I’m scheduled for several local art markets this fall. I hope you’ll come by to see me!

Pyle Arts & Crafts Boutique
Friday, October 25, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm and Saturday, October 26, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm.
Pyle Adult Recreation Center, 655 E Southern Ave, Tempe
You’ll find me in the Dance Room!

Made with Love Market
Saturday, November 9, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
and Saturday, December 14, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Heritage Marketplace, 388 N Gilbert Rd, Gilbert, AZ 85234
Made with Love Market website
Event details on Facebook

Gilbert Art Walk
Saturday, November 16, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Saturday, November 30, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
and Saturday, December 7, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Water Tower Plaza, 45 W Page Ave, Gilbert, AZ 85233
Gilbert Art Walk website
Gilbert Art Walk on Facebook

I’ve got several art markets planned for October through December 2018. I hope you’ll stop by!

Pyle Arts & Crafts Boutique October 19, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm and Oct 20, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm  Pyle Adult Recreation Center, 655 E Southern Ave, Tempe
You’ll find me in the Dance Room!

6th Street Market October 28, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm City Hall Plaza, E 5th St, Tempe, AZ 85281
Event details on Facebook  Enjoy holiday shopping and local food & produce at this great market!

Gilbert Art Walk November 10, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm Water Tower Plaza, 45 W Page Ave, Gilbert, AZ 85233, USA
Facebook Event Details

CJP Sip & Shop November 11, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Chandler Jewish Preschool, 875 N McClintock Dr, Chandler, AZ 85226
Holiday shopping event and fundraiser. $10 entry fee includes a glass of wine for sipping while you shop!
FB event: Sip and Shop

Lakes Artisan Fair November 18, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm Lake Clubhouse, 5501 S Lakeshore Dr, Tempe, AZ 85283

Made with Love Market November 24, 8:00 am – 12:00 pm Heritage Marketplace, 388 N Gilbert Rd, Gilbert, AZ 85234
Made with Love Market website
Event details on Facebook

Gilbert Art Walk December 8, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm Water Tower Plaza, 45 W Page Ave, Gilbert, AZ 85233
Event details on Facebook

Made with Love Market December 15, 8:00 am – 12:00 pm Heritage Marketplace, 388 N Gilbert Rd, Gilbert, AZ 85234
Made with Love Market  Event Details on FB

I’ve started an instagram account for my pottery @gabkpottery.  I hope you’ll follow!

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My last public show before Christmas 2016 is planned for this Saturday, December 3, 9 am – 1 pm  at the Gilbert Art Walk in downtown Gilbert. The Gilbert Art Walk is a fun market packed with local makers and artisans. It’s a perfect place to find unique, local, hand-made gifts. A bonus, it’s right next to the amazing Gilbert Farmer’s Market, which runs until noon.

If you can’t make it this Saturday and still have some Christmas shopping to do, contact me and we can set up a time to get together.

Come by the Pyle Adult Recreation Center this Friday and Saturday to see me and my friends. We’ll have tables in the Dance Room. This is a fun event with a wide variety of arts and crafts.

The Pyle Center is located at 655 E Southern Ave in Tempe. The Boutique runs 9-4 on Friday and 9-3 on Saturday.

Saturday November 5, 9 am – 1 pm

Saturday November 12, 9 am – 1pm

Saturday, December 3, 9 am – 1 pm

Gilbert Art Walk is an open-air, family friendly, pet friendly, art show with live music that is free to the public. It is located in Water Tower Plaza, on Page Ave in downtown Gilbert. The festival happens on select Saturdays October – April, right next the very wonderful Gilbert Farmers’ Market.

I am on the planning committee for Southwest Maker Fest, a very cool FREE one-day festival in downtown Mesa. This year I am sharing a booth with some of my clay friends: Mary Anne, Renee, Kater, and Connie. We’ll be taking turns running the booth and giving demos throughout the day. Our booth will be on Pepper Place just west of Macdonald.

Besides our booth, there are all types of awesome artists, engineers, upcyclers, programmers, and crafters. Many of them will be giving tutorials and workshops. You can learn to weld, code, knit, reuse common household items, and relax. You can also participate in collaborative projects, listen to music and story telling, and learn how to grow a better garden. It’s a very family-friendly event with FREE admission to the i.d.e.a. Museum all day. Schedules and exhibitor lists can be found on the website southwestmakerfest.com.

I hope you’ll come and enjoy this one-of-a-kind festival!

Here are some time lapse videos of me throwing, then trimming a textured cup. I don’t work nearly this quickly but a real time video would be quite boring.

Glaze kiln shelves – Top left is bottom shelf

Some of the results from the cone 6 kiln

I’ve just run a glaze kiln and still have more glazing to do. Packing the kiln for a glaze firing is a bit of a puzzle.  In this kiln I had a few tall pieces but mostly a lot of short pieces. I ended up with 4 full size shelves (including the bottom shelf) and 2 half shelves. I didn’t have any small posts left for the top shelf so I turned 3 wide posts sideways. The top image shows each shelf load from bottom to top. The lower 3 shelves are below the kiln’s pyrometer which you can see in some of the images. The kiln has a controller that reads the temperature from the pyrometer to control the heating of the kiln.

I am happy with the results. I did have a couple of spots where glaze ran and I found that some of the underglaze that I used burns out at cone 6. Now back to glazing and loading for one more kiln load.

I am making these items for upcoming shows. I will show with the Southern Arizona Clay Artists in the Tucson Museum of Art’s Holiday Artisan Market Friday, November 21 through Sunday, November 3. I have also reserved a space at the Gilbert Art Walk for Saturday, November 29 and Saturday, December 6.

Because fall is finally here, I’m planning to show regularly at local farmers’ markets in Tempe. Starting October 18 I’ll be at the Saturday Rays Market at McClintock & Warner in Tempe. The market goes from 8 am  – 12 pm and will change to 9 am -1 pm once the daytime highs start to be below 95°F. Check “UPCOMING EVENTS” in the right side of my website for confirmed dates and times. This is an awesome small market with super fresh produce and lots of other great local food & art vendors. Check out the Rays Market Facebook page.

The Tempe Community Market is on hiatus for a couple of weeks because of street-closing events in downtown Tempe. It starts back up at fall hours of 9 am – 1 pm on Sunday, November 2. I’m planning to be there on November 2 and 9.

I’m excited about the upcoming show with other members of the Southern Arizona Clay Artists at the Tucson Museum of Art Holiday Artisans Market on November 21, 22, and 23. It’s my first bigger juried artisan market and my first time showing at an out of town locale!

Stay tuned for more news!