Please join Christa, rae , our guest artists and me for a fun time....

Our first weekend was a great beginning to the Berkeley Holiday Artisan Open Studios. Here's a video made by John Schnick. It gives you a taste of what was happening.



Next week,in addition to rae, Christa and my work you'll be able to see the following guest artists:

Aliza Cohen (paintings and textiles)



Small Square Design (letter press)



Linea Carta(stationary)

The Show begins

This Saturday is the first day of our fourth & clay Holiday extavaganza. In addition to Christa, rae and my work we are featuring guest artists every weekend. Susannah Schnick's wonderful embroidered textiles will be featured every weekend. Our special guests this weekend are Marna Clark, Deanna Abney and Sara Paloma. Here's a sneak peak of their awesome work. I think you'll agree it's pretty impressive. Please join us Saturday and Sunday from 11-6.

Susannah Schnick


Sara Paloma



Deanna Abney
(Circadian Studios)



Marna Clark

Official

Our new studio post cards arrived yesterday. I'm thinking we're looking pretty official!

fourth & clay Holiday

Christa, rae and I and 11 of our friends are whipping up an extravaganza of Holiday Delights. A different group of artists will join us every weekend after Thanksgiving. And we're planning a killer party on Dec. 11 so please save the date! Check out the work of our talented guest artists and the schedule of when each of them will join us at fourth & clay. We hope we'll be seeing you every weekend:

Susannah Schnick
Sara Paloma
Circadian Studios (Deanna Abney)
Marna Clark
Linea Carta
Small Square Design
Aliza Cohen
Diana Fayt
Whitney Smith
Rebecca Bazell
Mary Mar Keenan

Studio Snap Shots

The lights at fourth & clay are burning brightly these days and nights as rae, Christa and I are working hard on getting work done for the holidays (more on this in coming posts). We are lucky to have two interns from Berkeley High School helping us 3 hours a week. YEAH! Becky and Kate! Here are some action shots.

P.S. Don't forget that the first Saturday of the month is our official day to be open(11-5). Come by and see what we're up to if you can. We might even have some leftover Halloween candy to share.

wilma helps rae decorate


christa throws a tall cylinder


josie makes peas



kate tickles harry's belly


becky is hard at work

Ms. October

Our studio is humming with activity. Christa and I have been working away but are really missing rae who is off on her honeymoon. She will return shortly and we will be so happy to have her back. We have some great new work in the gallery. Here's a picture of our current window:



It seems like October should be renamed Christa Assad month! Check out the new issue of American Craft Magazine. Guess who is on the cover...none other than Ms Christa. Inside this issue are some wonderful photos and an excellent article written by fellow potter Molly Hatch. While I'm bragging about Christa check out AKAR. She will be featured in October. Pretty good beginning to the fall season.