Support Your Local Economy, Buy Handmade Art!

This Saturday and Sunday the Covert Potters will be at Deja Vu Fashions in Claremont Ca. On Foothill near Towne. We have much to offer in Holiday cheer and gifts. Stop on by!  A gift of a handmade ceramic piece shows you care, support the arts, support the local economy, come on out and buy some pots!

And Now, As The Wheel Turns...Ask A Potter

I think the below answers say so much more than what they say... in so many ways.

What is the strangest or funniest comment or question you've ever gotten about your work?

Celeste:

A person asked why 2 items of similar size had different prices. One had some carving with no exterior glaze and the other one had a smooth surface with glazing. I took a deep breath and told the person that the carving took me about 4 to 6 hours to complete. Sometimes what seems apparent to the artist is not always apparent to the consumer.

Chris:
Standing in front of a large bowl with a hole in it, a sink, I was asked "Is that a lampshade?"

Jon:
Paul Soldner once told me my pots might look better if I threw them left handed.

Introducing The Newest Covert Potters

T Roberts

T Robert and Jon Pacini are new members of the Covert Potters Association. I met them the first time I went to Fred's to fire one of his kilns.  Ok, Fred is everything a curmudgeony old man should be. And at the time of him telling me that he had room in his kiln for me, I had not met him either. I made it to Fred's and was offered food. Fred and his wife had gone to LA for a birthday party and told no one I was coming. These lovely strangers invited me in, gave me food and made me feel welcomed.

T and Jon could not be more different as potters. T is very sculptural, hand-built and she loves to alter her thrown pieces. Her joy is to wood fire. Jon spends more time on the wheel with beautiful forms. He has spent much time in the past with crystalline glazes and is now doing wood firing.

I hope you will come to a Covert Potters Event and meet these two.
~Sally Anne



Jon Pacini

Dont Forget!...

To come up to Xiem Clay Center for thier annual Falliday Ceramic Sale!  The Covert Potters will be there, sharing two booths!  Be sure to stop and say hi, you wont be able to miss us!  Hope to see you!