Mid-summer sunshine
Fresh made salsa in a Crutchfield Pottery Twilight pasta bowl, tortilla chips in a 9” Raspberry Twilight bowl, and a Mariner’s game on TV. It’s summer for sure.
Mid-summer brings loads of tomatoes, peppers, and onions. We deliver bags of vegetables around the neighborhood knowing that we will be paid in apples and pears in the Fall. Central Washington is bountiful.
We joke about keeping your car doors locked and your windows rolled up because it’s zucchini season. But I can still drop off on your porch while you’re at work so….
Hope your summer has been awesome so far and your salsa is fresh.
Peace, Love, and Handmade Pottery
Barry & Terri
Aaaah Summer!
It all begins with an idea.
40 years ago, when we lived in California, we had what we called “sesh’s”.
Steaks, salad, corn on the cob, bread, and of course, California Coolers. Dessert was usually strawberry shortcake or ice cream.
Even way back then we made functional pottery. Dinner plates, platters, bowls, and mugs. The glaze designs were more intricate, wax resist, carved flowers filled with iron or cobalt oxide. Over the years we have changed, evolved, simplified, and ultimately scaled back our operations. If, over the last 12 years we have completed over 10,000 orders, then we can’t even guess how many pieces of pottery we have made in our lifetime. We only own a few pieces from those early days.
And now we lived in the Pacific Northwest for 30 years and we still have sesh’s. Sometimes with friends and family, sometimes just the two of us. We have learned to pull beautiful pieces into the house from the studio so we can enjoy them. Last night we served corn on the cob on our rectangle tray with butter from our lidded butter dish. We barbecue year-round, just like we always have, sometimes we have to wear puffy jackets and shine a work light on the BBQ, but a sesh is always worth it!
Love, Peace, and good vibes,
Barry & Terri
Handmade pottery handled rectangle tray in Twilight.
SQ5388234 crutchfieldpottery.com
Handmade ceramic butter dish with lid in Twilight
SQ6068418 crutchfieldpottery.com