WillowAK Pottery

The driveway is free of snow,  the IRS form is mailed (thank you, Keith), the clogs are all felted, and the kiln unloaded.  Posting images of the new work is my way of giving you an idea of what is ready to leave home. I've tried to be responsive to requests as I make forms and embellish them. This kiln had lots of mugs and yarn bowls, with a handful of other pieces to keep things fun and interesting.  Before saying any more, let me add that the Spring Willow Art Studio Tour date has been selected: Saturday, May 28. . .  A great day to be in Willow! The Studio Tour, including a dahlia sale, and the 5K run are all taking place on May 28.  The latter two events are fundraisers for the Willow Library.  There is something for EVERYONE in the family on May 28, in Willow!  Drive out if you live elsewhere, get out if you're already living here, and enjoy several events!  Yes, it is the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. Now, on to the kiln. Here's...

... the kiln still fires, and I'm back spending time in the studio, where new work is in the making. If you see something that strikes your fancy, please do get in touch:  willowakpottery@gmail.com Thanks for visiting! With hesitation, I reloaded the mug rack, hoping another earthquake doesn't hit before I get some kind of knobs or stoppers on the ends of the pegs.  Had some mugs fly off that rack and make a crash landing on the tile floor during the 6.1 quake a few weeks ago, so a modification of the display is in order.  Here's what went on the rack today: Every mug I had in November found a new home, so it's been fun starting over with new designs.  Think I'm on a mug roll, so even more will be created next time the wheel whirls. The other form that is particularly  plentiful right now is the yarn bowl.  The ones pictured below came out of the glaze kiln this week, and another shelf of them will be glazed and fired in the coming week. ...

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 ...