I can’t remember quite when it was that I first ran across Mickey’s blog and her work, but I remember being inspired by her energy for her work, all the while raising a gorgeous little one. She seemed to have the time and motivation for everything, making, teaching. It’s something I lack most days…I still tend to think somehow someone is stealing time from me…anyways Mickey is now one the many I get to chat with daily on that whole weird twitter thing I was telling you about. It’s starting to be fun, hearing what people are up to throughout the day and finding interesting links to things I would have never found otherwise, so I guess it’s worth it. But what’s really worth checking out is Mickey’s blog and her fantastic work!

I love that most of you have sent in some little written bit about your work and process. I find it not only interesting to see the work, but also to read how each artist expresses themselves verbally about their work. It’s an art form unto itself I reckon. So on that note here’s Mickey’s words:

Up until recently I kept saying that one day when I grow up I will be a Professional Potter.
Not to say I have grown up but I am a Professional Potter now. There is nothing much better than a bottle of cider the right music and freshly wedged clay on the wheel head ready to go. I become base, instinctual, feral, free.
I am in love with my craft.
My art loves me back just as hard.
I am self taught and have fit my Art Life in and amongst my other Lives.
Sewing-Writing-Inventing-Wife-Reading-Baking-Painting-Gardening-Homeschooling-Mama is the name of my other Life.
Oh most of you reading this know all about that kind of thing don’t you?
*wink-wink*
I have been Potting for twenty two years now.
Teaching art classes on and off for seventeen years.
I love that I can bring my babies with me to teach classes.
I love that I can host classes in my space with my family helping out sometimes.
I love that I can fill a big basket up with ” my fresh hot pottery”, walk it to a nearby business and sell most of it right on the spot.
Life that mingles the day to day family kind of stuff with the passion and obsession of being a an Artist.
It can be asking a lot of a person sometimes this Artist-Mama-thing.
I know no other way. Intense is good.
I am a Ceramicist Doing the abcedarian work of connecting my Soul’s Sight to a process.
For me the Process is Clay work. Now if I could just sell for what “Soul Speak” is actually worth worth! ha-hah !
That is the trick with any of our Art Work isn’t it?
I have one Gallery representing my work at the moment.
Cedar Corners in Tofino on Vancouver Island. Otherwise I sell out of my Studio.
So, if you feel the need to buy some Fresh Hot Pottery lets talk…
Meanwhile, be well my Artist Friends!
Be well.
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