by Melanie Mena | Jul 21, 2012 | Dots!, Pottery, The Dragonfly
The dish rack at The Black Licorice Tree B&B.
by Melanie Mena | Feb 14, 2012 | Dots!, In my studio, Pottery, The Dragonfly
The agenda for Monday: work on a batch of nine mugs. I threw these on the wheel last week: Each mug was turned upside down then re-centered on the wheel for trimming. Once trimmed I sign and number each mug: Nine mugs trimmed and ready for handles: Every handle is...
by Melanie Mena | Jul 25, 2011 | Dots!, Pottery
My very good friend, Tanya King recently photographed my new pottery and I love how the images turned out. Tanya’s style suits my pottery so well and I am oh so lucky to count her as a friend. The Vancouver One Of A Kind folks also liked Tanya’s pictures...
by Melanie Mena | Mar 8, 2011 | Dots!, Pottery
I have three new colours in the Dots! line and I’m so excited to share them with you. To celebrate I’m giving stuff away! The next 5 shoppers will get a little something extra in their package! That’s right, if you are amongst the next 5 people to...
by Melanie Mena | Nov 5, 2010 | Dots!, Pottery
I’ve been making these little vases. Last night I took them out for a test drive.
by Melanie Mena | Sep 23, 2010 | Dots!, Pottery
I was in the studio one day with some pots that had been freshly glazed white and I had a brand new jar of bright orange glaze. It seemed that the two should go together, but how? I dripped a dot of orange inside a white bowl and something about it just felt so...
