Inside Our Studios

From wedged clay mass to finished product, Upstream Trout Pitcher (above) and McKenna Vase (below) each come to be. Pictured above in the Fall of 2011 with collector Barbara Faucett, Cathra-Anne is rolling the spiral at the base of the pitcher handle.

Cathra-Anne's kiln before glaze firing for September '09 show in Bloomington, IN -- Roll over for AFTER view

On the AFTER view: Kimono Wrap Jar, Mixed Veggie Bowl, Northwoods Jar, Yucca Vase

ABOVE: Right, Richard's pots before their glaze firing; left, Cathra-Anne's Kimono Wrap Vase with glaze applied, waiting to be fired (roll over images above for finished work). See September 09's Kimono Wrap Vase & Kimono Wrap Jar.

BELOW: Before and afters of Cathra-Anne's Zinnia Jar, left, and Forest Floor Jar (sold), right. See September 09's Zinnia Jar and Forest Floor Oval Jar.

This generation is headed for Texas starting late March. First stop: Bayou City Art Festival. As of March 25, first-gens are out and on the road: See Cathra-Anne's. See Richard's.

ABOVE LEFT: Four large urns. The two smooth ones on the left are collaborations: Richard did the throwing, and Cathra-Anne will be glazing them (roll over image to see finished Koi Pond Jar). The engraved ones on the right are Richard's, including Trumpet Flower Bombe Vase.

ABOVE CENTER: Cathra-Anne's sketch on a Northwoods Jar-to-be.

ABOVE RIGHT: A shelf of Richard's bisque-ware, with Trumpet Flower Platter in the foreground.

ABOVE PICTURES: Richard's Infrastracture series sketches on either side of Infrastructure Jar II coming to life (click to see finished Infrastructure Jar III); and Sumerian Jar just constructed, soon to be wrapped in plastic and begin drying.

ABOVE PICTURES: Left, Cathra-Anne's mess of sketches, and a box of dry leaves; center, three Birdie Pitchers in progress; right, Cathra-Anne's Army of Teeny Trays

TOP ROW, left to right: A view into Richard's kiln Bramble Bowl just carved Trumpet Flower Platter on Richard's glaze table BOTTOM ROW, left to right: Wetlands Vase in swaths of plastic, being protected from drying and oxidation in aid of the addition of the colored glaze washes Cathra-Anne's glaze table Mixed Veggie Jar in-the-making

Cathra-Anne's glaze table, where the first pots signed '08 patiently wait for her to paint on their clothes. Follow the green arrow to Kimono Wrap Pagoda Jar (sold).

The horrible snapshot below is of a marvelous etching that hung in the quietly luxurious hallway of a hotel in Rome. Richard's Heirloom Urn and Anatolian Urn are descendents of the etching in the photo.

>>Click to see Cathra-Anne's and Richard's itineraries