Author Archives: Nan Rothwell

I just posted my 2019 workshop schedule on this website. I’ll teach a workshop at the Bay School in Mathews, VA; three at City Clay in Charlottesville, VA; and one in Chapel Hill, NC. There’s still a little space on … Continue reading →

Just home from a fine week at the Folk School in Brasstown, NC. Great fun with this lively, energetic group of potters. Three have active home studios; three had never worked on the wheel; and the other four were somewhere … Continue reading →

Hadn’t fired since last fall, so I have done three quick firings in a row. I wanted to wait until the glazes were unlikely to freeze again before getting them back into shape. Here are the before and after shots … Continue reading →

Nice match between these shino plates just out of my final firing and the crepe myrtle next to our mailbox.  If the leaves hold on, you can see both of them this weekend during the Artisans Studio Tour.  Almost ready … Continue reading →

Here’s a link to a nice article that came out today in our local Charlottesville paper, The Daily Progress.  It was fun to open the paper this morning to a full-page spread with photos.  My fifteen minutes of fame!  

I’m the Featured Artist during July at the Crozet Artisan Depot.  

I had a lot of fun these past two weekends teaching workshops.  The first was at the Reston Community Center pottery.  It was my first visit to that studio – what an excellent facility!  Everyone enjoyed making two-part pieces and … Continue reading →

We’re in the final week of Junko’s and my show at McGuffey Art Center in Charlottesville, Virginia, and I am finally getting around to posting some photos of the show.  My friend Steve Palmer took these shots of the show.  … Continue reading →

My sister in law, Junko Ono Rothwell, and will have a joint show of paintings and pots in the Main Gallery at McGuffey Art Center in Charlottesville during April.  Today I fired the third of four firings of work toward … Continue reading →