Lee Love

05/14/2026

I put this memoryon my Substack page:

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/15xEL8vQQTx/

They say children don’t have memories before the age of 3. I can prove them wrong from my own experiences. My mother verified this memory, in one of the last conversations we had..

05/02/2026

I've been invited to show work by Baltimore Clayworks.
It is hosting a juried exhibition, "Shino Odyssey," juried by Matt Hyleck in September.

Interested? Follow this link for info:

Submit your work for our upcoming juried exhibitions, which showcase the best of international, national, and local ceramic artists working in ceramic sculpture, pottery, installation and conceptual ceramics.

04/13/2026

When I was five or 6, I had a crush on "an older woman" Deanna (She was 6 or 7) who lived on the other side of the block. Across the street from her house was built a new sledding hill. They piled up dirt that had clay embedded in it.

We took buckets to the hill and gathered clay, that we wetted down (with her mother's help) and we made stuff with it, to bake in her mother's oven. I asked how we would color the clay, and her mother said she had white shoe polish we could use to color the clay. I had just watched Moby Dick on T.V., where Gregory Peck starred as Captain Ahab. I decided, since we could color our sculpture with white, I would make Moby Dick. (yes, even back then, I payed attention to my materials!)

;) I colored the whale shape with the white shoe polish and it was fired in the oven. It came out really awesome! That was the first thing I ever made in clay.

04/11/2026

I wish I could teach George.

03/27/2026

I need to return to making high alumina clays like Mogusa.
Follow link for more photos:

https://shinoglaze.blogspot.com/2006/10/first-mogusa-clay-and-e-shino_08.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawQze7dleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFHSzdab01MbmgwRW5iZWR3c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHr5JVIUC-GqCXhw44OhjwUS1nL6AmSf3xhL47qUgWn-_w_uiC_jSRRJH_aTQ_aem_0C5O1f2n8X09X4FKmxtibQ

02/17/2026

Printed 3 batches of Rebel Loon whistles. I've been thinking about getting a 3D printers for some time. The great news is the price has come down comparable to a good consumer laser printer.
My main use is to make pottery tools with it. I have been experimenting with letter stamps from a Czech Republic company Relyef.

I want to make some large stamps similar to panels used to print woodblock prints, but out of a flexible 3D printed material, to mold to the contour of the platter.

I have a project of figurative inlaid platters and pilgrim flasks to be completed by my 77th birthday

02/07/2026

I call it "Mama Bear kicks you out of the cave.". Happened to me at the end of my 1st marriage.

02/07/2026