Posts By: Dan Finnegan

On my way out to my studio today, I stopped by Riverby Books to see how the demolition/reconstruction was going. Riverby sells previously owned books and is run by my dear friends Emily and Paul. They had a shower of termites come down the front of the store and now Jason and his stellar crew… Read more »

I’ve had three loose ends to wrap up on my new studio before I start making pots for firing #5 this fall. Today, on another miserably steamy hot day, I crossed one off of my list. I’m hoping to get my hands on some clay Thursday…the first time since April!In spite of making most of… Read more »

I’m not quite sure why the close-up photo is sideways!?

I spent the afternoon running the desk at LibertyTown. In spite or because of the terribly hot/humid day we sold pots all day! The Daniel’s family came by and bought the yellow/4 lobed platter that I just recently posted. They’ve been buying interesting pots from me for years. I also recently sold the pot whose… Read more »

Today was the first day I’ve been to my studio in more than a week. So it figures that it was hot (91F) and steamy. Once I got acclimated to non-stop sweat, I had a good day and got a lot done. I built a new studio last fall after a long legal battle with… Read more »

I got back late last night from a visit with Gary Roper and his family at his beautiful gallery in Lewisburg, WV. It was a great drive, crossing over the Blue Ridge Mountains into the Shenendoah Valley and then west through the old rolling mountains of Appalachia. I met Gary last year coming back from… Read more »

I just read Michael Kline’s fine article in Studio Potter on pottery and blogging and he does a good job of describing why I find this an interesting exercise (michaelklinepottery.blogspot.com). It’s a little bit like teaching a workshop. By articulating the thoughts that bounce around in my head while throwing pots on the wheel, stacking… Read more »

Larry Stone took photos of some of the pots from my last firing (#4) way back in May. I’ll post a few more soon. I’m firing everything in my wood burning kiln now and I’m still finding my way. I like the raised relief decoration on these first 2 a lot. I’ve been looking at… Read more »

Because the 4th of July was on a Friday this year, we moved our exhibition opening to Saturday for the first time ever. It felt a little odd at first but we had a nice crowd and had pretty good sales, which is always nice. Russ Kidd and John Bice are two local photographers who… Read more »

I just got back from a great road trip to Cincinnati, Ohio where I joined Louise Jenks and a few of her friends for her 5th annual pottery sale. Louise was a student of mine at the very first workshop I led at the Penland School of Crafts and I was flattered to be invited… Read more »

I just returned from a week on the beach at Avon, NC in the Outer Banks. I’ve grown to love my visits there as it’s the only place that I am content to switch off and do nothing at all. I swam in the ocean every day, ate great food, played pool and read over… Read more »

Last week we celebrated our 5th anniversary at LibertyTown with a Friday night ‘Gala’ and a whole day of hands-on activities for families on Saturday. I didn’t really know what to expect, but we were overwhelmed by the hundreds of visitors and the tremendous enthusiasm they brought. We had great food and great music including… Read more »

This has been a nice lazy week so far after 6 somewhat frantic weeks in a row. I’ve been slowly sorting through the new pots from firing #4, checking my notes against the codes I sometimes stamp on my pots. This was an excellent firing, with good reduction and good heat. Lots of rich surfaces,… Read more »