by KP | Aug 21, 2014 | Ceramics, Random
This summer took me me from seven challenging weeks in Michigan through a few troubling days in Pennsylvania to an August perch on an island in Maine. Here I’m a student, trying to figure out whether I am still supposed to make things. Â I have been living out a...
by KP | Jan 19, 2014 | Ceramics, Education
It’s 6:30 PM as I start to write this.  I’ve angled my laptop so I can keep an eye on the cooling kiln temperature – 708°F and dropping slowly.  I want it to cool enough that I can unload and reload tonight before I go home and collapse.  This might...
by KP | Dec 8, 2013 | Ceramics, Education
Yesterday was my idea of a perfect Saturday. I arrived at the studio early, and spent a couple of hours by myself, mixing glazes, recycling clay, loading and unloading kilns, and puttering around the space. Â I finished one audiobook on my headphones, and started...
by KP | Oct 2, 2013 | Ceramics, Education
I want to teach Seth Godin how to throw a bowl.While he is fumbling through the centering process, I will quote Twyla Tharp:“You’re only kidding yourself if you put creativity before craft.  Craft is where our best efforts begin.  You should never worry that rote...
by KP | Sep 22, 2013 | Ceramics, Education
On the first few weeks of the school year Yesterday – Saturday – I spent four hours in the studio with a small group of students who had requested some weekend studio time to work on a project.  With the exception of a short lunch break for pizza that one...
