NCECA SEATTLE

seattle here i come! i'm heading out this week for the NCECA conference. i'm a part of a couple shows during the conference...

the potters council : The Chromatic Edge
washington state convention centerdot dot floral vase
porcelain with iron oxide decals

watershed cup show : Cups and Coffee
march 1-31, fuel coffee seattle, capitol hilldot dot biscuit tumbler & dot dot floral tumbler
watershed terracotta, bits o' magic

year of the dragon

well i didn't really get to a happy new year post - so here's my happy chinese new year post(a week late still) i suppose.

it's been an exciting year so far! first off - rain & i moved studio spaces at the tail end of december (quite an undertaking!) and we are now joined by paul donnelly in the new space. i drove to arrowmont in gatlinburg, tn for the first week of the year to work with an awesome group of ceramic artists for a Surface Forum! when i arrived back to kcmo i had to get the new studio space set up.
i brought in the new year in gatlinburg, TN!

i'm starting to feel settled and getting back to work...
more updates to follow: more about the new space, more about arrowmont, more more more...

American Craft Dec/Jan 2012

yay! the article Julie Hanus wrote about my work is on the news stands! i love that ron swanson is on the cover - i'm a parks and rec fan...here is the article online: Product Placement: Connect the Dots by julie hanus
la la la la.
(get it? pee wee reference - couldn't help myself.)

the opening paragraph...
It's easy to get drawn into Meredith Host's cheerful Dot Dot Dash dinnerware. Patterns fluctuate and recur in layers blooming with luscious color: turquoise washes, apricot polka dots, chartreuse bands. The effect - riotous yet refined, citrus-fresh yet almost familiar - invites the eye to linger.

foldedpigs at the Renegade Craft Fair

it's that time again - renegade here i come!
foldedpigs will have a booth this upcoming weekend in chicago. i'm located in one of the rooms upstairs at the pulaski park fieldhouse.

OPEN STUDIO EVENT!

we're having an open studio sale!

stop by and have a snack while you shop for great gifts from:
Meredith Host : Rain Harris : Paul Donnelly
foldedpigs dinnerware : lusterbunny jewelry

there will be great sales on our work as well as on quality seconds! just in time for the holidays!


meredith host:


rain harris:

paul donnelly:
foldedpigs dinnerware:
lusterbunny jewelry:ALLSMAN BUILDING
708 E 31st Street, KCMO 64109
friday: 5:30-8p
saturday: 10-4pm

Western Illinois University - Visiting Artist Gig

demos for classes during the day & artist talk in the evening!

by the power of greyskull

it's that time of the year again...the obligatory halloween post:

HE-MAN HALLOWEEN!

for a few years now i've wanted to get a group together to be he-man characters. i claimed teela - the head of the royal army and had 2 others join my crew: he-man & the sorceress.

first off...reference photos...
teela. action figure & cartoon. i went for a hybrid of both.
the sorceress & he-man.i was quite proud of myself to have busted out my sewing machine that i don't know how to use. my roommate kelley gave me a tutorial, and holy craft! i sewed! he-man & battlecat over saw the process.
i built teela's snake battle gear out of cardboard & duct tape. i saved a bunch of toilet paper & paper towel rolls to make the cobra staff and edging on the armor.
a couple of crafternoons later and here we are...
miss amelia as the sorceress, me as teela, and miss whitney as he-man himself.
snake battle gear.