New blog for Patricia Griffin!

I have a new blog address. Please visit me at my new place and see what's new in the studio!

PatriciaGriffinStudio.com

Thanks so much!

New photography underway

I dropped off some pieces at my photographer's studio a couple of days ago in order to have professional shots of my new work. I'm so excited to see what he does. This is the "before" shot of several of my mugs... Stay tuned for the "after" shot coming soon!

Urning a living- pots by Matthew Kennedy

Pots by Matthew Kennedy

I got an email today from clay artist Matthew Kennedy asking me to check out his work.

Wow! Impressed with his pots, his process, his output, his marketing. This guy has got it going on!

He's got two sites. One is urnnews.com, where he and other artists market their keepsake urns. He uses another site - TooTallsPottery (named after his beloved Saint Bernard) - to market bonsai pots, and you can also read more about his studio there.

Matthew looks like he's having success as a full-time potter. Bravo!

Little carved pots

As I look around my studio gallery, it becomes pretty clear that I enjoy making my mark on the surface of pots. Carving. Etching. Altering.

Here are a couple of little carved pots sitting on top of a case. The restaurant below my studio has an American flag hanging under the window... It's reflecting back up through my window and the red stripes appear in this picture.

One of the things I love about my studio is all the windows... though it got a tad warm in there during the recent heat wave!

Thanks Roberta and Emily!

What a fun day in the studio!

It's the last big summer weekend in Cambria and we had lots of happy visitors in town. I had a great day with sales and interesting customers. Among them was a mother and daughter pair, Roberta and Emily Feit. They had similar tastes and each purchased a piece from my yellow/black etched series.

The battery on my camera was dead and we got this from Emily's cell phone. Emily was so nice to email it to me.

How cool is that!

Small bowls and vases

Itching to get back to the studio... Here's the current pursuit calling my name... Small bowls and vases with etchings from the "Endangered and Indigenous" series focusing on threatened plants of California's central coast.

Bowling for customers

I had a spree of bowls for the new series. Very pleased with the latest batch. Moved from yellows and blacks to softer tones with golds and ivories, and chocolate brown for the etched lines... Got these out last week and haven't been back to the studio since then. Waaaaaaa. Am in a new cycle of work with my "paycheck" career and it's intense right now. I'll be back to the studio soon... I hope!