Awards This past month Layl was honored to win awards in two shows. The first award for "Squawking Blue Bird Teapot" (above), was "Best in Blue" in the "Primary Show" at Banfill Locke Center for the Arts. Read the whole story.
On December 17th we lost a member of our Clay Squared family. Chris Madsen had been battling cancer for the past 4 years and we are heartbroken that she passed away last month. If you had placed any orders or come in to visit us in the past nine years...
Domestic Sculpting Layl's newest blog post discusses creativity and sculpture in everyday activities like cooking and landscaping. Layl talks about finding inspiration and art throughout her life, and even now during the pandemic. Read the entire post here.
A New Addition Recently, we have a new addition to the Clay Squared Crew. Maddy has taken on the shipping of our handmade tiles, sample packs, catalogs and Layl's Silly Millies. She makes sure our sample tiles get shipped promptly with all of our literature and planning guides. Maddy's an illustrator and is pursuing...
Earlier this summer Josh and I were on a bike ride when we saw an impromptu art car parade. Some of the cars were ones I'd seen before but some were obviously newly created with a "pandemic theme" - like a mask over the car! Then one of the drivers...
This past week has been the most painful and heartbreaking week in the memory of Minneapolis' residents. I never thought I would see the entire area around the high school my daughters graduated from destroyed by fire and looting. But the anger at the killing of George Floyd has triggered...
I hope you are all faring well in these unusual times. Here are some tidbits of distraction to get you through. Click here to read the newsletter.
In January, Layl created several teapots that had added dimensionality like branches, ladders and carousels. These new teapots, while still functional, go beyond the teapot form and build beyond it's "borders." You can view more sculptural teapots like the Flamingo Carousel Teapot (above) at Layl's website. Read Newsletter click here
