A fresh all-studio notes edition, with details on December Clay Club events and what's going on in the Mason Gallery. Please support local businesses and artists this holiday season. No one needs any more mass-produced, souless product. Why, yes, those are Anne's mugs in the mug show.

With the year-end holidays fast upon us, Mason Gallery Director Robyn Singerman walks Anne through the schedule of the trunk shows and what's coming up for 2026. Also, Anne reminds: Come and get your lovely pots from the pickup shelves.

Anne drops the good results from the Empty Bowls fundraiser by the Clay Alliance; plus a new feature, Clio's Corner, about important moments in the history of pottery.

Laura Davis has been on the DL much of a year, and her recovery has been long, slow, often painful. But she got back to the wheel last month like the boss she is, and she will be featured (with partner Joe Bohache) in this week's holiday trunk show in the Mason Gallery. Anne lets you in on who else will be styling in the window space this season.

Mostly studio notes but also the reading of a story from the New York Times last week about the first act of artistic restitution for work by enslaved people. Also: Didn't we just talk about what to throw into the reclaim buckets? You made Emily Hobart sad.

Welcome (back), Rebecca! The freshly minted BFA from the University of Cincinnati returns to the studio a fully made employee, and she talks about her journey from ballet to clay. Also, best wishes to Hannah and Luke as they prepare to marry on Halloween.

Updates on the holiday firing schedule, the parking situation around Core Clay and more. Even poor little "Clay at Our Core" got swallowed in the AWS outage.

In which Cult Pastor Laura Davis and her fact-finding team visit the Indiana Clay conference to learn what can be done to make an Ohio Clay conference a real good time. Laura interviews the organizers and participants of what a statewide gathering is a necessary component of a potter's practice. Also, Anne reminds that your pots are lonely sitting on the pickup shelves.

Robyn Singerman's vision of a members' show for October came into focus with "Enchanted Arts," and it is beguiling! Also, Anne gives a TED talk about the scraps buckets.

Core Clay's newest artist in residence, Libby Brown, shares her background (Defiance, Ohio!) and her first impressions of our happy little playground. Also, Anne gives an update on the studio kitties.