Just another reminder… this weekend is the GLENVIEW SUMMER ART FAIR. And it seems like the wildfire smoke has moved on just in time… so we’re happy to be breathing cleanly again. Just in time for this show. Remember that we’re at a different location this year. Hope you can make it… and bring a friend!!!

Lots of fun handbuilt mugs for my summer campers to paint with colored slips today …
in addition to their wheelthrown pots! Including my favorite Chicago-themed mug…
well done Emma!

ou know it’s gonna be a good day at summer camp…
when your first camper asks (even before saying hello)… “Can I clean the sponges again today?”

Of course the answer is always “YES!”
Now if I could just get some of the adult students to do the same.
Thanks for volunteering Ellie!!!

With the crazy Canadian wildfire smoke casting a weird “colored”-grayness over the City today… I figured it might help to shake it up with a “pop” of fun floral colors! A collection roses & mums in one of my stamped & soda-fired square vases!

Doesn’t hurt any to have some fun rusty metal right there too…

This week at Summer Camp I’m teaching 8-10 year olds both wheelthrowing & handbuilding. We already tackled wheelthrowing & trimming. Today was their handbuilding day… and I challenged them to make two mugs with one theme! Can’t wait to see these come together even more when we paint everything tomorrow with colored slips!

Still prepping for this weekend’s GLENVIEW SUMMER ART FAIR. Enjoying some time in the cool basement… avoiding the heatwave & wildfire smoke!!! Pricing & packing a bunch of hybrid mugs to bring with… and trying to pull-together all of my booth needs as they are a little “scattered.” Remember, my last art fair was when we got rained on & had to pack quickly and then spread things all around to dry out. Hoping the weather is a bit better this weekend???

It was a crazy mix of clouds & smoke this morning!!! With the smoke from the Canadian wildfires making it’s way to Chicago, we had poor air quality & even poorer visibility. Not much of a sunrise as it was struggling behind the clouds & smoke. There was such a smoky “fog” engulfing the lakefront…. practically obliterating the view of the downtown skyline. CRAZY!!!

Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer! Another warm morning with no breeze along the lake… sweaty!!! Perfectly still waters for shimmering reflections as the clouds dappled the sunrise view.

Loving this single stem of a Black-Eyed Susan… in one of my textured square vases! Thanks for sharing Carmie… both this photo & a few plants for my garden too!!!

After summer camp today, I zoomed home to work in my basement prepping & pricing new pots for this weekend at the GLENVIEW SUMMER ART FAIR. Lots of mugs waiting to be priced… but honestly, I kinda got distracted & sidetracked by cleaning out the basement a bit. Felt good to clean, organize & get rid of things I haven’t used for years. Pricing can happen tomorrow, right?… because now I’m off to the studio to teach class again tonight!