StudioÉLAN on the front page...

by Eleanor Hendriks

...of Etsy!

Can you tell I'm spending too much time on the computer? Go on now, get a life!!

World Travellers

by Eleanor Hendriks

Two of my stopperless salt shakers have found new homes across North America: one in Maryland and one in California! Etsy is making the world smaller. Goodbye, salt shaker friends -happy trails!

To see my other items seeking international travel adventures visit my Etsy shop !

Unloading the last kiln of 2007

by Eleanor Hendriks,

Many potters say that unloading a kiln is like Christmas. I sure think it is...

...especially when there are little faces like this peeking out at me....

...and here are some of the results for the first class at StudioÉLAN, Fenelon Falls.

Congratulations to Sandy, Rochelle, Ross and Marjorie on some great results. I loved having you as my students this fall. Don't be surprised if you see something insired by your work in my next kiln load!

If you wait until 3:00am....

by Eleanor Hendriks

...you can make an etsy treasury!

Here's how it looked...

The first Classes at the new StudioÉLAN...

by Eleanor Hendriks

...are coming to an end. I've had eight fun sessions with 6 beginning students who started coming to the studio once a week back in October. Now their work is glazed and waiting to go into the kiln tomorrow with the last of my production for the year.




Some of their finished pieces from the first kiln firing this session. I always try to fire the kiln twice in a session. This gives the students a chance to see the huge change glazing can make to their pieces. I also encourage them to keep a few of their very first pieces, even if they aren't in love with them, to use as glaze test pieces.



And as for my work, I'm planning on firing a few more of my Dip Dishes like the ones I have been listing on etsy in more great colour combinations. In the background are a few casseroles that aren't going to make it into this kiln. I just can't decide how to glaze them and I have put too much work into them so far to experiment on them now!



I am advertising new sessions of classes starting in January and again in April. I hope lots of people sign up...it can be very quiet in the studio without any students.


And what is germinating under here?!?! Stick around -they should sprout in January!

StudioÉLAN is on ETSY!

by Eleanor Hendriks

So, after much fussing, StudioÉLAN is selling online!



Just a few pieces so far, but more will come as time allows.