This Friday the 13th at the Raymond Avenue Gallery in St. Paul Minnesota  my fellow Clay Comrades, Joe Singewald, Jason Trebs, and myself will be having a group pottery exhibiton.  The opening will begin  at 6 pm and go until 8pm. Free parking is available in the bank parking lot across the street. The show will be up until July 16th. The gallery hours are Tuesday – Friday 10 – 4pm and Satuday 12 – 4pm. The address of the gallery is 761 Raymond Avenue. Tomorrow afternoon we are going to make some final adjustments, I will take a sneak preview photo and post it tomorrow evening.

We fit approximately 50 – 60 pots each,  which required me to leave a few good ones out of the show. On Friday I will post twenty five pots on my etsy page. If you can’t make it to the show it would be a great opportunity to pick up a nice pot. Just click the etsy button on home page on Friday Morning.

We had a great weekend weather, fun, and pottery sales.

Well the home sale is fast approaching. This is the postcard for 2010. Joe Singewald  greenware is to the left, my hand and cup are in the middle, and Jason Trebs stoneware pots are on the right. My brother-in-law Ross Nordquist will be showing his fine crafted furniture as well.  If you wish to receive a postcard contact me and pass along the required information. The sale is October 16-17 at 1635 Burns Ave, St. Paul, MN. Park on the eastbound side of Burns Ave.

Here are some photos of new pots. The cups and and a few of the jars were taken to the Bell Street Gallery on Madeline Island last weekend. The big jar  and few other pots were  was given to the Grand Hand Gallery. The photo of the big jar was taken at the Tangle Town Garden Tour.

I’ ll be returning to the Cooter’s home studio as a guest for The Crossing Borders Studio Tour 2010. The tour takes place during the peak of fall colors along the North Shore. If you are looking for just a day trip or if you want to make a weekend of it, this tour will meet your needs. You can mix in a little hiking, studio touring, and dining at a fine local eatery. The tour takes place September 24th – October 3.

The new studio has been working well. I have been making adjustments along the way, the biggest so far has been the humidity. I have been balancing the use of the sun as well as a dehumidifier to get pots to leatherhard state.  Currently I am still firing in my old studio in Lowertown, St. Paul. Which means schlepping bone dry pots. I anticipate I will have power and kilns at home this fall.

 The Artisan Gallery hosted it’s 2nd annual “Cup and Mug” invitational at the end of 2009. Fifty potters

sent six pots each, I have not received any back yet, so hopefully they found new homes.  

Click on the pics to get an enlarged view.

This fall I participated in the Crossing Borders Studio Tour along the North Shore in northern Minnesota. I was to the home and studios of Dick and Debbie Cooter. Dick makes beautiful, rugged, functional, woodfired pottery. Debbie is an experienced weaver who crafts vibrant and stunning rugs, placemats, scarfs, mittens……..

I have known them for the past ten years and I have always deeply admired there work, their work ethic, and them as people. Being asked by them to participate in the sale and stay with them meant alot more than just selling pots.

Besides the sale, good food, and company a couple of the highlights of the weekends was the finishing of the kiln patio made from the previous kiln. Dick built a new kiln this past summer with the help of a couple people, especially Ann. Later, Ann brought over her first motorcycle a “Honda 90″ which Dick tinkered with to try to get it running.

click to get a massive view

Well for me this summer has mostly been managing pots in a continual wet state. The humidity has slowed down the pottery process for me. Instead I have fit in a lot more bike riding instead. Coming this fall I will be pretty busy. In September I will be participating again in the Rustic Road Pottery Sale in North Hudson, Wisconson on the 19th and 20th. the weekend of October 9th-11th the Annual Fall Art Crawl In Lowertown St. Paul at the Back Alley Gallery. The following weekend October 23-25, at the Back Alley Gallery I will be hosting my Fall studio sale. This year my guest will be Joe Singewald from Algoma, Wisconson. In Novermber during the weekend of 20-22 the Back Alley Gallery will be hosting it’s annual member fall sale. I will be posting more images and info as time draws near.