Updates

Update on The Clay Studio's 35th Birthday Party and Silent Auction.

To view auction items or bid online, go to the 35th Birthday link on The Clay Studio's website and scroll down to the Silent Auction link, or just click here, where you can browse all the artists, search by artist, and register to be able to bid on the auction. Bidding closes at 8:30pm on Saturday, October 10th.

Tickets are $35 for the party. Live bands include Courtney Fairchild and Twister Baby! Beer from Victory Brewing Company! Wheel-throwing and hand-building demos!

Cupcakes for Claymobile

If you will be in Old City this coming First Friday, surely you would like to stop by The Clay Studio at 2nd & Race Streets where the Claymobile, The Clay Studio's educational outreach program, will be having a BAKE SALE to raise funds for the Claymobile's programs.

The Clay Studio will also be holding their opening for exhibits by John Utgaard, graduate students, and one of my previous instructors and friend, Shawn Spangler.

Hush Cups

The Clay Studio is celebrating its 35th Anniversary on October 10th with a big event throughout the whole building (they are tenting the parking lot too!) that includes live music, BBQ, and silent auction. I have donated a pair of Hush Cups to the silent auction. These are small cups thrown on the wheel, and altered by my thumbs and fingers pushing out or into the cups' sides. I had been meaning to create a kind of puffy, cloudlike vessel, which they sort of are, but even more than that I like how they appear to hold something just below the surface, a suggestion that is not entirely revealed.

The Silent Auction will be on view at The Clay Studio starting October 2nd through the 10th. I think the auction will also be accessible online and will post that information when I have it. Read more about the 35th Birthday Bash here.

**UPDATE**
to view auction items or bid online, go to the 35th Birthday link on The Clay Studio's website and scroll down to the Silent Auction link, or just click here, where you can browse all the artists, search by artist, and register to be able to bid on the auction. Bidding closes at 8:30pm on Saturday, October 10th.

Art Star Craft Bazaar 2009

Art Star put on a super Craft Bazaar again this year! The Penn's Landing location is lovely because it's on the water and feels nice and spacious, and they make good use of the amphitheater by having a full lineup of live bands each day. I'm so impressed with Erin Waxman and Megan Brewster for putting this event together each year.

The weather was beautiful and sunny on both days and lots of people came out! Thank you to everyone who came to the Bazaar and stopped by my booth! My booth neighbor, Shoba Ohal, who was great company, commented on the fact that I had so many friends come visit. I love you guys!



My booth! I am so pleased with how it came together. I felt like my work has developed a lot over the last year and I wanted my booth presentation to reflect this, in terms of the palette as well as a cleaner, cohesive look. I sewed a tablecloth to fit the table, and made the banner using iron-on inkjet transfer paper. It was time-consuming, but I believe I achieved the desired effect.







My friend Yasha Butler also had a booth at Art Star. She makes tableware and jewelry from porcelain that is often left unglazed, so that it feels like touching smooth stones, or frosted glass, or bone, which is what she named a series of work. She is about to move to New York and I wish her the best. I'll miss working in the studio with her at The Clay Studio.







This was my giveaway to put in the goody bags that they were giving out to the first 250 people to come to the Art Star booth. I had postcards printed up (m3 Printing, in Philadelphia, good prices, fast turnaround) to which I attached a teabag, the idea being that now that you have the tea, come over and get your mug!




I also had a pastry chef friend make handmade marshmallows, which I thought would be fun to have at the booth. If you've never had a fresh, homemade marshmallow, it's a totally different experience from the "jet puff" ones that come out of a plastic bag (what is "jet puff" anyway?). It was wonderful to see the delighted looks on peoples' faces when they took a bite, and to feel like I introduced them to something very familiar and completely surprising at the same time. Which is what Snowday is about.