We are back in the Bay…trying to put our feet on the ground and unpacking a loaded SUV. Robert made many sculptures over the summer and they are soon  available for sale.  Email us to visit: text: 510.914.1303 in**@*********ry.com

Coming in November TRAX will host an exhibition in collaboration with our highly esteemed,  fashion designer,Eric Tanov, next door to us.  TRAX has invited 10 “Local Ceramicists” to exhibit their work. We will have two openings; Erica’s on Thursday Nov. 12th and TRAX on Sat. November 14th.  Erica has chosen from her ceramic people and Sandy has chosen also, but no overlapping peeps.

In February/March 2027, a new collection of fabulous ceramics from the “Erickson” collection will be posted online and in the gallery. This will be paired with Ren Riley’s wonderful framed drawings/stitchery, fabric explorations on the walls.    We are often around in our studios – come down the driveway and peer, call out! Currently here until June 5th.  You can always buy through the web site and make appointments to visit. email us at in**@*********ry.com. a day or more ahead is best.The Brown Collection of outstanding utilitarian ceramics as well as a few prints, will be ongoing.  

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Warren MacKenzie 1924-2018.

 Warren in conversation: “Bob, you did a great job of explaining what I think about when I make a pot.Maybe even more than I thought about since so much happens subconsciously….It is what any potter hopes will be understood if a person lives with a pot long enough.  I’ve got a Hamada pot that I get more out of every time I use it. I’ve owned that piece for 50 years and I still don’t know all that it contains.”

One wonders:  what did Bob say to Warren?    Warren whispered in Bob’s ear, I make a lot of money, tell me how much  you make? 

The immediate answer is that Warren doesn’t spend money: I, Sandy, tried to show him how, but he wasn’t interested.  His glasses were askew, his shoes had worn out soles, and his one dress shirt I had seen 30 times in a decade.  His only interest was making pots…he did; many

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Peter Voulkos

Although Peter Voulkos is known as a ceramist, like most artists, he worked simultaneously in different mediums. To him, whether it was graphic design, painting, ceramics, or metal working, one informed the other, altogether advancing his understanding of his work.

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