Clay Coyote Gallery and Pottery Blog

Photos, ideas and random musings from Tom Wirt and Betsy Price at the Clay Coyote Gallery and Pottery. We encourage comments. www.claycoyote.com

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Location: Hutchinson, MN, United States

Tom & Betsy are potters in Hutchinson, MN. View main website at www.claycoyote.com

Thursday, February 22, 2007

Fun in Philly!

Betsy and Michelle flew out to Philadelphia for the Buyers' Market last weekend where they met up with Betsy's daughter Morgan. The three spent days walking around the show, meeting new artists and chatting with artists who we have carried in the gallery for a number of years. Here's a picture of Betsy and C.L. Whiting-the creator of Leaf Leather handbags. Betsy, Michelle and Morgan were searching for new work for the year and they did a great job. We are excited to start carrying clothing-they found four great designers that we will feature in the gallery later this year. They found some new jewelers (here's a picture of Morgan talking to one of them) and ordered new lines from some of our favorites like Desert Heart and Betsy Frost.

Many of the artists are full of life, like Raku artist Bruce Johnson. He is what Betsy would call, "a hoot." Here is a picture of him posing with Michelle. We've been carrying Johnson in the gallery for a year now and we're excited to get more of his work.

Every day "the gang" had lunch across the street at the Terminal Market-a huge market in the old Train Terminal. Here's a shot of Morgan and Betsy eating the famous turkey sandwich.
We'll be posting picture of some of the new work as it comes in throughout the year. We can hardly wait!




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Wednesday, February 7, 2007

Educating About Pottery

Betsy and Tom recently hosted about 50 art students from the Dassel-Cokato School. Betsy showed them around our gallery where she could use the work of 160+ North American artists to emphasize the many genres that artists are working in today. We carry a lot of hot art glass in the gallery, and many people don't realize how similar the process is to that of pottery. Tom talked at length about pottery with the students crammed into the studio. From the origin of our clay, to centering and throwing, to firing, glazing, and of course marketing and putting that pot into someone's hands, Tom discussed how Clay Coyote Pottery is functional and designed for everyday use. All of the students are either taking pottery in school or will take it next year. One thing is for sure, they left here with their brains full.