Mary (Twink) Gates and Michelle Wiklund The Joys of Cooking! Do you remember the smell of your grandmother’s special dish, prepared with loving hands using that special gadget and being mixed up in beautiful pottery? There’s something quite comforting about taking a kitchen utensil out of the drawer or using a vintage mixing bowl and…
They say when you retire, time goes by faster than when you were working. I now understand what they meant. 2018 is gone and now we are planning for 2019. January proved to be a busy month. The Ceramics membership had their annual meeting and Volunteer Recognition luncheon on January 9 at SaddleBrooke One Vistas.…
Master artist Oralia Lopez from Mata Ortiz, Chihuahua will be at the SaddleBrooke One Clubhouse, North Coyote Room, Sunday, December 10, 2017, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Oralia will have a wonderful selection of work by many other fine Mata Ortiz artists for purchase at wholesale prices ranging from $20 to $1,000. Please join us…
Dan Stebbins The SaddleBrooke Pottery Club has created a mural of a panoramic desert scene on ceramic tiles as a community service project for Mountain Vista School in Oracle. The mural depicts the flora, fauna and topography of the Oracle area. At an expansive 99” x 28” the mural is composed of nearly 100 hand-painted…
Ron and Vicki Sullivan Modern Mata Ortiz and Mata Ortiz to You are bringing a show and sale to The Highlands Clubhouse at Dove Mountain, 4949 W Heritage Club Blvd. in Marana, just north of Tucson. Featured potters will be Celia Veloz and Elvira Bugarini, world-renowned Mata Ortiz potters. The event takes place on Saturday,…
Brad Huff Residents of Oro Valley, Catalina, SaddleBrooke and beyond are excited to see the increasing birth pangs of prosperity and beautification come to their communities. The latest buzz in Catalina is a brand new small business venture—Pottery Fiesta LLC—undertaken by SaddleBrooke residents, Brad and Julia Huff. Pottery Fiesta LLC features decorative pottery, garden art…
John Bezy Many SaddleBrooke residents have purchased the beautiful handmade pottery from Mata Ortiz, Chihuahua, Mexico. It is not commonly known, however, that these wonderful works of art are inspired by ancient Casas Grandes ceramics made by potters from the pre-Columbian city of Paquimé. One of the most important archaeological sites in northern Mexico and…