The Clayer: Surfacing is Back!

Hello Friends,

 I am excited to announce that registration for the Winter/Spring session of my ecourse, The Clayer: Surfacing (Part One) in now open!

 

Please click here for more information about the course and how to sign up!

*See* you in class!

Diana

Get Creative!

2012 was a fun year. A very fun year! 
I launched my e-course and had the most amazing experience of meeting, teaching and interacting with a virtual class, from all over the world, of 139 students.  I traveled to many wonderful locations and taught workshops at places that, I never in my wildest dreams, thought I'd be invited to teach at.  Then there was Creativebug.  This new start up company in San Francisco, brainchild of the the enthusiastic and effervescent Jeanne Lewis and her fabulous creative team,  offering a smorgasbord of craft and art classes, online, via a monthly subscription, Not only does Creativebug offer an amazing array of classes, a part of their profit is donated to non-profit art organizations.  An all you can make smorgasbord while giving back! 
I spent a couple of weeks filming with the talented, fun, kind, interesting and goofy film crew from Creativebug and got a wee sense of what it feels like to be Martha Stewart.  A beautiful trailer was made about little ol' me.  Classes to make handmade clay spoons, driftwood mobiles, the ever elusive Mishima technique and most recently, printed ceramics with your own carved rubber blocks, stream, effortlessly in sections that let you keep pace of what is being taught, along with plenty of close up shots so you can see how things are done. I know, you're dying to watch them yourself to see (and learn how) to make all these fun things. Well, it's easy. You can do it two ways. One way is to sign up for Creativebug's monthly membership, which will get you into ALL the classes. So you can get your sew, knitting, bookmaking, soap making, felting AND clay on.

 Or you can do it A' La Carte style and just take the class you want.

Sign up here for the monthly subscribtions.

And if you'd like to only to take my individual classes, here are direct links to mine.

Mishima
Hand Stamped (Printed) Ceramics
Ceramic Spoons
Driftwood Mobile

Go on now. 
Get creative!
Diana

Painting Rocks With Louie

There is a sweet video up on Creativebug of me painting rocks  along with my dog Louie being cute.  

If you ask me, Louie steals the show!

 

This is how you paint rocks with a dog in your lap

Also, Creativebug will be adding my  new "Printed Ceramics" online workshop on January 24th. If you haven't already seen my Mishima, Clay Spoons and Driftwood Mobile workshops, sign up to watch them here. 

If you'd like purchase my painted stones (and clay scoops) you can do so here at my new rock shop, Stone & Clay. Sorry, the dog is not for sale. ; )

The Clayer: Update

Hello and Happy New Year!

I've been receiving many emails asking me when and if I will be re-launching my online e-course The Clayer: Surfacing? The answer is, yes! I had initially intended to have it start up again in January (if you go to the page, it says as much.) As often happens, my good intentions have been a bit delayed as I am still finishing up some projects in the studio from 2012 and haven't had much time to sit at my desk and get all the details together to re-launch it. It's almost there, so please hang in there. I will post it here, as well as on facebook and twitter when the registration opens. Also, if you haven't already, please sign up for my newsletter (here on the blog, in the sidebar) to be notified when it will begin.

 Thank you SO MUCH for your interest in the class, I can't wait to run it again and meet YOU!

Terrain & Heath Ceramics

This autumn I've been very busy working on two great projects with some great clients,

 Terrain and Heath Ceramics.

Earlier this fall I created this collection for Terrain. It was fun to work within a theme, indigo and copper and really exciting to create my large one of a kind works for a change. So often I am asked to make my smaller items, which is okay, but my larger one of kind pieces has always been where my heart is at. 

The pieces from this collection are available for purchase, online, here.

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Canteen Vases

Currently I am working long hours filling a very large order for Heath Ceramics. I've been creating seasonal vase collections for them for the past four years, which is such a delight!

Pin Vases

My work for them is not available online but if you are in San Francisco, you can find my work at their Ferry Building location or in their Sausalito Store.

Gizella vases

Zsuzsi Vases

My Creativebug Workshops Are Here!

 

Check out my latest workshop collaboration with Creativebug! I had so much fun filming these workshops for them even though they made me say my lines over and over again until I got it right. 

The Clayer: Online Ecourse

I've been mulling this idea over for a while now and am SO excited to be finally announcing that it has become a reality! I will be teaching an online e-course, The Clayer: Part One: Surfacing, form February 27th to April 8th.  This is an intermediate course and will cover surface applications on ceramics as well as a couple of basic handbuilding techniques.

 

 

 You can find out more about it here

I hope to meet you in class!

Royal Winter

Each season I work together with Heath Ceramics and we come up with a unique palette for me to create my pieces in that compliments their seasonal collection.

This winter we are going royal.
Violet, sapphire blue, rich chocolate brown and cool grays.

Hand Dipped

chocolate (clay) spoons.

Autumnal

Sampler

I am still at it with the red.
Now with my new block prints.
I like.

Patterning

What I am doing when I am not drawing on pots.

Spooning

I am not sure why, but at this time of year, I am compelled to make spoons.
This years' spooning is happening with rich brown clay that looks and feels like smooth chocolate.

It's taking all of me not to take a bite out of the hunk of it sitting on my table

Raven to Raven

This piece began as demonstration for one of my workshops.
The green part was supposed to be white.
Not sure what happened.
Either way,
I kinda like it.

Weeping Pods

and critters.

~On view~
Blue Spiral Gallery
38 Biltmore Avenue
Asheville, North Carolina

October 6th ~ December 31st

Clay As Canvas

I am one of twelve ceramic artists participating in the Clay As Canvas show
at
Blue Spiral Gallery in Asheville, North Carolina.
The show opens October 6th and runs through December 31st.