I've been working on a new series of vessels, or vases if you prefer, for a while now. Shortly before the pandemic started, I had been...

How many chapters do we have in a life? And how many chapters overlap with other chapters? Is it like we're reading several books at a...

Last fall I signed myself up for a 12-week jewelry casting class. It was something I had been curious about for a long while, but after a...

How to choose what projects to spend time and effort on from my long list of ideas used to be a bit of a conundrum for me. I could choose...

As I wrote about last year at this time, January is always a period of reassessing for me. It involves rereading and writing and drawing...

We are never not doing. And it often feels there is never enough time to do all of the doing I'd like to do. Sometimes I decide to pause...

Did you know that every ceramic element I make gets fired twice? The first is a lower temperature and is called a bisque fire. When the...

It's been so many years since I worked for the unique handbag company Elizabeth Powell Leather Items in New York City. I was Elizabeth's...

For many years I have thought that the Lunar New Year which usually falls in late January or early February is a better time for us to...

The holidays for a maker and baker can be an inspired though hectic time of year. The build up is worth savoring and the excitement...