Pottery

Beautiful art should be part of everyday life and not just something hanging over the couch. Art nourishes our spirit the way food nourishes our body. That’s what makes functional pottery so special; it combines the two. Pottery is part of our rituals: the start of the day with a morning beverage, or special occasions around the dinner table.

Ken’s pots are made, using a technique (called sgraffito) that is similar to relief printmaking. Unlike printmaking, there are no copies. Each piece has to be individually carved by hand. The time consuming process requires a special touch, because the clay is still unfired and extremely fragile.

Ken’s latest pots are made from porcelain, the finest of clays. It’s able to be thin and translucent, while still being strong and durable. They are made with non toxic materials, and are safe to use with food. These are unique and one-of-a-kind, so treat them the way you would the rest of your fine china. Use caution with microwaves or dishwashers.

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kiln firing 23 March 2021

I just opened the kiln, and have some new porcelain pots!


I don’t sell pots online. I try to take the best photos I can, but a pot (especially porcelain) needs to be picked up and held to really ‘know’ if it’s the right one for you. You can see them on my front porch in Old Washington. Large plates are $80. Cups and the small sandwich sized plates are $40 each. First come, first served. The porch has a ‘half off’ table with perfectly functional pots, that have slight flaws.

If you are looking for a good reason to come visit: this weekend March 27, 2021, we are having an Art And Chocolate festival in our little historic village of Old Washington from 10-5pm.

Click the arrows below to see all the pots

  • porcelain cup with black log cabin sgraffito design
    Mefford’s ford cup – SOLD
  • porcelain cup with black sgraffito design of washington hall, old washigton, ky 1796
    Washington Hall Cup – SOLD
  • porcelain plate of man holding on to a bull's horn black sgraffito design
    grab the bull by the horns – SOLD large plate
  • porcelain plate with tulips and horse black sgraffito design
    horse small plate
  • porcelain plate with tulips and peace symbol sgraffito design
    peace tulips small plate
  • porcelain cup with peace love sgraffito design peace symbol
    peace love cup 2
  • porcelain plate with doves and olive branches peace symbol sgraffito design
    peace birds small plate
  • porcelain cup with black sgraffito designs of tulip flowers
    tulip cup
  • porcelain cup with tulip bees and peace symbol black sgraffito design
    tulip bees peace mug
  • porcelain cup with birds and peace symbols sgrafito design black
    peace birds cup 1 – SOLD
  • porcelain cup with tulip and peace symbol black sgraffito design
    tulip peace mug 2
  • porcelain cup with black sgrafftio design with sheep and peace symbol
    sheep cup 2
  • porcelain cup with peace and love sgraffito design
    peace love 1
  • porcelain cup with sheeep sgraffito black design
    sheep cup 1
  • porcelain plate with blue birds in tree sgraffito design
    birds in tree small plate
  • porcelain cup with blue sgraffito peace symbol and flowers
    Blue Peace Cup 1
  • porcelain cup with blue sgraffito design peace symbol
    blue peace cup 2
  • porcelain cup with green sgraffito frog design
    frog cup 1
  • porcelain cup with green sgraffito frog design
    frog cup 2
  • porcelain cup with green sgraffito frog decoration
    frog cup 3
  • porcelain cup with green sgraffito frog design
    frog cup 4
  • porcelain cup with green frog sgraffito design
    frog cup 5
  • porcelain cup with green sgraffito frog design
    frog cup 6
  • porcelain cup with green frog sgraffito design
    frog cup 7
  • porcelain plate with red cardinal sgraffito design
    Cardinal small plate
  • porcelain plate with love one another red sgraffito design
    love one another – small plate NFS
  • porcelain cup with blue bunny sgraffito decorations
    blue bunny cup with glaze flaw – runny NFS
  • porcelain cup with goat sgraffito design
    goat cup with cracks on bottom NFS
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kiln firing 1 March 2021

I just opened the kiln, and have some new porcelain pots!


I don’t sell pots online. I try to take the best photos I can, but a pot (especially porcelain) needs to be picked up and held to really ‘know’ if it’s the right one for you. You can see them on my front porch in Old Washington. Large plates are $80. Cups and the small sandwich sized cardinal plate are $40 each. First come, first served. The porch has a ‘half off’ table with perfectly functional pots, that have slight flaws.

Click the arrows below to see all the pots

  • folk art style porcelain plate with cat and bird
    cat and bird – small plate
  • folk art style porcelain plate with goats and tulips
    goat with tulips – small plate
  • porcelain mug of squirrel holding an acorn
    squirrel – small plate
  • porcelain folk art style plate with sgraffito sheep and peace symbol
    sheep – small plate
  • porcelain mug with tulips and a peace symbol
    tulip peace – cup
  • folk art style porcelain plate with candinal
    cardinal 1 – small plate SOLD
  • folk art style porcelain plate with cardinal
    cardinal2 – small plate
  • folk art style porcelain plate of a fox
    fox 1 – small plate – SOLD
  • folk art style porcelain plate with fox
    fox 2 – small plate
  • folk art style porcelain plate with cat and birds
    cat with birds – large plate
  • folk art style porcelain plate with cat bird and dog
    cat dog bird -large plate
  • folk art style porcelain plate of house with birds
    Birds at house – small plate
  • folk art style porcelain mug with peace symbol
    peace cup 1 – cup
  • folk art style porcelain mug with peace symbol
    peace cup 2 – cup
  • folk art style porcelain cup with birds and peace symbol
    peace bird – cup SOLD
  • folk art style porcelain cup with goats and flowers
    goat – cup
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kiln firing 27 January 2021

I just opened the kiln, and have some new porcelain pots. This batch had a lot (6) of plates, which take up a lot of space in the kiln, so this firing does not have as many pots as firings in the past.


I don’t sell pots online. I try to take the best photos I can, but a pot needs to be picked up and held to really ‘know’ if it’s the right one for you. You can see them on my front porch in Old Washington. Plates and the ‘Peace On Earth bowl’ are $80. Cups and the small sandwich sized cardinal plate are $40 each. First come, first served. The porch has a ‘half off’ table with perfectly functional pots, that have slight flaws.

Click the arrows below to see all the pots

  • blue porcelain plate with bunny design
    bunny – plate SOLD
  • blue porcelain plate with goat and flowers design
    Goat – plate SOLD
  • blue porcelain plate with folk art birds in tree design
    Birds In Tree – Plate SOLD
  • porcelain blue plate with design of a pig under a tree
    Pig Under Tree – Plate
  • blue porcelain plate with village and flock of birds design
    blue birds over the village – Plate
  • blue porcelain plate with design of old washington kentucky
    Old Washington, KY – plate
  • porcelain bowl with lion and lamb - birds carrying banner that says 'peace on earth'
    Peace On Earth – Bowl
  • red porcelain plate with cardinal design
    Cardinals – small plate -SOLD
  • porcelain mug with blue design of birds carrying olive branch and peace symbol
    Peace Birds 2 – cup SOLD
  • porcelain mug with blue design of birds carrying olive branch and peace symbol
    Peace Birds 1 – cup
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work in progress-peace in progress

If you watch much news, the beginning January has been a high anxiety month. I’ve always been a little bit hippy dippy at heart, and pottery for peace has been my theme for my latest batch of pots. They still need to be fired, but you can get an idea of the surface design from this photo.

porcelain mugs - work in progress - blue with different peace symbols

stay tuned to see how they turn out–and be nice to each other!

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kiln firing 22 January 2021

I just opened the kiln, and have some new porcelain pots. Most exciting to me are the new plates. These little rectangle plates are about 8″x6″ a perfect size for a sandwich and some chips, or three tacos.
I don’t sell pots online. I try to take the best photos I can, but a pot needs to be picked up and held to really ‘know’ if it’s the right one for you. You can see them on my front porch in Old Washington. Cups, rectangle plates and bowls with carving on the outside are $40 Bowls with carving inside and out are $80. First come, first served.

Click the arrows below to see all the pots

  • dove plate 1-SOLD
  • dove plate 2 – SOLD
  • chicken plate 1 -SOLD
  • chicken plate 2 -SOLD
  • goat plate – SOLD
  • honey bear plate – SOLD
  • cat plate – SOLD
  • lion plate – SOLD
  • flock of bluebirds cup
  • lion cup – SOLD
  • horse cup
  • cardinal saucer – SOLD
  • peace dove bowl
  • cardinal bowl with cherries inside – SOLD
  • cardinal with cherries bowl
  • cardinal with oak leaves bowl – SOLD
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Kiln Firing – 15 January 2021

I just opened the kiln, and have some new porcelain pots. Most exciting to me are the new plates. I don’t sell pots online. I try to take the best photos I can, but a pot needs to be picked up and held to really ‘know’ if it’s the right one for you. You can see them on my front porch in Old Washington. Cups are $40 Plates $80. First come, first served.

Click the arrows below to see all the pots from the firing.

  • Peace On Earth Plate – SOLD
  • This Too Shall Pass Plate – SOLD
  • this too shall pass 2020
  • peace doves plate – SOLD
  • peace on earth bowl – SOLD
  • lion mug – SOLD
  • peace bird mug 1 – SOLD
  • peace bird mug 2 – SOLD
  • cat in flowers mug – SOLD
  • blue bird of happiness mug 1
  • blue bird of happiness mug 2
  • blue bird of happiness mug 3 – SOLD
  • bird with flower mug – SOLD
  • blue bird flock mug 1
  • blue bird flock mug 2
  • bunny mug – SOLD
  • leaf mug – SOLD
  • cats bowl-SOLD
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Happy New Year 2021

Happy New Year! When I work in clay, i sign the bottom of each pot with my name, location and year created. For my FINAL pot of 2020, I made a plate to celebrate the little village where i live, OLD WASHINGTON. If I HAD to be stuck in one place for the year 2020, I’m grateful it was here!

porcelain plate with sgraffito design of Old Washington, Kentucky. Log Cabin, Federal Brick buildind and white church house.

When I was young, i was led to believe that an artist has to live in a big metro area to ‘make it’.

Now that i’m older and have more experience in the world, I know that a small town is a great place to an artist! I’m so grateful to have been welcomed and a part of this small rural town.

This pot is a work in progress. It still needs to go through the kiln.

Happy New Year!