Dinnerware

This morning I unloaded a kiln full of dinnerware that my dear friends and neighbors ordered.  It was a successful firing with a nice coverage of what has become my favorite glaze.  It took a little while to figure out this Variegated Blue glaze, but it was well worth the effort.

Special order dinnerware in Variegated Blue

There is something special about making pottery that you know will become an intimate part of someone's daily life.  People tell me  how pleasing it is to eat and drink from my handmade pottery, and I have to say that I get immense satisfaction from this. I'm a foodie, a food snob to some.  Food plays an important role in my family life, as well as any entertaining that I do.  I enjoy cooking and experimenting with food.  It is only natural to me that the dish have as much care put into it as the food that I prepare.

Salad made of lettuce from my own garden; croutons made from my husband's handmade sourdough; and my very own carrot ginger dressing in a bowl handmade by me.