Web Sites that swap links with me
The magic world of fantasy art and fairy stories created by Greg Stephens.
Storybook Homes, the premier designer of Picturesque Old-World Cottages
If you love my huts, you will love this site.
This is an absolutly beautiful place to look at real house plans. Livable interiors and "to die for" exteriors and even the links to the places needed to build a real dream home, right down to the door knobs.
PC City is a great place to have your computer repaired and also a great place to see my art! George set up a display case and he is selling his hand turned wooden bowls, cups and driftwood sculptures and my ceramics. The artistic side of High Tech!
Here are links to a good chess site.
or
Chess
Chessboss.com - A great source of Free online game play with no downloads needed. Please feel free to host your own tournaments, even your own leagues.
The art on the Killer Pumpkin page is done with permission from and in association with:
John Pelico, creator of KillerPumpkins.com
Click on the banner to read the story and see his art.
Go to the KillerPumpkins web page
Mud in Mind: Pottery Wheels, Ceramic Kilns, and Potters supplies
This is the Artista potters wheel I purchased . It does not come with the foot peddle, but has a hand speed control, which I feel is superior. It goes from VERY slow to very fast. I didn't get the legs either. I bought a heavy plastic truck tool box from Lowes, I can straddle it, sitting on a pillow and the wheel sits on it nicely. Until I saw it being used by a potter I knew, I thought it was a toy, but it is a real working wheel. Very neat machine. It really is able to be lifted easily and would store on a sturdy shelf. No, it doesn't slide around when you center clay, at least is doesn't for me, nor did it for my friend. A DVD comes with it that does a pretty good job of explaining how to throw a pot for the beginner. I don't like the way they show you how to trim, it would wreck a good pot in my estimation, but it is one way of doing it.
Contemporary Artists - Meet our contemporary artists and view their artwork in our online galleries at ArikiArt.com.
Visit the Ceramic Sculpture Gallery at ArikiArt
A tradition from The Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.
Paul is a great guy who still plays down at the Brambleton Center with me and the other folks even though he has a nice studio of his own. He is the Paul whos daughter likes penguins. I recomend him for all your functional pottery desires.
FRAME `N THINGS & THE GALLERY Randy Burkett, the owner/president of Frame 'N Things, is the proud owner of the Dragon Fountain. Visit his Art Gallery and see a display of Paul's pottery plus many nice paintings and prints.
THE ARTS COUNCIL OF THE BLUE RIDGE
20 E. Church Ave., Roanoke, VA 24011
The Arts Council has a busy calendar of events every month - everything from dance and theater to ceramics and painting. There is also a great list of local artists, many of which have web pages so you can see their work.
The links displayed here are sites that I found interesting.
Aqua Med Lotion My favorite hand lotion - it has no fragerance at all and keeps this potter's hands happy
THE ENIGMA OF WHISTLING WATER JARS IN PRECOLUMBIAN CERAMICS
By Brian Ransom
Here are some more "pots that whistle".
They may help in making the whistle part of the whistling pots mentioned above.
They both have good pictures and clear directions.
I was the most successful doing the first one
I actually made a whistle.
HOW TO MAKE A CLAY WHISTLE (ocarina)
And
WHISTLE MAKING TECHNIQUE by Chris Henley
The 'Low-Tech' PVC Whistle by Guido Gonzato
This may seem out of place, but I have used some of the information in this article to make/improve my clay whistles also.