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New blog for Patricia Griffin!

Sep 28, 2009 11:11am

I have a new blog address. Please visit me at my new place and see what's new in the studio!PatriciaGriffinStudio.comThanks so much!...

New photography underway

Sep 25, 2009 10:28pm

I dropped off some pieces at my photographer's studio a couple of days ago in order to have professional shots of my new work. I'm so excited to see what he does. This is the "before" shot of several of my mugs... Stay tuned for the "after" shot coming soon!...

Urning a living- pots by Matthew Kennedy

Sep 21, 2009 6:03am

Pots by Matthew KennedyI got an email today from clay artist Matthew Kennedy asking me to check out his work.Wow! Impressed with his pots, his process, his output, his marketing. This guy has got it going on!He's got two sites. One is urnnews.com, where he and other artists market their...

Little carved pots

Sep 8, 2009 6:59am

As I look around my studio gallery, it becomes pretty clear that I enjoy making my mark on the surface of pots. Carving. Etching. Altering.Here are a couple of little carved pots sitting on top of a case. The restaurant below my studio has an American flag hanging under the...

Thanks Roberta and Emily!

Aug 29, 2009 7:09pm

What a fun day in the studio!It's the last big summer weekend in Cambria and we had lots of happy visitors in town. I had a great day with sales and interesting customers. Among them was a mother and daughter pair, Roberta and Emily Feit. They had similar tastes and...

Small bowls and vases

Aug 19, 2009 5:27am

Itching to get back to the studio... Here's the current pursuit calling my name... Small bowls and vases with etchings from the "Endangered and Indigenous" series focusing on threatened plants of California's central coast....

Bowling for customers

Aug 11, 2009 7:36pm

I had a spree of bowls for the new series. Very pleased with the latest batch. Moved from yellows and blacks to softer tones with golds and ivories, and chocolate brown for the etched lines... Got these out last week and haven't been back to the studio since then. Waaaaaaa....

Oh baby!

Aug 9, 2009 10:22am

What's in a name?... Lots of warm wishes! These make great gifts for proud parents of newborns. Seems like I've done a (baby) rash of them lately!...

And now for something entirely different...

Aug 3, 2009 4:46pm

Focus. Focus. Focus. That's been my mantra lately. But, well, truth be told, consistency is not my strong suit. Awhile back Illustration Friday posted the word "Impossibility" as the theme word for their weekly challenge. At the time, I was dealing with a shoe-versus-feet challenge of my own. The...

Thank you, pottery lovers!

Jul 27, 2009 5:59am

Piece from "Indigenous and Endangered" series featuring plants from California's central coast.One of the coolest things about having an open studio/gallery is getting to visit with people who stop in to shop or just look around. I've met so many interesting people in the last year.In hopes of maintaining the...

Tea Party

Jul 20, 2009 8:33pm

Tea party for wee ones. The little tea pot is only about 5 inches tall and the cups are itsy. ...

Gotta love her

Jul 16, 2009 8:04pm

OK, I kind of vowed to myself that I wouldn't make you all look at pictures of kids and dogs and such. But jeez. You gotta make an exception for THIS dog. A truly exceptional being.She's kind, funny, intelligent and just about begs to help old ladies across the street.Plus...

Adding new work to gallery space

Jul 2, 2009 7:39am

Line-etched pieces from the "Endangered" Series... Am adding some of the first pieces from the new series to the gallery space at the studio. Hope to get feedback from visitors and customers as I further develop this line. I'll be holding back my favorite pieces from each firing and do...

I like it!

Jun 27, 2009 6:54pm

Most of the time, I open the kiln and have to admit that reality is far from the perfect fantasy I had envisioned. However, I'm really liking this new work. I see things I want to do differently and ways the series can evolve as I continue refining but, for...

Flora and fauna- getting blue

Jun 18, 2009 11:31pm

Here's a peek at the bisque before more deco to add the black in some of the incised areas. These puppies are sure labor-intensive, but the work is flowing nicely. The "indigenous and endangered" theme is a great conversation starter when studio visitors ask what I'm working on now....

More flora and fauna

Jun 17, 2009 8:04am

Hi Everybody!Pics from latest firing... As things progress with this series, I'm working with dark/light... "reversing" the line out of the dark color blocks and filling in the etched line with black in the light color blocks.All of the pieces in this series feature "indigenous and endangered" plants of the...

New series underway

Jun 14, 2009 10:13pm

Got the first pieces out of the kiln of my new series and am really happy with some of them. In this series, I'm using underglazes and featuring etched line drawings of the endangered plants native to the central coast area where I live.The inspiration for this series came from...

Searching for Studs and Mounting Big Blue

Jun 13, 2009 8:36am

That headline sounds much more provocative than reality!I FINALLY have my "Big Blue" extruder up in the "new" studio. It's only been a year, but I'm finally getting it moved in! We had to search for the studs and found a good spot by the back door.Thanks for the help...

New series - ready to fire!

May 23, 2009 9:06pm

I'm pleased with progress on the new wildflower/plant series. These are ready for bisque fire and some will have black underglaze added to the etched areas before the final glaze firing.I'm focusing on the "indigenous and endangered" plants featured in a recent wildflower show in Cambria. One of the most...

New series- soon to get WILD!

May 5, 2009 10:01am

Since returning home, I've been working on a new series that incorporates color, pattern, contrast and line drawing/etching. Here is a photo of the first round of finished bottle forms and bowls.Coming up... Into the WILD!Two weekends ago, the annual Wildflower Show was held -- providing lots of inspiration, and...

Snowing in Santa Fe

Apr 17, 2009 3:23pm

We head home tomorrow to sunny California, so today we have snow in Santa Fe! It's been coming down all day. We're not used to snow and it's been wildly exciting. I know, all you snow bunnies think we're just plain silly.We are here as part of a home exchange...

Tweet sweet in Santa Fe

Apr 13, 2009 6:53pm

We're on a home exchange in the mountains near Santa Fe, NM, and the home is adorned inside and out with the host's handiwork. It's quite amazing. She did her own kitchen, bath, entryways... and then moved out to the landscaping with handmade ceramic tile on benches, gates, arches, entry...

Coming clean about sponge-holders

Apr 3, 2009 1:56pm

These little fellows are sponge-holders. Yep, before you get all snarky, you should give it a try! You all need a sponge-holder (or two) in your kitchen!I saw my first sponge-holder at a craft show in Hawaii and thought it was pretty stupid. But, I've been converted! I received one...

My Creative Lifestyle

Mar 31, 2009 11:05am

I was glancing through back issues of Clay Times and came across an interview Lana Wilson did in the July 2008 issue with Annie Chrietzberg. Annie talks about her own "Ceramic Lifestyle," making no apologies for her diverse life in clay - as an artist, teacher, writer and part-time employee at...

Request for camera recommendation?

Mar 22, 2009 1:34pm

Request to fellow potter-bloggers.... I'm needing to buy a new digital camera. My goals are to purchase a camera that will work well for product photos. I'm just starting to delve into that. I've got one of those photo cubes and lighting, but haven't actually set it up yet.I'm not...