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3rd Annual Empty Bowls Chicago
I'm excited to announce that the 3rd Annual Empty Bowls Chicago is coming up on December 12th at Lillstreet.Empty Bowls is an event that brings pottery, community and good food together to help fight hunger.  For the last three years, my friend Joanna Kramer has been organizing the event for...
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Published 5 hours ago

Lillstreet Studios Holiday Show - 2008
I've been locked away in my studio this fall filling it with pots for the holiday show at my studio. Mugs, necklaces and bowls are stacked on the shelves.  Lots of smaller pieces that will make perfect gifts. This Friday, December 5, 2008, is the opening celebration at Lillstreet Studios in...
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Published 3 days ago

Obamaware!
Ayumi Horie's Obama/ Biden fundraiser: Obamaware is live on Ebay. Bidding is open until Wednesday evening, but there is a "Buy it Now" option available if you don't want to play the bidding game.For more information on this fundraiser, I highly suggest reading this essay by Sarah Archer: Kitchen...
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Published a month ago

Ravenswood Art Walk - Chicago (Oct. 4 - 5)
The air is a little crisper with a cool edge to the breeze here in Chicago.  Autumn is upon us and that means that it is time for the Ravenswood Art Walk!The north side art walk takes place this weekend, Oct. 4 -5, 2008 from 11am - 6pm in Chicago. There are over 30 participating venues and over...
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Published 2 months ago

Exhibitions: Collective Conversations in Clay
Collective Conversations in ClayA collaborative exhibition with: Emily Murphy &  Gary JacksonGina Hutchings & Sarah HicksJoanna Kramer & Dustin YagerJay Stromen & Debra Fritts Shane Grimes & Nancy PirriI am going to be in a very cool show that opens this week at Lillstreet Gallery in...
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Published 2 months ago

Upcoming shows
I've been a bit of an absentee blogger lately.  After a summer of travel, I came home to a very busy life (I haven't even downloaded the photos from our trip yet).  I will get into some of it later in a future post, but for now I thought I would share with you some shows that I will be in over...
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Published 2 months ago

Don't Knock my Smock!
Enjoy!All images are copyrighted © by Bill Watterson and Universal Press Syndicate. Thanks to: dontknockmysmock.com for posting this!
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Published 3 months ago

Four Years of Pottery Blog!
How it All BeganIt's a bit of an anniversary for me... It's been 4 years since I first started writing PotteryBlog.com. It all started about 4 and a half years ago at NCECA â€" Indianapolis. I had attended a number of panel discussions and lectures given by writers, editors and publishers of...
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Published 4 months ago

Dinnerware, a platter, wall vases and a whole bunch of cups
As promised, here are some photos of some recent work. I got them out of the kiln right before our July road trip. And had the photographed this week by my photographer, Guy Nicol. This is some new dinnerware that I've been designing:And this is part of my newest platter series:I'm really...
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Published 4 months ago

Analyzing your Blog or Website
A brief follow up:First of all, I want to thank everyone for the incredible response to this week's posts, especially the overwhelming response to the Search Engine Optimization post. There is some great energy happening around the clay blogs this week- conversations starting had by commenting...
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Published 4 months ago

Fall Classes with Emily Murphy
It's time again to sign up for next session's classes at Lillstreet Art Center in Chicago, IL. Classes begin the week of Sept. 8, 2008 and run for 10 weeks. If you sign up by August 15th, you'll get 10% off.Below I've listed the classes that I will be teaching in the fall. If you're not...
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Published 4 months ago

Tour of Clay Focused Blogs (semi-complete), part 5
I have once again updated my blogroll of clay focused blogs. It's getting loooong. But I seriously do read all of these blogs. As I have mentioned before, I use a blog reader, Google Reader, to keep track of my subscriptions. I could never actually keep track of all of these without it. I also...
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Published 4 months ago