Hil-Dee - Studio & Classes in Pottery in Hernando

"The Dirty Dog Pottery Studio"

Monday night - "The Clay Experience" (See Photos Below)

7:00 - 9:30 PM

$25.00 includes materials

Thursday night - "The clay experience" (See Photos Below)

6:00 -8:30 PM

$25.00 includes materials

Wednesday afternoon - "The clay experience"

1:00 - 3:30

$25.00 (Sign up for six weeks $130.00)

Tuesday afternoon - "Come out and get dirty"

1:00 - 2:30 - art class (youth) $48.00 per month

Thursday afternoon - "Come out and get dirty"

1:00 - 2:30 - art class (youth) $48:00 per month

The following is "Open Studio Time". Call first please.

If you don't want to take a class get a studio membership that allows you to come to work during open studio times for only $50 per month.

Monday "Open Studio Time" 1:00 - 7:00 PM

Wednesday "Open Studio Time" 4:00 - 10:00 PM

Thursday "Open Studio Time" 1:00 - 6:00 PM

Friday "Open Studio Time" 1:00 - 10:00 PM

Saturday "Open Studio Time" 9:00 AM - 10:00 PM

...and I have spent my summer working away.

I showed my work for the first time to the public at the Hernando County Art Festival in May 2006. I had a great time and met some wonderful artists and crafters. My work won a merit award, which helped me become more secure in what other think of what is precious to me.

Even though I dabble in many mediums, clay is my main love. The cycle of taking a lump of clay that smells of earth, shaping it, firing it and ultimately completing a process that ends in somebody handling that same lump of clay in its transfigured state. This final step is why my work is mainly functional. The process doesn't seem complete until someone is using the object that was created. I always try to incorporate something different and beautiful, something that changes the object from an everyday useful object into art. I think everyone should learn to appreciate the bowl, cup, or plate they are using and find beauty in this world of fast paced living. I hope that something I have made can, even if momentarily, help another appreciate the daily act they are performing.