heres  a picture of an umbrella stand,, [only the second one ever to turn out] that was a last minute christmas commision ,, i made it in only 6 days from start to finish and it turned out to be one of the nicest pieces ive eve made,, i really busted my ass to get it finished and its beauty stopped traffic all weekend while it was displayed proudly next to me and the throwing wheel,, then i had to give [sell] it away,, i was really torn when i was strapping it into the customers' carseat as it was going away never to be seen again to an unknown person,, and who knows if she would even like it or appreciate all the work that went into it,,, i was sick to my stomach for the next 2 days over it,,, how wacky,,, from now on my best work will only be sold to people i know and trust,, again how wacky,,

heres more info about my new home,, which im happily living in and having the time of my life, enjoying the country life,, see the picture on the front page of the website

weve always wondered what inspired the architect sam stoltz to create such an unusual masterpiece of architecture in the boondocks of florida,,

anyways the book ''storybook style'' gave us the answers,, the storybook style,[crazy old european style craftsmen style]  it seems that in LA during the heyday of grand epic silent films, craftsmen and builders were brought over from europe to create sets for silent films of exotic faraway places, [think robin hood and castles and french chateaus]
in 1921 Harry Oliver an art director from hollywood designed an built  the ''Spandena House'' as an office and movie set for the Willets movie studio,,, the house is very similar to ours [ours is much more imaginitive] and it was featured in the magazine ''home designger and garden beautiful'' several times,, my thinking is that Sam Stoltz saw the magazine and the Spandena House'' and was inspired to out do it and created our home,, actually ours is the second version of Sams creation, as the first try burnt down,,

its fasincating to think that hollywood movies were the inspiration for my home!!!

by the way we are still marveling at the beauty of the house and property and trying to figure out how to make everything work,, clint has been doing lots of odd jobs, as he is the only one who knows how to fix 80 year old windows and toilets,,

im busting butt making potteries for the January extravaganza, as im up to my ears in commisions [these days im not about to let a dime get past me]  the studio is filled w/ unfinished pots, and hopefully they will all turn out to be treasures
which reminds me i better get to work,, im still at the old studio so i have to comute like a real job