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Balance

April 26, 2015 rigel4 Leave a comment

Teardrop vessel.  Detail. The path to enlightenment is the Middle Way.Siddhartha was required reading in my high school, so I…

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Students of Saint Pat’s

April 11, 2015 rigel4 Leave a comment

My students listening to the docentat the Art Institute of Chicago. I teach at Saint Patrick High School, the oldest…

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Throwing and centering

March 29, 2015 rigel4 Leave a comment

“You center the clay by centering yourself.” The Spirit of Clay, Robert Piepenburg Inhale. Acknowledge the tension you’ve accumulated from…

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Creating

March 14, 2015 rigel4 Leave a comment

Creating means seeing the vision of what you want in your head long enough to make it real.  It means…

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My Second Job

March 1, 2015 rigel4 Leave a comment

Large Vase.  Approx 22″ tall When I was getting my teaching certificate at Chicago State University, Alain Gavin told me…

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Positive energy

January 31, 2015 rigel4 Leave a comment

Cup, etched and and painted During the last couple of months, I had some really good visits with some really…

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The Potatoes

January 4, 2015 rigel4 Leave a comment

Caroline’s drawing of the Potatoes My 13 year old and her close friends recorded a song or two and thought…

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Boundaries

December 28, 2014 rigel4 Leave a comment

Nathan hosted a small get-together during our visit.  Between the laughter and hysterical stories Nathan and I had a moment…

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Amazing people

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I took a break from my pots to visit a friend, Nathan, in Bloomington, Indiana.  Sometimes I meet people who…

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Resilient Spirit continued

December 2, 2014 rigel4 Leave a comment

Soda fired vase One of my friends is a very patient soul.  He patiently waits his turn.  He patiently waits…

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