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I Miss Teaching!

With all my classes and workshops canceled due to the COVID-19 shutdown, I’m really missing teaching.  At first, I welcomed having so much uninterrupted studio time.  But now, although I am still happy to be making pots, I long for … Continue reading

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Video: Making a Wiggle Wire Plate

Here’s a excerpt from “Wheel Throwing With Nan Rothwell,” my teaching video published by Ceramic Arts Daily.

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Video: Take pottery wheel throwing to the next level!

This short video is from my ten-week course on TeachinArt.

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Three Days to Go on the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Show

I’ve had good sales during May and am grateful to the folks whose purchases will help the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank.  There are still three days for your pottery purchase to benefit the Food Bank.  Many of the pots … Continue reading

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Spring Pottery Sale coordinated with Blue Ridge Area Food Bank

In these troubling times, with food insecurity on the rise, I’ve decided to dedicate 30% of my May 2020 pottery sales to the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank. Any pots purchased through my online store qualify. I’m still offering Free … Continue reading

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Free Home Delivery, Maximum Social Distancing Pottery Sale

FREE HOME DELIVERY, MAXIMUM SOCIAL DISTANCING POTTERY SALE April 25 & 26, 2020 10:00 AM Saturday to 5:00 PM Sunday I’m stealing a page from my friend Mea Rhee at goodelephant.com and imitating her Free Home Delivery, Maximum Social Distancing … Continue reading

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Hunkered down, along with everyone else

My recent entries here seem so long ago, although it’s really just a few weeks.  Like the rest of the country, we’re hunkered down here, social-distancing to help flatten the Covid-19 curve.  Life has an apocalyptic feel, and yet in … Continue reading

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Black Iris Gallery Show – Simply Functional: Pottery by Nan Rothwell

We’re almost finished setting up our shows at Black Iris Gallery.  First Friday Opening starts tomorrow (3/6/20) at 6:00 pm, and then the gallery will be open by appointment during March.  Once NCECA starts, we’ll be open daily, 11 am … Continue reading

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Final Two Firings for Black Iris Show

I’ve labeled and packed the pots for my show at Black Iris gallery in March.  Over sixty pots!  Here are images from the last two firings: [cincopa AQIA9oOfgo8e]

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Images for Black Iris Gallery Show

I’ve fired four times in the past short while, gearing up for the show next month. Here are some images from the first three firings, front and back tiers. The kiln is cooling from firing #4 as I write this. … Continue reading

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