Jill Stoffregen of Foxpaws made these stunning porcelain discs with a lovely silver luster.  They are  rustic, tribal and made the mos...

  Rather, this is just a little slide to the side. A clearing of the throat. Making room for another voice. Over the past +3 years that I...

A very good friend of mine is about to move. And not into any old house, but a >150 year old rehabbed work-of-art house in historic downt...

...treat yo'self.  Putting aside the trendiness of the phrase, there really is a lesson to be learned about knowing when to gift yours...

   ...for a very important date...   It's a funny thing. I never used to be the type of person who would flirt with lateness---not h...

It's been a disturbingly warm winter here in southern Ohio. I wouldn't be exaggerating if I said we've had MAYBE three inches of...

Isn't it wonderful how new tools can gently help guide our evolution as artists?  For years the only dapping set I've had was chea...

"HEY. That thar's a piece o' wood hangin from yer ear..." Why yes, yes it is. It's a twig of black walnut, to be exa...

I've had a hankering lately to play with materials that I've taken a break from in the past year, including tin--both vintage and ne...

As we close the curtains on one hell of a year, I'm reminded on how very important it is to be humble. When everything is going right in...

So much of what we do as artists boils down to this: controlling the chaos.  Come on now, you know what I mean, I know you can relate. Yo...

Those who know me know that I don't get political with people. It's not my thing. It does not feed my soul. I believe what I believe...

Never trust a person who doesn't appreciate a good walk, hike, or meander through the woods. My day job involves working from home, wh...

I had a vision.  I was lying in bed--drifting, woozy, floating in that liminal netherworld where ideas come to us so fluidly. What I would...

A couple posts ago I mentioned how I have been further exploring the use of fibers in my pieces to add textural and tactile variety. I use a...

Aren't we all, though?  Conventional wisdom has taught us that cracks, imperfections, and vulnerabilities are bad. A sign of sub-par...