Kennedy Creek Pottery

Something new in the studio

Dave&Maggie — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:29:43 +0000

I have been making “Fish Sticks” as on of the next phases of my sacred water series. I’m still finding difficult to articulate what they represent for me – But as soon as I get a handle on it, I will let you know!

Winter Open House – Nov 30th, Dec 1st, 2nd

Dave&Maggie — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:44:38 +0000

We have been working on several new pieces for this year’s Open House and will be firing the kiln one more time this month to finish what we made.
Come on out the weekend after Thanksgiving (Friday too) if you are looking for some holiday gifts or just need a lemon bar.
We’ll be ready for you rain, shine, or lack of power (that has only happened once during an open house) from 9am to 4pm each day. If you need to come in the evening, just call to make sure we will be here.

Thank you for you continued support of our work.

The Garden Art Season

Dave&Maggie — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 23:56:54 +0000

Well we have been busy! We started the season a little early this year with a trip to Pacific Grove California and our first out of state fair - The Good Old Days event. It’s great to have siblings in beautiful cities and we seem to be making a habit of visiting and showing in these towns. Works pretty well for us!

Then we went to Tokeland (yes, if you are not from Washington State that really is the name of the town) out on the coast and participated in an Artists tour out there.

Took a Pottery class in Hawaii at the Donkey Mill Art Center with Ellen Shankin. Great instructor, great location and a lot of fun.

Delivered Garden Art to Joy Creek Nursery in Scappoose Oregon (Near Portland).

And we just participated in our favorite fair of the year – Sorticulture, in Everett Washington. Garden Art specific – this event is held every June in Legion Park, and put on by the City of Everett – a really well run event!

And now we will focus on the local farmers market in Olympia where we are guest vendors – meaning we can participate on Thursdays or Fridays. So we hope to make it to the market at least once a week if there is space.

Hope everyone out there is having a busy, joy filled Spring and early Summer!

Winter Open House

Dave&Maggie — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 23:58:26 +0000

We will be hosting our annual Winter Open House on Friday, Saturday and Sunday – December 2nd-4th. We will open each day starting at 9am with a fresh pot of locally roasted coffee and end the day just around dusk at 4pm.

Here are a few of the latest items out of the kiln!

And of course we have a good selection of our tableware, birdhouses and some seconds for you bargain hunters!

If you want to come out and have never been here before – send us and e-mail and we will send you directions. And for those who know the way – see you in December!

Maggie

The Beginning of the Autumn Fairs

Dave&Maggie — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:15:23 +0000

Well is certainly has been a great fall here in the Pacific Northwest. The days are officially longer than the nights and we are spending more time in the studio. Most of what I have been working on this month is related to a tile show that we will be attending this Saturday in Seattle.

As part of Artisan Tile Northwest we will be showing our city scape and newer sgraffito tiles at this October 1st event. We have been having fun with this newer (for us) surface decoration technique. But I also must confess that I had a bit of a glaze malfunction in this last load out of the kiln – and so will have less of this style work than I had planned at the show . . . . better luck next time! But I am loving the freedom of the technique and the truly one of a kind results. So expect to see more of this work in the future. It still amazes me how much trial and error goes in to getting something right.

Here is some information on the tile show;

Summer Open House

Dave&Maggie — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 23:16:54 +0000

We will be hosting our Summer Open House next Friday and Saturday – 9-4 , June 24th and 25th!

Come see what we have been working on – Holy Water fonts, pitchers, birdbaths, platters and more. The gardens are beginning to look good too!

So if you are looking for a unique gift or just need an outing come join us.

Sustainability

Spring Forth!

Dave&Maggie — Thu, 05 May 2011 18:28:08 +0000

We will be open here at the studio this Friday and Saturday as we celebrate the work we have been doing this winter. Come see the best selection of garden art before we start our fair season, and new table ware as well.

So if you are looking for a summer wedding gift, mother’s or father’s day present – come see if there is something to meet your needs.

We will be open 9am-4pm each day

Tokeland bound!

Dave&Maggie — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 02:30:50 +0000

This Saturday, April 16th, is our first official outing of 2011. We have been making new work since December and now we will start selling at the Farmers Market, Community Fairs and from the Studio.

The Tokeland Art Tour will run from 10am-5pm on the 16th. And the food at the Historic Tokeland Hotel is good – in a classic old timey way.

Here is a photo taken as I prepare bird baths. Once they come out of the kiln, I need to fit them with sticks.

It creates a forest of sorts in the studio.

We have fired the kiln several times in the last month and I will post a few picture after we get back from the Tokeland Art Tour.

Coming out of Hibernation!

Dave&Maggie — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:56:09 +0000

The weather here has been both cold and wet. This is not a subjective observation but a fact. The average daily temperature has been 5 degrees colder than last year in the month of February. And the rain gets judged by how many times a day we think we might be able to get in a walk before the deluge returns . . . and there have been very few walks lately! In fact we had 10 inches of snow - light fluffy snow!

So what has been going on while we have been nestled in the cozy studio? Any thing but sleep really. We have been working on garden art – new houses and baths, totems, as well as a few whimsical adventures into bunny land.

The bunny bottle pictured below is part of my collaborative work with Agapanther Tiles. I made the first one last fall for the Artisan Tile Northwest’s annual show in Seattle. And I am working on two more - just in time for spring. The other two pieces are Dave’s and my response to “what should we do with these little bunnies I made”. So we each created a box and used the little sculpted creatures for handles! They should be ready by April to make an appearance at the Olympia Farmers Market, on one of our Thursday or Friday outings. (We don’t go to the market every Thursday and Friday – so feel free to give a call if you are wondering when we are going)

Looking forward to getting out more – but I think we have made good use of the challenging weather!

Spring Bunnies

Summer’s Over

Dave&Maggie — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:23:07 +0000

Summer’s over! I can tell, not by the weather but, by the amount of time we have been spending in the studio. And being the new owner of a web site, I’ve also learned that finding the time to post in the summer is more difficult than the rest of the year, as the gardening and the desire to be outdoors is so compelling that “indoor chores” fall far behind.

So here is what is happening this month.

We just finished setting up a show at Santa Lucia Coffee in Centralia. I’m very pleased with it and encourage anyone who lives in the area or is coming up the I-5 corridor in the month of September to check it out. Here is a link to their site for directions. www.santaluciaroasters.com/

It’s called “Sacred Water”. I made a series of Shadow Boxes and Holy Water Fonts that speak to the essential nature of water in our lives. From lakes and streams, to our places of worship, to a a good cup of coffee – water is at the heart of our existence. Here are a few photos from that installation:

"Our Lady of the Morning"

"Intertwined"

"Holy Water"

Later in September we will be participating in a Garden Art show at City Peoples in Seattle. The show runs from September 18 – October 17. We will be displaying several Totems, Lanterns, and Birdbaths. www.citypeoples.com/gardenstore/
The final event on our current calendar is the Artisan Tile Northwest’s, Handmade Tile Festival. October 2nd in Seattle’s Madison Park. Check out the Artisan Tile Northwest web site for all the information on that show. www.artisantilenw.org/

We have had a couple of great kiln loads in August and will be taking some of that fresh out of the kiln tableware to the Olympia Farmers market on September 2nd and 3rd, and later in the month too if the weather holds!