Our visits to Santa Clara & Palo Alto this weekend May 17 & 18

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  • Market Schedule
  • New work 6/26/24
  • New work for Ikebana 6/24
  • Work in progress 04/27/24
  • Work in progress 03/11/24
  • Work in progress 10/30/23
  • Work in progress 9/1/23
  • Work in progress 7/10/23
  • Work inprogress 5/15/2023
  • Work in progress 4/3/2023
  • San Francisco visit 11/22
  • Santa Clara/Oakland 10/29
  • Rebuild Update10, 8/13/22
  • Updates since 09/2021
    • Rebuild Update#9, 7/28/22
    • Rebuild Update #8 5/28/22
    • Rebuild Update#7 3/9/22
    • Rebuild Update#6 12/22/21
    • Rebuild Update#5 11/27/21
    • Rebuild Update#4 11/5/21
    • Rebuild Update#3 10/19/21
    • Rebuild Update #2 10/4/21
    • Rebuild Update #1, 09/21
  • Wildfire Aftermath 09/21
  • New work 6/2021
  • My Online Store
  • Clay
    • What Clay Is
    • What is clay to me?
    • Raw Materials, My Source
  • New work 1/21
  • New Work 10/30/20
  • New Work 9/18/20
  • New Work 7/16/20
  • Work Before The Lockdown
    • 3/13/20
    • 3/6/20
    • Whole ball of wax 2/28/20
    • Whole 9 yards 2/21/20
    • Full Monty 2/14/20
    • Whole Shebang 2/7/20
    • The Works 1/31/20
    • Whole Ball of wax 1/24/20
    • Whole 9 yards 1/17/20
  • Weekend mornings, set up
    • Display setup, Sebastopol
    • Display setup, Temescal
  • Shamelessproductplacement
    • SilverFork Road Adventure
    • Camp Creek
  • Pearls
  • Pottery making videos
  • Pollock Pines Fall Color
  • More
    • Home
    • Market Schedule
    • New work 6/26/24
    • New work for Ikebana 6/24
    • Work in progress 04/27/24
    • Work in progress 03/11/24
    • Work in progress 10/30/23
    • Work in progress 9/1/23
    • Work in progress 7/10/23
    • Work inprogress 5/15/2023
    • Work in progress 4/3/2023
    • San Francisco visit 11/22
    • Santa Clara/Oakland 10/29
    • Rebuild Update10, 8/13/22
    • Updates since 09/2021
      • Rebuild Update#9, 7/28/22
      • Rebuild Update #8 5/28/22
      • Rebuild Update#7 3/9/22
      • Rebuild Update#6 12/22/21
      • Rebuild Update#5 11/27/21
      • Rebuild Update#4 11/5/21
      • Rebuild Update#3 10/19/21
      • Rebuild Update #2 10/4/21
      • Rebuild Update #1, 09/21
    • Wildfire Aftermath 09/21
    • New work 6/2021
    • My Online Store
    • Clay
      • What Clay Is
      • What is clay to me?
      • Raw Materials, My Source
    • New work 1/21
    • New Work 10/30/20
    • New Work 9/18/20
    • New Work 7/16/20
    • Work Before The Lockdown
      • 3/13/20
      • 3/6/20
      • Whole ball of wax 2/28/20
      • Whole 9 yards 2/21/20
      • Full Monty 2/14/20
      • Whole Shebang 2/7/20
      • The Works 1/31/20
      • Whole Ball of wax 1/24/20
      • Whole 9 yards 1/17/20
    • Weekend mornings, set up
      • Display setup, Sebastopol
      • Display setup, Temescal
    • Shamelessproductplacement
      • SilverFork Road Adventure
      • Camp Creek
    • Pearls
    • Pottery making videos
    • Pollock Pines Fall Color
  • Home
  • Market Schedule
  • New work 6/26/24
  • New work for Ikebana 6/24
  • Work in progress 04/27/24
  • Work in progress 03/11/24
  • Work in progress 10/30/23
  • Work in progress 9/1/23
  • Work in progress 7/10/23
  • Work inprogress 5/15/2023
  • Work in progress 4/3/2023
  • San Francisco visit 11/22
  • Santa Clara/Oakland 10/29
  • Rebuild Update10, 8/13/22
  • Updates since 09/2021
    • Rebuild Update#9, 7/28/22
    • Rebuild Update #8 5/28/22
    • Rebuild Update#7 3/9/22
    • Rebuild Update#6 12/22/21
    • Rebuild Update#5 11/27/21
    • Rebuild Update#4 11/5/21
    • Rebuild Update#3 10/19/21
    • Rebuild Update #2 10/4/21
    • Rebuild Update #1, 09/21
  • Wildfire Aftermath 09/21
  • New work 6/2021
  • My Online Store
  • Clay
    • What Clay Is
    • What is clay to me?
    • Raw Materials, My Source
  • New work 1/21
  • New Work 10/30/20
  • New Work 9/18/20
  • New Work 7/16/20
  • Work Before The Lockdown
    • 3/13/20
    • 3/6/20
    • Whole ball of wax 2/28/20
    • Whole 9 yards 2/21/20
    • Full Monty 2/14/20
    • Whole Shebang 2/7/20
    • The Works 1/31/20
    • Whole Ball of wax 1/24/20
    • Whole 9 yards 1/17/20
  • Weekend mornings, set up
    • Display setup, Sebastopol
    • Display setup, Temescal
  • Shamelessproductplacement
    • SilverFork Road Adventure
    • Camp Creek
  • Pearls
  • Pottery making videos
  • Pollock Pines Fall Color

My little clay poem

A spinning lump of clay is 

a slippery wet dog who doesn't want a bath,

eager to escape in every direction.

Clay prefers to be at rest

asleep, underground, an amorphous mass.

Clay awakens under pressure,

blending, shoving, squeezing, 

forcing through narrow openings.

Clay becoming art objects

calls to me, awakens me 

early in the morning.

Mud when pliable,

dirt when dry,

stone when fired.

Often uncooperative, temperamental,

loaded with potential, 

hidden beauty.

Fascinating, mysterious, transformative.

A life's work in a ball of mud.






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  • Home
  • Market Schedule
  • New work 6/26/24
  • New work for Ikebana 6/24
  • Work in progress 04/27/24
  • Work in progress 03/11/24
  • Work in progress 10/30/23
  • Work in progress 9/1/23
  • Work in progress 7/10/23
  • Work inprogress 5/15/2023
  • Work in progress 4/3/2023
  • San Francisco visit 11/22
  • Santa Clara/Oakland 10/29
  • Rebuild Update10, 8/13/22
  • Rebuild Update#9, 7/28/22
  • Rebuild Update #8 5/28/22
  • Rebuild Update#7 3/9/22
  • Rebuild Update#6 12/22/21
  • Rebuild Update#5 11/27/21
  • Rebuild Update#4 11/5/21
  • Rebuild Update#3 10/19/21
  • Rebuild Update #2 10/4/21
  • Rebuild Update #1, 09/21
  • Wildfire Aftermath 09/21
  • New work 6/2021
  • My Online Store
  • What Clay Is
  • Raw Materials, My Source
  • New work 1/21
  • New Work 10/30/20
  • New Work 9/18/20
  • New Work 7/16/20
  • Display setup, Sebastopol
  • SilverFork Road Adventure
  • Camp Creek
  • Pearls
  • Pottery making videos
  • Pollock Pines Fall Color

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