NEW Apple Bakers

Warm up this winter with the ultimate comfort food--a baked apple in your very own dish.  Here's the recipe I include with each baker:

Core apple and place firmly in centre post

of apple baker.  Mix together:

1 Tbsp. brown sugar

¼ tsp. cinnamon

½ Tbsp. butter (softened)

Pinch of salt

½ Tbsp. chopped nuts (optional)

Stuff mixture into cored apple.  Place

clay baker in cold oven, heat to 350 F and

bake for 30-45 min. depending on size of

apple.  Serve with ice cream if desired.

Hintonburg Artisan Craft Fair

I'll be at the Hintonburg Community Centre this Saturday with a selection of pottery (including yarn bowls and apple bakers) that would make great gifts for the loved ones in your life!

NEW LOCATION for Ottawa Guild of Potters Holiday Sale!

For those of you who didn't venture out to Orleans for the Guild sales, we hope to see you back in attendance at the newly renovated Horticulture Building at Landsdowne Park, right in central Ottawa.

Marlin Orchards Pottery Show

I was one of the first to set up this year in the green houses at Marlin Orchards.  Just look at all the space that will get filled by about 20 other potters!  I'll be there all day Monday.

Country Harvest Pottery Sale Thanksgiving Week-end

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Next week-end I'll once again have my pottery in the Marlin Orchards greenhouses, along with 20 or so other potters--many from the Cornwall area, Ottawa and Montreal.  The setting is beautifully located overlooking the St. Lawrence River in Summerstown, just east of Cornwall.  Fresh apples, pumpkins, spring bulbs, etc. can be found in their shop.  Potters take turns working shifts; I'll be there on Monday.  I'm firing some new apple bakers this week, just in time for the sale!

September harvest

It's been a busy month.  This kiln has barely had a chance to cool down!  It's the larger of my two kilns and the one that gets used most regularly since it has a digital control panel which allows me to program the kiln to fire overnight--when electricity rates are lower and when I'm not in the studio.

Peter Farris-Manning has been photographing my pottery for several years.  This large serving dish is from the latest session.  You can see more of his beautiful photography (portraits, nature, weddings, etc.) at farris-manning.ca 

NEW!! Salt shakers and Espresso cups

Have you seen this design of a stopperless salt shaker?  The tiny hole you see on the bottom is where you fill it up with table salt.  When it sits on the table, the salt is stored in the hollow interior "donut" in the pot.  Give it a shake and the salt comes out of the hole!  Very clever design.

And I have new espresso cups in all 4 colours with a black interior.  Both the salt shaker and the cup pair up nicely with a little bread & butter plate.