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Weed, Fracking, UFOs and Doganetics!

YIKES!  How could we have known that all the pot smoke floating around Colorado would mix with all the fracking fumes and wake up Ganjamora, the giant monster that old time prospectors used to howl about around the campfire back … Continue reading

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You say tomato, I say “Fun art project!”

A few months ago I got a call from Meg, the owner of Art and Inspiration Gallery in Nashville, TN.  She invited me to make some one of a kind tomato art pots for the Tomato Art Festival they have there every … Continue reading

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“You gotta read this interview!”

This picture has a great story.  Way back in 1991, we lived in Los Angeles and my daughters, Robin and Monica were two years old and six months.  It was December, we were shipping pots like mad for the holidays … Continue reading

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Cosmic revelations in the coffee mug gift market.

Designing my new astrology mug series turned out to be a lot more work that I thought it would be, but I managed to learn lot in the process.  The “Mercury is in retrograde!” design has been selling really well, … Continue reading

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Wally Goes Gluten-Free! + New Astrology Mugs!!!!

Hooray!  The drought for new Wally material is over!  The start of this design came last weekend, when I was at a party talking to a woman who owned a gluten-free bakery in Seattle.  I was enjoying hearing how she … Continue reading

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It’s a wrap! Now you can see my new video.

Last November I started making a video for my daughter’s middle school English class.  Monica is teaching 7th and 8th graders in Phoenix, AZ and they are reading Linda Sue Park’s Newbery award winning book, “A Single Shard.” It’s a … Continue reading

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Cat Bowls and Astrology Mugs!

This week’s firing yielded a nice assortment of new items.  Top of the list are four new cat bowl designs:  psycho killer, bad cat, happy cat and wild cat.  These bowls are approximately three inches tall and four and a … Continue reading

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Lobster Girl and The Big Red Sale!

This is what happens when you make pots just for the fun of it.  I came up with the “Lobster Girl” character last year and I really like the way anyone can make up their own story about her origin.  … Continue reading

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You Gotta See My New Video!!!!!!!!

I’ve got a new title to add to my resume: “filmmaker.”  The past couple of weeks I’ve been making some simple homemade videos for my daughter, Monica who is a middle school English teacher in Phoenix, AZ.  Next month her … Continue reading

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Holiday Ornament Contest Wrap-Up

Well, it was a tough year to pick the top entry in our yearly ornament design contest, so I took my wife and oldest daughter out to dinner and sprung on them the job of helping me decide on the … Continue reading

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