Shambhala Pottery

Not making pots these days but keeping busy with gardening, cooking and caring for my furry kids. I still think about pottery a lot and mi...

With hints of spring to come,  I'm thinking about my non existent pottery studio - some unpacked, but mostly still packed boxes in a ...

My surgeon pushed my walking on full weight on my healing fractured leg up a few weeks,  so I decided to home home a little over a week ago...

I was in a bad car accident last month; but the car and I are both fixable. I wound up with a Tibia plateau fracture in my right leg and ca...

Here's some helpful information on photographing your pottery from Dmichael Coffee, along with photos of his setup. Here's the link...

I'm still up to my ears with all the paperwork and now I have a big packet (looks like a book!), of tax information I have to fill out ...

Here's a link for downloading and printing your own shrinkage rulers. They have several for various clay shrinkage rates. free printa...

Just wanted to say thank you for your prayers and condolences. I was amazed at how much press Jim got world wide. He retired when he was 55...

I should be dealing with the huge pile of paperwork waiting for my attention; but needed a break and thought I'd visit my blog and read...

Well, all the moving boxes that were in the bath tub are gone - just have a few last straggler items from the last box that was in there, t...

A bit of advice - if you decide to move into a charming 100 year old cottage that's less than half the size of your old house, get rid ...

My life this week has been packing, driving to new house for meetings with painters, handymen, contractors, gardeners, man to spray whateve...

This is the kitchen in our new, little Craftsman cottage. I was very happily surprised to see this size kitchen in an  1,100 plus, squar...

We just decided to move a couple of days ago and I been busying, measuring and calling people. I have an appointment with the mover tomor...

It's going to be a crazy month or two. We are moving to Ashland, Oregon as soon as the painters can paint the interior of the house and...

Just another quick check in during this busy spring planting time among all the other things on my plate right now. In the blog roll to t...

Just thought I'd check in to let you all know I'm still on the planet - a bit beaten up but like the energizer bunny, but still goi...

  https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiZqn6fV-4Y I've always thought that nature was the best designer and this video is an amazing look i...

Here's a link to the original clayart archive with messages until mid to late 2012. This archive is the one I tend to go to for informa...

 A new page for Clayart archives is now available: http://www.clayartarchives.com/ This archive, unlike the old one separates the years...

We took down the Christmas tree yesterday and the handyman is coming in a half an hour to put all those heavy boxes up on the hanging stora...

Here's a link to Great glazes, featuring Malcolm Davis's wonderful carbon trap shino recipe and a very long list of techniques to u...

This is my latest soap, a feathered mantra swirl. I love the colors and the pattern came out very well; but I inadvertently left out t...

We're definitely getting into the spirit of Christmas. The tree was decorated before Thanksgiving, only because neither Jim or I coul...

Here's my first cold process soap. Soaping is currently my creative outlet out of necessity and choice as well. I created the base...

 Hope all who celebrated, had a great Thanksgiving! We had a wonderful Thanksgiving feast and post Thanksgiving leftover dinner thanks to...

Here's my first Cold  Process soap which is now in the curing stage for about a month. It's my own recipe (I've spent a lot of ...

I peeked out at 6am and could see frozen eggplant leaves - so sad. :-(  Looks like I'll be starting post season garden cleanup in a fe...

One of my emails this morning started with "I have been busier than a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs y'all!!  Th...

We got our first bit of frost last night, and there's a freeze warning for tonight, so I think we'll be having some fried green tom...