Before becoming a member of the Colorado Potter’s Guild this year, I attended the show as a shopper for the past few years. This year I was both a member and a shopper. 
It’s hard to resist the temptation to buy everything, so I limited myself to 1 purchase. I bought the little soda fired wine cups above, by Jackie Harper and used them as soon as I got home from the show Saturday night. I suppose they could be purposed for tea or other beverages, but I knew that I was going to drink red wine from these as soon as I spotted them. It didn’t hurt that I was present the same day that Jackie was firing these little gems in the vapor kiln.
I love the look of soda fired ceramics and it looks like the guild is going to do a group soda firing this summer, so I’ll be able to get a couple of pieces in the kiln without having to sign up to fire the kiln myself. It will be a good way to try it out.
I want to thank those of you who were able to make it to the Guild’s spring sale this past weekend. Castle Clay artists have their show next weekend and I’m going to attend with a friend of mine. This year, they’ve invited some glass & jewelry artists to display their work at the show as well as a soap maker, so I’m looking forward to seeing what they produce.
Happy Monday,
~Cynthia
Tags: castle clay artists, ceramics, colorado potter's guild spring show, denver potters association, pottery, soda firing
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Cynthia, congratulations on all your success/hard work! Your pieces are lovely and I enjoyed looking at your blog.
Hi Cynthia,
I was able to purchase 2 of your items and the neat little box I wanted someone else bought and had it in her ’save shelf’ pile and was gone when I finished shopping. I loved some of the potters I’d not seen before, and picked up two pieces by Bema, whomever that is and they were such a good price as well as being beautiful. I also got the scraffito cereal bowl and we use it for our ‘nuts and twigs snacks’ that is almost alway out and on the table. I also got a vase of your that you’d done something ‘wrong’ with and I loved it. So, with my many purchases for giving away I came away a happy camper and enjoying new found things for friends. What a great show it was this year! You had some really lovely things and I bet they were going like crazy. Yea! For Cynthia!
Thanks so much Mary S.
Mary T. - I was hoping I would see you at the guild sale, but it appears that I missed you. I sold all my boxes but 1 - I guess that means I need to make more?
Are you talking about Mark Bina? I was coveting some of his platters during my rounds on the floor. Thanks so much for going to the sale! XO
Love the color. I see why you like them. Curious about the little square shaped indents.
Aren’t those little square dimples cute?