WillowAK Pottery

Congratulations to Vicki Grimes, winner of a $100 gift certificate to Willow Creek Studio!  The temp was low, but the spirits high during the tour of studios on Saturday. Good to see those of you who ventured out, and thanks for doing so. It was a beautiful, cold day! Hope you enjoyed shopping and socializing with us, and that you'll come by again when wanting that special gift for or from you!

Tomorrow, Melinda will be setting up the beautiful quilted and wooden pieces that she and Bill, respectively, have been busy making; I can hardly wait to see what they are bringing to display and sell on Saturday. All I know for sure is that the craftsmanship will be outstanding and I'll want to do some shopping myself. I promised to post photos of knitted and felted work that will be available, so here's a look: A variety of knit Christmas stockings for decoration and special gifts from Santa.  These are small and medium socks for small and medium treasures: Little slender sock Medium sock Little chubby sock One table of felted clogs And then there is the clog collection.  These are knit of 100% wool -- mostly Icelandic Lopi, some Bartlett yarn from Maine,  Ecological Wool from Peru, Lamb's Pride (with a bit of mohair) from U.S., and Dale of Norway yarn.  Love it all! Some of the clogs are classically simple, others jazzed up with felted embell...

Well, some flowers blossomed near his hooves and he was clearly glazed with a clear glaze. Here he is...with a couple of new friends. Didn't get much in the way of suggestions from the blog readers, so went with clear and will try the grey, sage, or blue transparent glaze over another moose in the future. This is the final kiln of work for the Holiday Tour in Willow on Saturday, Nov. 14.  If you've not seen a flyer with details, stop at Willow Creek Studio at mile 69.5 of the Parks Hwy  on Saturday and they'll fill you in.  We sent flyers to past participants and published/posted them at Willow's E-Breeze, Post Office, Library, etc.  Those who know where the three studios are located may start at any one of them, but be sure to visit all three to be part of the door prize drawing.  Yes,  it is a $100 gift certificate to spend at Willow Creek Studio!! Bowls to hold yarn -- for those who knit and crochet. When you look at them from ...

Hello again.  I promised to post images of some pottery available here during the Nov. 14 Holiday Tour of Art Studios in Willow.  Here are some pieces with personality from a recent kiln. This pair of matching butter dishes is already spoken for, but I wanted to show you the fancy foot of stars.  One never knows what you may find on the bottom of a pot.  Many potters think the person washing dishes deserves a surprise every once in awhile.  Many unique butter dishes are still available. The mug rack is well populated for the tour. Three new nativity sets have been made. Moose and fish ornaments are in good supply. Will be personalized with names if you like. Still deciding on a glaze strategy for the fish platter.  Kay's cloche with other pieces just unloaded. Looking more attractive dressed in Floating Blue! A BIG black bowl along with serving and yarn bowls. Some favorite glaze combinations  I've collected more...

Yes, we've been busy making new work and thought we'd share some images of what you'll see here during the Willow Holiday Tour of Art Studios. Today it's a look at some of the wooden and quilted items by the Dales.  What wonderful, unique, handmade, one-of-a kind gifts! Bill's beautiful cutting boards and earring racks:     Melinda's been busy creating and quilting in her lovely sewing room -- wall hangings, mug mats, and other delightful treasures:     Also, a public THANKS to Bill for building Art Tour signage that will lead you to the WillowAK Pottery Studio during the Holiday Tour.  Starting at Willow Creek Parkway and the Parks Hwy, you'll be guided to the studio location on Shirley Lake.  Some folks requested signage to help confirm they were on track;  please let us know if the signs are helpful!   Coming next will be a look at some pottery as well as at knit and fel...