honest, spent much of the day in bed but not having fun!
So glad to hear that you use the things you buy. I'm big on that. I used to try and keep things for "good" but then the right time never appears!
I did just lose a favourite teapot for the second time because F accidentally broke it. (He'd replaced the first one he broke a few years ago) I think I'm going to get either a real cheapy or a generic one to replace it as this one was glass and took us a year to find a place that sold it! I use it a lot, but it doesn't need to be expensive.
Oh, and I wanted to say I like the background colouring book too! Cute idea for a background.
Have a good week!
I read on your blog about F breaking your teapot. That sucks! I know accidents happen though (often to me, as I break about 3X more dishes than Dave does--but I also handle the dishes about 3x more than he does for various reasons). But still! The glass teapots were very popular a few years back, but I haven't seen one for sale in a while. Hopefully you can find a new one!
Hope you're feeling better now and that your week goes smoothly!
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