by KP | Mar 14, 2013 | Ceramics, Education
I’ve been thinking a lot about cups lately. Â Some of my students would argue that I think about cups 24-7, but I really do make time for other things. Â Like bowls. The featured picture is of Alex’s cup. Â My Ceramics 3 students are making 25 mugs, and at...
by KP | Mar 7, 2013 | Ceramics, Education
This essay was published at ALT/Space, a publication of Teaching Artist Journal. Recently, my friend Charlotte gave me some advice.  Her pottery was selling much better than my own, and I asked about her secrets.  When she started talking, I politely interrupted her...
by KP | Mar 1, 2013 | Ceramics, Education
I’ve been doing most of my writing lately trying to prep for an upcoming presentation at NCECA. Lots of spinning thoughts on a subject about which I’m passionate. I’d welcome feedback on this part, and will present the rest of it when it...
by KP | Feb 23, 2013 | Ceramics, Education
Last night, a student told me that my teaching was “romantic.” The “Clay Date” is all the rage at public ceramic studios. The museum where I host the event calls it “a different kind of evening activity for friends and dates to mix,...
by KP | Feb 2, 2013 | Education
Last weekend, a few of my students had work in a high school ceramics show at Tyler School of Art. Â This is the second year we’ve been invited to participate. Â The show is a treat – an opportunity to see the sort of work that is being created at other...
by KP | Jan 29, 2013 | Ceramics, Education
Yesterday afternoon in the studio, I ran the concept of my upcoming NCECA presentation (search my name, I’m actually in the program, mildly terrifying) by two students, Brian and Drew.   Both students have taken Ceramics I & II, so they have had the...
