by Jonathan Featherston

by Taryn Rudolph

by Maddie Takata

Last Friday Lisa and I went up to Lopez Island to relax for a week, but afterwards I'll be trapped up here, helping build a small home to replace Lisa's Taj Ma Small cabin. Should be good times, except it means I won't have a chance to get in the studio or work with clay for the summer - boo-hoo!

by Parish Goebel

Seriously.boo.hoo.

A couple pieces from the last week's firings to start things off. Another cone 10 is loaded and ready to fire tomorrow, so more good things to come as soon as I can shoot and edit photos.

by Sarah Wang

by Allison Brumbaugh, after Pablo Picasso.

by Jackson Casto

by Taylor Bednarz

From the smoky section of the studio:

by Sarah Wang

Roya Baharloo

by Hayden Allan

by Ben Stratton

by Doug Stephenson

A few teabowls and yunomi from the latest cone 10 firing.

by Parish Goebel

by Kenny Surdyk

by Willie Augustavo

To wrap up NCECA 2012, I and three students attended a naked raku workshop organized by Richard Lawson and held at Seattle Pottery Supply, featuring Will & Kate Jacobson the first day, and Wally Asselberghs & Sue Morse the second. I only got to go the first day, but it was a good time, and worth it: Kate and Will were great, I learned how to make the process work, and my students came back super-excited to do more.

Will & Kate Jacobson

Wally Asselberghs

Sue Morse

A tenmoku style tea bowl by Wasaburo Takahashi, from the Teaware From The Edge Exhibit

The Teaware From The Edge exhibit and workshop, organized by Rob Fornell and Rick Mahaffey, took place at Tacoma Community College, the home of Rick and Reid Ozaki. The exhibit ran from March 26 - 30th, and included works from 36 artists from the USA, Japan, Korea, and the UK; the workshop was held on the 31st and April 1st, and featured Rob Fornell, Richard Milgrim, Inayoshi Osamu and Jeff Shapiro. I hitched a ride with the fast and friendly, helpful and hair-raising Brendan Fuller to view the exhibit and attend the first day of the workshop. It was great to see such a range of work in person, to learn from four very talented and knowledgeable artists, and to meet a number of other teaware and ceramic artists who attended. I had a chance to take a few photos of the exhibit, which may be seen here on the exhibit page, along with a list of those participating in the show. For more photos and notes on the workshop presenters, click on the photos of their works below.

by Rob Fornell

by Richard Milgrim

by Inayoshi Osamu

by Jeff Shapiro

A small piece by Tom Coleman.

Last weekend, just before NCECA 2012, I was lucky enough to attend a two-day workshop given by Tom Coleman at Shoreline Community College. Tom was generous with his work, knowledge, experience and humor, and it was a treat to get to know him a little, and his insights into the culture and community of clay.