Booth Display

Whew, this past winter was tough.  I thought I’d get to the shop to do some experimenting, but, well I spent my time keeping the house warm (we heat with wood) and plowing the drive.  I have spent the spring sprucing up around the house - and planting a small garden (the deer just drive me nuts).  Last weekend Marty, my wife, and I took some classes at the Jacksonville Center on Container Gardening and Native, Sustainable Gardening.  Both were fun (and we have two great containers on our deck).  Today I have just returned to Floyd from a  Potter’s Council weekend workshop on “Handbuilding” in Atlanta.  The workshops were great - and they really given me the bug to get back down to the shop and get my hands in some clay.   I do have some upcoming shows this summer and a few classes.

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Cherry Clock with ceramic tile face

February is a great month for me…it’s my birthday month (I’m a Groundhog Day baby) and every year Marty (my wife) and I take a trip to Asheville NC on the third weekend in February to attend the Arts & Crafts Conference and Antique Show at the Grove Park Inn. This show is definitely the place for enthusiasts (and collectors) of period pieces from the Arts & Crafts Movement (and lovers of Mission Style and Craftsman Style products). The Grove Park Inn in itself is a piece of work, not to mention all of the contemporary craftsmen that are reproducing products from the period and the actual antiques that you can see (and buy).
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I took some time and spoke with Blue Ridge Country Magazine recently for an interview about my studio and art. You can read the complete interview on their website.

And just so happens that my wife was traveling through Floyd County as I was reading the article as I was in Europe on a work trip, and she told me she found a really beautiful little town in the mountains. And I said, “Oh, what was the name of it?” She said, “Well, it’s Floyd, I think. It had one light. We were on our way to the Blue Ridge Parkway and all these homes had bales of hay or straw out in front, with pumpkins and gourds and mums and some scarecrows,” and she said it was just, you know, enchanting.

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