Loose Leaf Notes

This pot is going places.  Watch the whole story below. _____________Our World Tuesday

The following are some favorite shots from the 16 Hands Spring Studio Tour.  My Asheville potter son Josh Copus is a 16 Hands member and one of the tour stops is at our house, his childhood home. Tour goers taking the ride through the country enjoyed being greeted by our free roam chickens. I just [...]

More shots of the 16 Hands Studio Tour at my house and featuring mugs by Josh’s guest artist Julie Covington.

Setting the Stage the day before the annual 16 Hands Spring Studio Tour on Saturday 10 – 5 and Sunday 12 – 5, featuring my Asheville Potter son Josh, his guest artist Julie Covington and all the artists on the tour. ________________Shadow Shot Sunday

“They’re so sensual.  I just want to be alone with them,” I said to Joe about Silvie Granatelli’s new work when we made it out from our house to two other 16 Hands studios on Sunday. Leaving our house, where my son Josh Copus and his guest artist Bryce Brisco were hosting their part of [...]

Sixteen Hands is a twice-yearly artisan studio tour that takes place throughout the countryside of Floyd, Virginia.  My home along the Blue Ridge Parkway is one of the four tour locations and features the pottery of my son Josh Copus and his guest artist, which was potter Bryce Brisco year.  More about the tour, which [...]

While others were making pies and stuffing on Thursday, we were moving furniture in our house, getting ready for the annual fall studio tour of the Sixteen Hands artisan collective, of which my son Josh is a member.  All the living room and kitchen furniture, including the kitchen table (but excluding the kitchen sink) got [...]

I tend to be a homebody recluse, so I was shocked to look out my bathroom window and see a parking lot full of cars pulled up on the grass in my backyard.  I’m also not used to locking the door when I’m in my own house using the bathroom, but that’s what I did [...]

The pot model above was made by my son, Clayspace Coop founder and  16 Hands Studio Tour member Josh Copus.  This is a good place to remind regional readers about the spring Studio Tour May 5 – 6.  One of the stops is at my house, where my Josh’s work will be on display. ~ [...]

The Pot Stop Product Placement Intermission Don’t Try This at Home Post Note:  Sixteen Hands is a twice-yearly artisan studio tour that takes place throughout the countryside of Floyd, Virginia.  My home along the Blue Ridge Parkway is one of the four tour locations and features the pottery of my son Josh Copus and his [...]

This year’s Thanksgiving season began with the traditional ‘over the river and through the woods’ drive to Zephyr Farm (1 mile) where my son Josh, my husband and I had turkey with all the fixins, including my friend Jayn’s award winning mock mince meat pie that I wait for all year long.  At our gratitude [...]

Along with turkey and spending time with family and friends, Thanksgiving at our house means getting ready for the fall weekend Studio Tour for Sixteen Hands, of which my Asheville Potter Son Josh is a member. This year Josh’s guest artist is Melissa Weiss (pictured above setting up in what used to be my living [...]

My Asheville Potter Son Josh is due home from Tasmania, Australia today.

The Sixteen Hands Studio Tour, whether taking it or hosting it, is a great way to meet interesting people.  As one of the stops on the tour, having our house open all weekend is kind of like having an all weekend party. For tour-goers, it’s fun to see the potter’s studios in their country home [...]

Our first tour-goers for the Sixteen Hands Artisan Tour came on Friday, the day before the start of the tour.  It was a small group from a ceramics class being taught at the Jacksonville Center for the Arts.  Local potter Sarah McCarthy came up on the front porch and called out my name.  She was [...]

While others were holding high tea parties in honor of the royal wedding, I was preparing snacks for 100 plus and spiffing up the place for the weekend artisan tour of Sixteen Hands, of which my Asheville potter son Josh is a member. Josh isn’t here but his pottery is, along with the work of [...]

“The reason people need this is the same reason they need to get out in nature or visit a farm. To reconnect. When people come here, they get to meet the artists; they like that. I’m in here being as real as I can because people are buying a part of my life.”  ~ Josh [...]

“Your dancing feels cooler than it looks when you’re in a giant pint glass costume,” said my Asheville potter son Josh who was looking at pictures of himself break-dancing at the Asheville Idiotarod, a 5K race for awesomeness done while pushing a tricked-out shopping cart. Josh is a whiz with foam rubber.  He’s a Wedge [...]