NOTE: A lot has happened in my life since my last posting in 2017, which made me suspend posting to this blog. My husband of almost 60 years, Bill Brink, died in March of 2016.  I did make a posting about pottery after that, but wasn't ready to mention Bill's passing. In May of 2018 I, along with my oldest daughter, moved to Oregon in order to be near my other daughter and her family. During the summer of 2019 I was able to set up my studio, and purchased a kiln.  I hope to post some of my new work shortly.

Earthenware firing 9/13

These pots are from an earthenware glaze firing at the end of September; I am slow in getting pictures posted. This pot is about 10" high

I call this "A Nod to India", because I used carved wooden blocks from India to make the impressions in this oval platter. The original use for the blocks was to stamp patterns on fabric. The dish is 18" long.

5.5" x 10"

...kind of boring, may refire

I picked up the stand at Goodwill-

These fall into the category o "Novelty Exercises" The spherical parts are smaller than a tennis ball, and each have a hollow ball inside them.

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I did several firings during the end of June 2011, stocking up for the Arts/Crafts show at the Flower Festival. I also had quite a few pots on hand. Sales were good and it was good to see people I know, and customers from previous years.

This is an individual snack plate.

Misc. dipping dishes, etc.

Med. size serving bowl-deep green.

One day I was tired of round pots...this one is about a foot wide.

This pot is about 8" wide. Had fun carving. Next time want to plan better so as not to have the white unglazed line showing. (It sold, though; somebody liked it)

Salad bowl, about 11" diam.

These match bowl above.

A perfect plate for cookies, about 10" across.

Earthenware, thrown as a disc first, then shaped. 12 "

Individual snack plates

The small dish at upper right was made by cutting a bottle in half, and joining the parts.

This was fun! Cut in half and re-joined.

a cookie server

I left the tops unglazed and high fired them, then put low fire glaze on the tops and re-fired.

This is a refired earthenware plate.

Stoneware, about 13"

This is an earthenware pot, with base, that I fired last fall. Actually had to refire it because the black stain was uneven and streaky. The reddish area is bare clay, waxed before glazing. It is 13 inches high overall. Here is the other side...

Here are a few high fired stoneware pots from last fall. They were in with some larger pieces which I photographed and posted earlier.

These earthenware pots are from last week's glaze firing. The square one started out as a thrown disc. I tried some crystals on the lid of the box. The pattern on the bowl in fron is made with a peach pit.

This glaze always looks like paint to me. I think it has too much opacifier in it.

These two necklaces feature scales from a redfish! (red drum) Our friend in Houston sent them to me a while ago, and I just recently finally figured out a design that works well, I think. I'll make more if he sends more scales. They are not brittle, but tough like a fingernail- I noticed this when drilling the holes.


The series of pictures following are of works by the Lompoc Sculptors Guild. We have a show at the Grossman Gallery in Lompoc, during September.

A work in metal, by Ron Barrows

Noreen LaPointe made this ceramic piece.

These two are also by Noreen LaPointe

Small tiles by Noreen LaPointe, other one by Dee Frasher

Noreen did the tiles & sculpture on the left, Carol S. Moore created the shrunken wool fantasy pieces in the middle, and the ceramic basket with weaving is by Dee Frasher.

Noreen LaPointe's clay dragon and dog, Dee Frasher's four pieces

A bas-relief by Peggy Kizziah.

From top left, clockwise: an aluminum sculpture by Eric Morlan, a welded metal piece by Ron Barrows, a bisque sculpture by Peggy Kizziah, and a stoneware bowl-mine.

Our show is named "Art in the Making", and the idea was to show process as well as finished product. Here Eric Morlan shows the maquette he made in planning this aluminum sculpture.

Two pieces by Dee Frasher, and another knitted creature by Carol S. Moore.

A ceramic grouping by Dee Frasher, and a work in progress by Eric Morlan, with maquette.

This is Dee Frashers explanatory panel showing the process of her work with gourds.

Dee Frasher, Carol S. Moore, and Noreen LaPointe

a styrofoam (mostly) piece by Carol S. Moore, and a 13" tile with purple shapes, by me. (it looked better raw, before glazing and firing, haha!)

My large platter, pictured in an earlier post.

This altered disc is alson on a 12" tile.