tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7356472755210123442024-02-19T02:27:03.994-05:00homefry sketchbookk.houserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07343536592183116235noreply@blogger.comBlogger244125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735647275521012344.post-29422634791097615342015-10-29T09:50:00.000-04:002015-10-29T09:50:08.673-04:00BOO!!!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Just in case you thought I had disappeared again...I am posting images of new work that is currently available in my <a href="http://www.khouser.etsy.com/">Etsy shop</a> and also updating where you can find me and my work this Fall!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you are out and about in the Mt.Lebanon area of Pittsburgh stop by <a href="http://www.artsmithspgh.com/">Artsmiths of Pittsburgh</a>. I have mugs, cups, vases, and wall platters for sale there. Its an amazing place with lots of really good artists represented plus it has a super cafe!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On December 11,12,13 I will be involved with the<a href="http://highlandparkpotterytour.com/"> Highland Park Pottery Tour</a>. This is a fantastic self guided home and studio pottery tour right in the middle of Pittsburgh. On the Friday night of the tour there is a cocktail/preview party that is a new and not to be missed addition this year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Click on all the highlighted links for more information <span style="font-size: x-large;">and</span> <span style="font-size: large;">as always you can also find my work at <a href="http://beaverfallscoffeeandtea.com/">Beaver Falls Coffee and Tea Co.</a> and <a href="http://www.khouser.etsy.com/">homefry ceramics</a> .</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hope too see you ...</span>k.houserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07343536592183116235noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735647275521012344.post-24861888625483484752015-08-27T18:14:00.000-04:002015-09-07T08:59:12.690-04:00ABANDONED <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Big boy website coming this Fall....2015...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Until then: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>"A Fair in the Park"</u>. September 11, 12, 13. I will be there representing the ceramics studio, membership and classes for Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. I will be showing my work and sharing the tent with our printmaking studio. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>Artsmiths of Pittsburgh</u>. Located in Mt. Lebanon, opening in September...10,000 square feet of awesomeness.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>Indiana County Potters Tour</u>. October 17, 18... <a href="http://www.potterstour.com/">www.potterstour</a> . Smicksburg, Pa. Indiana County.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://highlandparkpotterytour.com/artists/vandenbrink/">Highland Park Pottery Tour</a>. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">December 12,13</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Follow me on Instagram @khouser922 ....<u>I post bunches</u>... in progress...finished...you name it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">And you can always find me here....<a href="http://www.khouser.etsy.com/">ETSY</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">...and possibly a couple other events...stay tuned.</span><br />
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k.houserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07343536592183116235noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735647275521012344.post-54354060034709360652014-11-22T13:59:00.000-05:002014-11-22T13:59:12.618-05:00Its Upon Us.<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There is no denying it, the Holidays are upon us now, no matter how much you wish you could have just another 3 weeks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I hope to see you somewhere, or hear from you sometime.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here is where we can meet up:</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The <a href="http://highlandparkpotterytour.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">Highland Park Pottery Tour</span></a> in Pittsburgh!. This will take place the weekend of December 13/14. I will be a guest at <a href="http://highlandparkpotterytour.com/artists/vandenbrink/">Jenna Vanden Brink's</a> house. Check out the links for their snazzy website!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">AND</span>...you can always check out my <a href="http://khouser.etsy.com/"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Etsy Shop</span></a>. I have been stocking up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Follow me on <b>Instagram</b> for lots of work in progress pics and more... <b>@khouser922</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Enjoy the finished work pics here...stay warm out there.</span><br />
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<br />k.houserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07343536592183116235noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735647275521012344.post-27727056468096273992014-09-13T17:58:00.000-04:002014-09-13T17:58:38.056-04:00It Does Feel Good...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Another few steps into Autumn now and I thought I would post some new pieces and some info about where you can find me this Fall.<br />
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Earlier on this blustery Fall morning I ventured over to the very quaint historic town of Harmony, PA to drop off some new work. My friends there at <a href="http://www.wunderbarcoffeehouse.com/">Wunderbar Coffee Shop</a> are expanding into the next storefront and doubling their space. The new space will serve home made specialty crepes and also serve as a gallery/ boutique space. The place looks awesome as it is located in the ground floor of an old opera house complete with exposed brick interiors and old wooden floors., click the link to see more. ...and look into making a trip over for one of the many holiday festivals.<br />
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I have a couple shows lined up as well as the <a href="http://potterstour.com/">Potters Tour</a> that I will post about next time but for now, if you are in the Pittsburgh area, make sure to stop by <a href="http://www.tonpottery.com/">Ton Pottery</a> because I will have new pieces there too. And speaking of new pieces...check these out...<br />
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<br />k.houserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07343536592183116235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735647275521012344.post-25745705525264772672014-08-21T10:36:00.000-04:002014-08-21T10:36:37.745-04:00Pre-Autumn Update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Its the end of the Summer and I feel like I am just "fall"ing into a groove making new work for the Fall season...work intended to be shown and sold(hopefully) during the various events that lead up to the grand finale...Christmas.<br />
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So , let me explain the last picture heavy post...With my gig as the Ceramic Studio Coordinator for <a href="http://pittsburgharts.org/">Pittsburgh Center for the Arts</a>, I get to dabble with a number of different firing styles. Lately there, we fired the soda kiln. <a href="http://lukedoylepottery.weebly.com/">Luke Doyle</a>, the person who has been helping me out all summer as a studio assistant, strategically loaded it up and fired it off. It was a really good firing and everybody ended up with good looking work. Here's another couple sweet little cups I ended up with...<br />
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I have been firing a good number of high fire pieces still but I have settled back comfortably into the land of cone six. I am up to my old tricks again and feeling pretty good about it...have a gander at some new mugs...<br />
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As I am busy making work...I am also welcoming the end to a long summer...happy to see Autumn coming, even if its still a ways off. To put the cherry on top of our busy summer at work, we are hosting a five day workshop with <a href="http://aderowillard.com/">Adero Willard</a>. I am thrilled to have her there with us at PCA for the week. I am a big fan of her work and look forward to facilitating the workshop. If you don't know her work yet, you will soon...she's on the cover of September's Pottery Making Illustrated...check her out!<br />
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Lets chat again real soon. Think Fall.<br />
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...so little time for the blog! Have a gander and we will put two and two together later...soda firing, electric cone 6, high fire reduction firing...and random Raku...I'm just gearing up for the Fall...more soon and explanations too, I promise...<br />
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Happy Memorial Day!<br />
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I like this piece so much, I thought I would blast out a quick post about it! As the result of the class I've been teaching at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, I ended up with a pretty nice piece...actually this piece is the by- product of two classes. The form, I made in an intermediate class when teaching about making a stacked form and the surface came as I was demo-ing decals in my surface design class...first the laser transfer at 04 and then the bling at 018. It was originally fired to a cone 10 reduction in a big, car kiln and I wasn't super thrilled about the glazes and how they turned out but now...man, I'm glad I pushed on with that one.<br />
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I also have some nice new high fire porcelain and stoneware mugs in my<a href="http://www.khouser.etsy.com/"> <span style="font-size: large;">Etsy shop</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> </span>too...check them out here and go there if you feel compelled to take this to the next level.<br />
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April showers are bringing ...more May showers, along with all the flowers...<br />
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We have been getting a lot of wet weather but not nearly as bad as my family down in Florida, they are practically floating away from all the rain storms. So in keeping with the Spring time theme here check out some new pieces that are being distributed around.<br />
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I will have new pieces available at <a href="http://www.tonpottery.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">Ton Pottery</span></a> for the big Mother's Day Sale and <a href="http://lvpgh.com/community-news/lawrenceville-blossom-tour-map-now-available">Blossom Tour</a> that is happening in that oh, so hip Lawrenceville area of Pittsburgh. I have new pieces in the kiosk at <a href="http://www.beaverfallscoffeeandtea.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">Beaver Falls Coffee & Tea Co.</span></a> as well as new pieces in ye' ol'<a href="http://www.khouser.etsy.com/"> <span style="font-size: x-large;">Etsy shop</span></a>...so what are you waiting for? <span style="font-size: large;">Your Mama called and she said she wanted some new handmade pottery for Mothers </span><span style="font-size: large;">Day...don't disappoint Mama!</span><br />
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BTW if your keeping up with all the gossip, my porcelain affair is still going hot and heavy.<br />
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I have something to confess, I am having a new love affair. Its a little unusual but I think you might understand when you take a peek. I have her number...257...and shes white and pure as the driven snow, but strong too...and I love having my hands all over her body. I like it when she gets really hot and its great seeing her with a true blue friend...kinky huh? Not really...I am talking about Standard Ceramic's high fire porcelain #257.<br />
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In the last few posts I mentioned firing the car kiln at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts and how much I have become interested in the results. I have been playing with some new glazes and slips and have become blown away by how crisp and bright all the glazes look on the porcelain compared to stoneware. I mean BIG difference. So I decided to start throwing way more porcelain and gear a good portion of my work toward the gas kiln right now. I am still firing a good bit of cone 6 in the electric but I figured why not take advantage of having the car kiln at my disposal. The results are so sexy that I am going to keep on making more...AND, I'm not even sure how many decals I will be using...if any on some of these babies. Can it be I am just satisfied with the look of the blue celadon on the porcelain body...who knows...maybe. So I am just going to play it cool, take it easy and let this affair continue...let's see where it goes.<br />
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Check out the pics...Happy Spring and I hope you had a relaxing Easter...<br />
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AND, my Etsy shop is full of these new goodies and more decal mid range pieces too...<a href="http://www.khouser.etsy.com/"><span style="font-size: x-large;">click here to check out the shop!</span></a>k.houserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07343536592183116235noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735647275521012344.post-26485231926662601792014-04-02T13:14:00.000-04:002014-04-02T13:14:20.165-04:00Spring or Close Enough...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Here in Western Pa. Spring has sorta sprung...sorta. It is warming up and yesterday was beautiful but it did snow just a few days ago too. Damn this crazy weather.<br />
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It is starting to feel like a weight is lifting off my head...that weight of our never ending winter...and I am finally getting more work finished. So here is just a short photo full post for your viewing pleasure. I am still dabbling with the high fire gas kiln and getting some nice results too...and if you are ready to celebrate a little good weather with a new mug...please go to <a href="http://www.khouser.etsy.com/" style="font-size: xx-large; font-weight: bold;">my etsy shop by clicking here!!!</a><span style="font-size: large;"> </span>I'm off to the Pirates game...lets go Buccos!<br />
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<br />k.houserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07343536592183116235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735647275521012344.post-73428203408834797112014-03-16T15:39:00.003-04:002014-03-16T16:05:32.343-04:00old dog/old tricks<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Forget the new tricks thing...this old dog is learning old tricks and is up to my old ways with these methods.<br />
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I have the luxury of having a large, down draft, car-kiln at my finger tips and as part of my job these days I also fire that large car-kiln with everybody's work packed inside. However I have spent the last 7-8 years making work without a large gas kiln. I spent years working at <a href="http://kylehouser.blogspot.com/2008/02/little-mahoning-creek-pottery.html">Little Mahoning Creek Pottery</a><a href="http://www.kylehouser.blogspot.com/2008/10/pots-and-pumpkins.html"> firing the wood kiln</a>s and years also spent working out mid range glazes and firing in an electric kiln. For several summers at the Chautauqua Institution I had the pleasure of <a href="http://www.kylehouser.blogspot.com/2008/06/june.html">firing their Blaauw</a> gas kiln which was basically a computer...no peeps, no cones...just a motherboard on a clean, red and white box. I haven't really fired a big gas kiln since grad school.<br />
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Soooooo, I am re-learning about high fire, cone 10 reduction firings and re-discovering an interest in processing my own work through that beast. I have fired it 3 times now all with different results. The first time was pretty good...pretty even on the top and bottom but just not that great of a reduction. The second time fired really well...very even and a solid reduction producing great copper reds and sweet shinos. The last time I fired it...mehhh...not so great...I over packed it with a ton of little stuff from all the classes. It has very uneven...and spotty...hot and cold all over...not an evenly heat saturated kiln...but, a very nice reduction nonetheless.<br />
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I'm learning and getting better. I plan to fire again this week, lets see how it goes. In the mean time here are some pieces that I am pretty pleased about from the last couple of firings. The top image is a real sweet piece...glazed in a celedon and white and then fired again in the electric kiln with my own digital photo images...Winter Basket...I have more decal pieces on the way! I also am enjoying doing a bit of brushwork and figuring out new and interesting combinations of glazes. Monday I will open an electric kiln decal test on all the cone 10 glazes we have at the studio. More possibilities...more challenges...<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Think Spring!</span>k.houserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07343536592183116235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735647275521012344.post-25211817922660902552014-03-06T17:53:00.000-05:002014-03-06T17:53:46.419-05:00Take a Class!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Howdy,</span><br />
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Thought I would mention that I am teaching three classes this upcoming term at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. If you are in the Pittsburgh area, maybe one of these three classes are for you!<br />
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<a href="http://pca.pittsburgharts.org/education/pca/adult/spring-classes?type=241">Raku : A Twist on Tradition</a><br />
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<a href="http://pca.pittsburgharts.org/education/pca/adult/spring-classes?type=241">Intermediate Ceramics</a><br />
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<a href="http://pca.pittsburgharts.org/education/pca/adult/spring-classes?type=241">On the Surface : Creating Intricate Surface Design</a><br />
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Above are the links for each one...it should take you to the same place and from there you can read a description of each once you click on the title. All three classes are 8 weeks and all three explore a different type of firing for the work completed in class. Raku,obviously, intermediate will mainly make work for the high fire reduction kiln, and the surface class is geared toward multiple firings in the electric kiln. A little something for everybody.<br />
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February is zipping past me, leaving me standing in knee deep snow and still thinking about making new work. Its interesting that as this winter drags and drags, this month seems to be passing so fast. A lot of this has to do with my new position as the Ceramic Studio Coordinator at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. I have immersed myself in the studio there...teaching, making glazes, firing kilns. And honestly, it is very satisfying right now to see the progress, albeit only small steps. But I see the openness and I feel very positive about these directions. So instead of me blathering on about stuff, how about a pictorial update of the last few weeks or so?! Buckle UP!<br />
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At the beginning of February I moved my personal studio space from <a href="http://straycatarts.wix.com/arts#!">Stray Cat Studio</a> back to my own corner of the world... the basement in my house. I was finding it difficult to get down to the studio there...although its all of five minutes from my house. My new position with PCA combined with the 50 minute commute didn't leave me much energy to again truck back down to another space to make work. I needed a little less community and immediate access(like rolling out of bed and throwing before I brush my teeth). The studio at PCA is a great community and I now have a fully functioning and long time established ceramic studio at my fingertips. I continue to wish Stray Cat all the best!<br />
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Making my way from the studio to the kiln house at PCA. The high pitched kiln house is home to a soda kiln and a fiber based car kiln.<br />
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I fired the car kiln for the first time at PCA with the assistance of my buddy Dan Kuhn. BTW, Dan is having a grand opening for his new ceramic studio, teaching space and gallery...<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.tonpottery.com/">TON POTTERY</a>...this weekend 22/23...</span>it is over 3000 square feet of really great space and if you are in the Pittsburgh area, you should check it out!<br />
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The ceramic studio here at PCA also had a big "throw down" for a major <a href="https://rodefshalom.org/event/empty-bowls-1">Empty Bowls event at the Rodef Shalom Congregation</a> here in Pittsburgh. This is probably the biggest Empty Bowls night in the city and we are a big contributor for the event. <a href="http://standardceramic.com/">Standard Ceramics</a> generously donated 250 lbs of high fire stoneware and we also used quite a bit of our own pugged reclaim to make several hundred soup bowls! The public was invited on a Friday night and we had an invitational on Sunday afternoon! Thanks to all who came out to lend a hand making, trimming, and assisting others(and bringing cookies!)...great to be a part of this!<br />
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I also completed another <a href="http://www.kylehouser.blogspot.com/2014/01/logo-landnorth-pole.html">branding</a> commission for an upcoming wedding. 25 high-jacked Ikea feldspar porcelain mugs all freshly adorned with my decals. The wedding is nature/tree themed so I was able to use many of my own digital images of trees, leaves, plants and flowers combined with vector art and vintage images...each has the bride and groom and date in that fancy frame but all 25 are unique and variations on the theme.<br />
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During the late 90's through the early 2000's I was a Raku addict. I admit to getting hooked on ceramics way, way back in the late 80's when I was exposed to the gateway drug...Raku. The drama of the firing process, the flames, smoke and the immediacy of it all really clicked for me and I ran with it. I set up a studio in the down town area of the Central Florida town where I was living sometime around 1997 and did nothing but make work strictly intended for the Raku firing. From there I peddled my charred and glossy goodness to the many out door festivals around Florida and even up to my now adopted hometown of Pittsburgh, PA. on several occasions.<br />
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These days I very rarely make anything that I think I will be putting in a Raku kiln. I enjoy <a href="http://kylehouser.blogspot.com/2011/08/dirty-stanky-and-wet.html">teaching the process</a> and students enjoy just what hooked me in as well...fire and smoke and the promise of your work finished in under an hour. I held monthly firing workshops back in FLA., fired every Friday when I was in <a href="http://kylehouser.blogspot.com/2009/07/almost-famous.html">Chautauqua, NY</a>. and even flew my fiber kiln over on a 16 seater plane to Andros Island in the Bahamas to do workshops on a military base...twice! But personally, I went cold turkey in 2004 and although I have fallen off the wagon here and there since, I have never had a serious relapse.<br />
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It was fun to revisit a few pieces as I was in need of a high res. image for an upcoming ceramic class catalog. All my Raku work was made pre-digital camera era, so I had to shoot a couple pieces I had around the house still. These images are of pieces I made sometime between 1998 and 2001...I think...still look pretty darn good. The mixed media piece was most likely made in 2001.<br />
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Glad I got this all off my chest...your a good listener.k.houserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07343536592183116235noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735647275521012344.post-73969724163678223532014-01-19T11:59:00.000-05:002014-01-19T11:59:14.875-05:00Logo Land/North Pole<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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They are saying that ol' evil "polar vortex" is coming to get us again this week...yeah, great. In my now 10 years of living here in Western PA this is the coldest winter I have experienced and as a Florida boy, this is some of the coldest weather I have EVER experienced. I think I have had my fill.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Dear Mr. P. Vortex,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Once was plenty, a couple times just makes you look bad. Please just stop. </span></div>
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While this frigid winter weather coupled along with my slow recovery from hernia surgery has hampered my making of much work, I have been concentrating on ways to "make" that don't require a lot of physical exertion. So I thought I would post a bunch of shots of some of the branding ventures I have been doing over the holidays. </div>
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Recently I have been firing restaurant grade stoneware and porcelain with my laser transfer decals. I have fired a handful of different types with some variation between the pieces. I have to say, the cleanest and best decal firing on restaurant wares came from a feldspar porcelain cup and saucer from Ikea. That being said, some of the worst results came from other Ikea stuff. </div>
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My local coffee shop haunt, <a href="http://beaverfallscoffeeandtea.com/">Beaver Falls Coffee&Tea Co.</a> is always up for cool stuff and I recently completed a set of 6 cup and saucers for "in house use" and then a grouping of demitasse and tea cups for the employees as gifts from the owners. I even branched out some and got a similar gig from another great little coffee shop not far from me called <a href="http://www.wunderbarcoffeehouse.com/">Wunderbar</a>. With BFCAT I was allowed to sorta go wild, the only specifications were that it had to have the business name clearly visible while Wunderbar already had an existing logo they wanted to use as well as specific style imagery on the reverse side. Both turned out pretty darn cool if I do say so myself.</div>
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Along with the commercial logo mugs I also handmade a couple for a friend and a larger group for an author in the New England area(sorry no pics) that preferred the hand thrown look. So have a gander at my graphic nature for now until I can crank out a bunch of new work. <span style="font-size: large;">Oh yeah</span>, its coming, just like that damn polar vortex.</div>
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As we punt 2013 as far down field as we can, lets not reminisce about the passing year's "best of" whatevers. Instead, lets look forward to a positive and productive new year from 2014.<br />
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I'm healing well from a recent surgery and looking forward to getting back into the studio and making lots of new work. I am also eager to jump into my new position as Ceramics Studio Coordinator at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. Since I have been stranded at home recuperating, I've been planning plotting and scheming about putting together workshops that cover an "everything but the kitchen sink" approach to surface design...think I'm right about there. I am even planning to make more sculptural objects in the very near future...you know, so I can be asked "but what do I do with it"...I have missed that.<br />
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I would rather make plans... not resolutions.<br />
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Hello 2014.<br />
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(<span style="font-size: large;">PS</span>. interested in new music for the studio...recommendations for some good tunes ...see the comment section and feel free to post your own!)k.houserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07343536592183116235noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735647275521012344.post-42594609426524339162013-12-17T09:08:00.001-05:002013-12-17T09:08:27.123-05:00Giving.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">First of all let me say thanks to those out there who have been supporting the cause</span>...you know, buying my stuff for Christmas gifts! <span style="font-size: large;">BUT</span> not just my stuff...handmade stuff...handmade art and fine craft to be specific. You see I'm a supporter of the <span style="font-size: large;">"war on the corporate, commercial and big box stores for Christmas"</span>...bet you haven't heard of that war on whatever for Christmas. It seems everybody has some cranky gripe about what is and is not done anymore for this holy, holy consumer holiday...so why not just jump on the bandwagon with my own!! If you can't beat'em join 'em and drive them crazy and make them throw you out...that's my belief.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Just to let you know, there is still time to <a href="http://www.khouser.etsy.com/">shop online and get it shipped before Christmas</a>. I will keep shipping until this coming Friday 12/20.</span><br />
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I will also be manning the counter at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Boutique208?fref=ts"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Boutique 208</span></a> this Saturday!...So get off your damn devices and come on out in person and shop in real life...for real handmade stuff...art and fine craft from local Pittsburgh folks,like me...<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://klorebel.tumblr.com/">Kirsten Lowe Rebel</a>, <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/PittsburghPottery">Pittsburgh Pottery</a></span> and many more!!! The Boutique is located smack downtown on 6th street...across from Heinz Hall...right near the restaurant 6 Penn...heck, come out and make a day of it!!!<br />
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I also want to make you aware of another <span style="font-size: large;">wonderful cause...its a kickstarter project </span>that my friends Dan Kuhn and Aasta Deth have ventured into. These guys are opening a large, pottery teaching studio complete with gallery component and all in the <a href="http://lvpgh.com/">hip and happening area of Lawrenceville</a> here in Pittsburgh. The name of it is called <span style="font-size: large;">Ton Pottery. </span>This is a really great space with "tons" of potential but they need our help getting it off the ground...please <span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1730527689/building-a-vibrant-ceramics-community-in-pittsburg">click on the link</a> </span>and check it out and <span style="font-size: large;">GIVE </span>then share it with a friend. Lets help build more small businesses like this one in our communities.<br />
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<br />k.houserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07343536592183116235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735647275521012344.post-49341479146775151762013-12-11T21:36:00.000-05:002013-12-12T16:16:09.846-05:00Gangsters, Freaks, Pimps,Thugs and a little Arsenic for Xmas.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just in time for the holidays..."fresh from the kiln" mugs and more.</span> Like many of you out there I have been in a tizzy rushing around trying to finish pieces, and getting things ready for Christmas. The holidays are crazy enough just the way they are but I have to add in to the mix a little surgery to take care of a hernia issue...uuurrghh. Its an in and out procedure but its the recovery time that's really going to do me in.<br />
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That's another reason for my rushing around...I have been counting the days before I have to hit the hospital and trying to squeeze in another glaze firing or decal firing or just getting other pieces ready for when I am ready.<br />
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I do have some <span style="font-size: large;">good news</span> for an end of a crappy year to share...<span style="font-size: x-large;">I got a new job</span>. I am the new Ceramics Studio Coordinator for the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts...and I am thrilled! The PCA here in the steel city is a very well known and wonderful place and I will be taking up the reins for the ceramics department. Here's the<a href="http://pittsburgharts.org/"> link so you can check</a> all they have to offer for yourself...WOOHOO!!!<br />
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I am going to keep on sharing <span style="font-size: large;">more good news</span>...I was included in this article from Pittsburgh Magazine...Pittsburgh Foodie Gift Guide : 15 ways you can keep it local this year....<a href="http://www.pittsburghmagazine.com/Best-of-the-Burgh-Blogs/Brazen-Kitchen/November-2013/Pittsburgh-Foodie-Gift-Guide-2013/">check this link</a> . It is a great article and I am beyond happy to have been included in this stellar list of businesses and indie artists/crafters.<br />
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Ok, one more...I am with a new gallery/boutique smack square in the middle of downtown Pittsburgh...its called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Boutique208?fref=ts"><span style="font-size: large;">Boutique 208</span></a>...the link will take you to their Facebook page. They are an artist run space in an awesome location and so far its going really well! If you are in the Pittsburgh area you should stop over and check it out...my stuff, <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/KloRebel">Kirsten Lowe Rebel's work</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pghpottery?fref=ts">Pittsburgh Pottery's stuff</a> and so much more!<br />
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But that's enough of me blowing my own horn here...check out the images of new work that I am loading up the <a href="http://www.khouser.etsy.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">Etsy store</span></a> with!<br />
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<br />k.houserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07343536592183116235noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735647275521012344.post-91418517834437023142013-12-03T08:25:00.001-05:002013-12-03T08:25:26.424-05:00COUPON CODE CRAZY!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />k.houserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07343536592183116235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735647275521012344.post-34440660584588203262013-12-01T19:46:00.002-05:002013-12-01T19:46:34.323-05:00Half Price Shipping!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">All work purchased from the <a href="http://www.khouser.etsy.com/">homefry Etsy shop</a> on 12/2 will receive half price shipping!!!</span></div>
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Yep, the holidays are upon us for sure. Feel it? So often or not, what we feel is the crush of getting everything done that needs doing, preparing the food, running to the grocery store with the crowds because you forgot one small thing, cleaning before family comes over. We forget to enjoy these times.<br />
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I hope you can slow down( I hope I can slow down)and enjoy being with family and friends. I have some ideas how we can all do this.<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">1) Skip the madness of black Friday shopping.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">2) Shop online or with local small businesses.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">3) Shop with ME at <a href="http://www.khouser.etsy.com/">homefry ceramics</a>... I am just one click away...and you can stay in your jammies. </span><br />
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Hey, anything to help the stress levels out there.<br />
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I have great holiday gifts and stocking stuffers over at my online shop ...and I am a fast shipper...just sayin'...Have a gander at some of my brand spanking new work here and head over to see what else I have at<span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://www.khouser.etsy.com/">homefry ceramics!!!</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Have a relaxing Thanksgiving </span>...breathe...<br />
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I am busy cranking it out right now...I have even enlisted help to get my decals all done...thank goodness for the kindness and willingness of others to lend a helping hand!!!!!<br />
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Check out the cool info video for the upcoming I Made It! event ...hope to see you next weekend!<br />
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Well folks, let me tell you, it means me and my friend and fellow artist <span style="font-size: large;">Kirsten Lowe-Rebel</span> will be sharing a space in the upcoming<a href="http://imadeitmarket.com/2013-i-made-it-for-the-holidays-artists/"> I Made It! for the Holidays</a> at the Waterfront here in Pittsburgh. This is a really cool, Indie, Pop-up like, indoor, art and crafts festival that happens the Friday and Saturday before Thanksgiving. The location is awesome as well, the Waterfront is an outdoor shopping "mall"... it has a lot of name brand shops and will be heavily trafficked. <br />
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Check out Kirsten's great work <a href="http://klorebel.tumblr.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">here</span></a> and<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/klorebel"> <span style="font-size: x-large;">here</span></a> ...and in the below image. Looking forward to it and hope to see you there...click the link for <a href="http://imadeitmarket.com/2013-i-made-it-for-the-holidays-artists/">I Made It!</a> and check out all the links for all the participating artists...I think you should come!<br />
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Hope to see you this holiday season...oh yeah, you can always shop my Etsy in case you miss me in person...<a href="http://www.khouser.etsy.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">click here for the homefry Etsy shop</span></a>....I wouldn't want you to miss out now! Stay warm out there!!!<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">PS</span>. check out the music video by The Head and the Heart over on the left...get through the minute and a half chatter at the start and its<b> awesome</b>...from the new record.<br />
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I'm keeping it short and sweet in the wordy words department these days like I said a few posts back...but I wanted to just acknowledge my very eventful weekend and post a bunch of new pics for you to have a peep at.<br />
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My 6th year on the Indiana County Potters Tour was a good one and it was wonderful to return to my old stomping grounds and visit with <a href="http://littlemahoningcreekpottery.blogspot.com/">Nancy Smeltzer</a>. I saw a lot of old friends and even met some new ones...<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And</span> then last Saturday night I trucked my butt from the cozy hills of Smicksburg all the way into Pittsburgh to go to the opening of <a href="http://www.clayplaceatstandard.com/index.html">Rival Cities: One Field at The Clay Place at Standard</a>...<span style="font-size: large;">and I am glad I did!</span> Graham Turnbull and his father Jim, the owners of <a href="http://standardceramic.com/">Standard Ceramic Supply Company</a>, played host to a large crowd that turned out for this great show. Works from ceramic artists living in Baltimore and Pittsburgh were chosen to be shown and the opening was strategically marked to happen the night before the big Steelers and Ravens game. Football is serious stuff around here. There are so many really nice pieces in this show and it spans all interests...absolutely luscious wood fired functional ware to brightly colored, object based, sculptural narrative pieces. I feel lucky to be in such good company and also to be treated so well...<span style="font-size: large;">GO STANDARD</span>!<br />
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I still have a couple events <a href="http://www.kylehouser.blogspot.com/2013/10/see-me.html">coming up</a> and I have also listed a lot of new pieces in my<a href="http://www.khouser.etsy.com/"> Etsy</a> shop...and as promised, here are some <span style="font-size: large;">new PICS</span>!...take a gander at some of my new stuff and if you feel so inclined, click on over to my<span style="font-size: x-large;"> <a href="http://www.khouser.etsy.com/">Etsy</a></span> shop and purchase something for yourself...or a friend...or yourself.<br />
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<br />k.houserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07343536592183116235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735647275521012344.post-38138965745565768212013-10-12T10:23:00.000-04:002013-10-12T10:23:01.080-04:00SEE ME>>><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hello everybody...I am thrilled to announce a full Fall schedule.</span></div>
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<b>October 19 and 20:</b></div>
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Indiana County Potters Tour</div>
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click above link for all the details, times and directions...this is my 6th year on the tour with my good friend Nancy Smeltzer at Little Mahoning Creek Pottery</div>
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Also in conjunction with the tour, <a href="http://www.theartistshandgallery.com/">Artist's Hand Gallery</a> in Indiana, PA opened a month long exhibition of the Potters Tour group...This show opened 10/4 and will run through the month. We all have a couple pieces in this show!</div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow';">J</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow';">oin us as artists from Pittsburgh and Baltimore square off</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow';"> </span></div>
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<span _mce_style="font-size: 16pt;" class="auto-style21" style="font-family: Arial;">Deborah Bedwell from Baltimore Clayworks and Kate Lydon from The Society of Contemporary Craft in Pittsburgh.</span></div>
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<span class="auto-style27" style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow';"><span lang="EN">There is so much really awesome work in this exhibition and I am super excited to have been asked to be a part of it...Baltimore artists include: Brett Freund, Shawna Pinkus, and Jim Dugan among others...Pittsburgh artists include: Ed Eberle, Kirk Mangus, Dale Huffman, Scott Cornish, Laura Jean McLaughlin and myself among others.</span></span></div>
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<span class="auto-style27" style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow';"><span lang="EN"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/166739563517187/">I Made IT...for the holidays!</a></span></span></div>
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I am pumped to be doing this hard to get into indie pop-up fine craft show! This is a really interesting event that is completely curated with a fine tooth comb as if it was a gallery show. Who is going where and what will be next to what, all considered and laid out! They even give everybody a square to use for credit card sales! I am sharing a coveted corner spot with my friend Kirsten Lowe Rebel...see her work <a href="http://klorebel.tumblr.com/">here</a> and <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/klorebel">here</a>.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">AND,</span> if you are in the Hudson Valley area of New York, please search out <a href="http://outsideinpiermont.webs.com/">The Outside In Gallery</a>.</div>
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This was where I went a few weeks back. I was delivering new work to them and checking out the area. What a great place! I am stoked to be part of this gallery and I absolutely love dropping the work off in person and spending some extra time hanging around. This is a beautiful area just 12 miles outside of Manhattan. We stayed in Tarrytown and explored Sleepy Hollow(headless horseman stuff galore)and the surrounding little towns.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik1zLABuntK94dMvrHPEska-k1nHMew7AiSDHnRz3r0H0fiGAsyyLoGv__qDhc2TnLU8as4uq0blWf_3f4xmyvmkah-bYhYzyBKefKcIk_RDKCW9HmHQA3WK2tvru_17SjgowCQoKDouw/s1600/DSC_0692.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik1zLABuntK94dMvrHPEska-k1nHMew7AiSDHnRz3r0H0fiGAsyyLoGv__qDhc2TnLU8as4uq0blWf_3f4xmyvmkah-bYhYzyBKefKcIk_RDKCW9HmHQA3WK2tvru_17SjgowCQoKDouw/s400/DSC_0692.JPG" width="400" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">AND, AND, AND</span> if you can't find me at any of those places you can stop by <a href="http://straycatarts.wix.com/arts">Stray Cat Studio</a> and you might be able to catch me running in and out during the Holidays. <span style="font-size: large;">FINALLY</span> as always, you can find new work in my Etsy shop...<a href="http://www.khouser.etsy.com/">homefry ceramics</a>. </div>
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