featured potter of the month

donna rathke

Usually, I only make functional pottery. However, I have started to make some different pots for our Guild’s November 9th Christmas Sale. These include ceramic Christmas trees, Fairy houses and Gonks. The Fairy houses have a secret compartment when the house is lifted off the plate which can be used to hide messages, store jewelry or even be a garlic holder. Some of them can be used as luminaries with a candle or battery operated light. So I guess these could also be called functional pottery.