After working in stoneware for almost a year, I decided to switch back to PORCELAIN. It’s a luxurious and translucent clay, and the black and white carving technique displays really nice with my printmaking.
Here is my first mini-batch of porcelain cups Swipe or use arrows to see them all
chickens Having Coffee
opossums Having Coffee
border Collie And Sheep Having Coffee
opossum With Acorns 2
cat With Bird
top Dog Award 2023
pig In Cornfield
collie And Sheepdog
opossum With Acrons 1
I don’t sell pottery online, but you can see these (and more!) Friday the 27 at the Pendleton Art Center Hope to see you there!
I just took a few new pottery pots out of the kiln. You have to come and see them in person, but here’s a sneak peek with some photos. I’m especially excited about the plate. It’s been a while since I’ve made one!
use arrows or scroll to see all the new pottery!
opossum Plate
3 bears Having Tea
Dj Kitty Cat Dancy dancy doggie-o
fox and chickens
Over The Rainbow
best Turnip Ever
sheep
dog Running With Sheep
opossum 2
opossum 1
hope to see you tomorrow! I’ll be at studio #400 on the 4th floor from 5-9pm.
9 new cups came out of my mini kiln today, I’m super excited to show them off!
Swipe or use the arrows to see all the cups in the slideshow.
chicken square cup
rainbow Bear Cup
yellow Photo Cat With Tree Bird
Flying Pigs With Apples
Rainbow Goat Cup
yellow Photo Cat Rainbow 2Doves
we Love Cups Cats
yellow Heart Rainbow Cat
it can be hard to get the idea of what a 3d object is like from photos (even when i take 4 photos at different angles) so here’s a short video with a 360 view of each cup
This coming weekend (16 and 17 of September 2023) is going to be a great time to visit Old Washington (Maysville, KY) We are having the Simon Kenton Festival, and as part of the festivities, I’M GOING TO HAVE MY NEW STUDIO IN WASHINGTON HALL open to the public.
I haven’t announced the new studio until now because it’s just a work space, but this weekend, I’m going to give a FREE hands on printmaking activity, and will also have some of my pots on display. You might know that I don’t sell pottery online because i want you to come see it in person and hold it in your hands before you decide to buy one or not ($50 each).
Hope you all are enjoying this Labor Day! My big labor day festivity was opening my mini kiln and bringing 9 new cups into the world
Hope you like opossums, because 6 of the 9 cups feature north America’s only marsupial
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Fox Cup
deep green Opossum Cup
nose touching opossums cup
bird dog cup
mama opossum cup
opossum with acorn cup
rainbow goat cup
opossum with bird cup
opossum cup 1
i don’t sell cups online, but these (and more!) will be on display + sale at my studio in Washington Hall during the Simon Kenton Festival in Old Washington 16 and 17 of September. Hope to see you there!!!
I just opened the kiln and have 9 cute little cups to share TOMORROW at the Pendleton Art Center in Cincinnati. Cups are all wheel thrown and hand carved/painted. In person sales only-you must hold it in your hand before you can decide-no dibs-first come, first served 5-9pm.
It’s been an action packed August so far. After 2 weeks making pots at Arrowmont (instead of painting) – i decided to re install a couple shelves at my studio at the Pendleton Art Center. If you have been looking for some pottery, I’ll have some new ones on the 25th at Final Friday.
If you’d like a better look at my mini test firing of the cups I made at Mark Errol’s workshop-using his technique. swipe or click the arrows in the slideshow below
rainbow and rainclouds
bear with banjo
river and rainclouds
dripping rainbow
blue sky rainbow and birds
rainclouds and trees
clouds and circles
goat cup – a glaze test
Thanks again Mark for all the new surface design techniques! Was happy to see that your clear looks great on the red clay body I’m currently using.
I just wrapped up an amazing workshop learning from two of my pottery heroes (Mark Errol and Kathy King).
It has been a dream come true meeting them and seeing Mark and Kathy’s work in real life. –sorry, photos on the internet just aren’t the same.
I have been on a pottery break, and can’t tell you how good it felt to have my hands back in clay for 5+ whole days. i ended up making 34 pots (that’s a lot in comparison to my normal speed)
Every workshop I have taken at Arrowmont has been an incredible experience. It’s a perfect environment to push my creativity to places I could never reach by myself. The bears of Arrowmont make it a magical and special place.
If you are in the Knoxville area, Mark and Kathy have a group exhibit, “Zero Lucks To Give” on display at the Arrowmont Gallery in Knoxville for the month of August. I was really thrilled to see their work in person and add these two cups to my collection!
My heart is bursting, i’m so grateful to those who have made this experience possible for me!!! Thank you! Thank you! thank you! Stay tuned, i’ll have more to share soon.
I had a small kiln firing last night (8 cups – 1 plate)
Here are the results! Use the arrows or swipe to see them all
Sheep Dog Plate
Bear and Bunnies Cup
Fox and Sheep Cup
Tea Party Bear Cup
Fox and the Hound Cup
Chickens Cup
Pottery Dog Cup
Goat Woodcut Cup
It’s really hard to get an idea of what a 3d cup looks like from a photo. A video with a 360 view is a little bit better. Seeing them in person-and being able to pick them up and drink from them is still best.
For your reference, I sell cups for $45 and plates for $75. They are only available in person NO ONLINE SALES. You need to pick them up to ‘know’ if it’s the right pot for you. You can find them either on my front porch, or at my studio at the Pendleton Art Center on Final Fridays and by appointment.
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Ken is a self-taught artist from rural Kentucky, whose work includes painting, printmaking, and pottery. He considers himself to be a 'lifetime learner' and uses art as the vehicle to explore and learn more about the world around him. Much of his work reflect his optimistic views on rural folk culture, river life and simple pleasures.
You can visit Ken every Final Friday of the month at studio 400 at the Pendleton Art Center in downtown Cincinnati or by appointment.