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Sandra Blau

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Home baker, novice gardener and potter, mother of two young men, married to my soul mate, and human to one lemon beagle & a sweet English creamer.

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✨Intermediate Surface Decoration for Ceramics with Lucy Alexander - swipe to see just *some* of the beautiful possibilities!

Session 7: Thursdays 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Sep 24, 2026 - Oct 29, 2026

Beautiful pottery is about more than just the form, it’s the surface that tells the story.

In this six-week intermediate course, you’ll unlock the creative potential of leather-hard clay while building a versatile toolbox of decorative techniques that will transform the way you approach your work.

Through demonstrations, guided exercises, and hands-on practice, you’ll learn how to create texture, pattern, depth, and imagery that complements and enhances your forms.

Techniques may include:
* Colored slips and slip trailing
* Sprigs and dimensional clay additions
* Sgraffito and Mishima
* Vinyl stencils, wax and latex resists
* Water etching and layered surface techniques
* Underglaze transfers, mono-printing, and screen printing
* Brushing, pouring, and dipping glazes to enhance decorated surfaces

By the end of the course, you’ll have a personal Surface Library to reference for years to come and a versatile toolbox of techniques that you can continue applying to your own work long after the class ends.

More importantly, you’ll gain the knowledge and confidence to experiment, combine techniques, and develop a surface style that is uniquely your own.

Prerequisite: Completion of at least one pottery course. Open to both wheel throwers and hand-builders.

Register or learn more at amphoraceramicstudio.org ✨

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To lifelong friendships with these amazing women ☀️ Couldn’t do it without you! #chezpanisse #womanfriendship #ucsb #irvineca #luckylady

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An incredible visit with @zhengchongbin and clients to view new work for his forthcoming show @altmansiegel and @lacma TY for your hospitality and sharing your studio and complex lyrical vision with us ✨ We look forward to seeing the exhibits! #lightandspace #ink #painting #paper #californialandscape #artadvisor #curator #studiovisit #sfada #the_apaa

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👋 Movers!!🤸‍♀️
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🗓️ It’s the 1st day of @marchmatness 💪
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🧩 It's also Women's History Month! 🥳
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👣 THE HUNDRED 🎯
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📸 Circa 2016 @jillianhesselpilates @jenniferstaceypilates demonstrating the 100 on the side of the pool; Immersion™ Pilates Aquatics™ (i.e. IPA)💟
📸 A mix of varied photos of ME over the years & one from today 😜
🐕 Miss Indigo 🐾 observing my 100 atop the #bosuball in my home studio last year.
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👋 Abs! 👋 Breath!
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#wwundachair #thehundred
#marchmatness2024 #marchmatness #returntolife #josephpilates #pilates #matwork #contrology #meet_your_core #oaklandcalifornia #movementismedicine #womenshistorymonth #pilatesteacherlife #cakethedistance

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Hi dear 🤗! We contacted you some time back looking for promoters to wear our newest jewelry collection, hope you don't mind me asking you again 🙂

By being an promoter, you will get FREE jewelry as a welcome gift, huge exposure plus lots of other amazing things ✨!

Please DM “PROMO” to the main page @JunoValentina.Store within 24 hours to know more details about this 💛!
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👉 @JunoValentina.Store 👈

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Lucky to have these kind beautiful buddies beside me through the many ahem many years 💕 happy holidays are here!

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Selectwoman Andrea Moore hosted this mornings Celebrate Westport meeting where Westport non-for-profits meet monthly to collaborate and share ideas. Each month a member hosts with this month being held at the Westport Museum. Thank you Kami! Let us know if your organization would like to join us!

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I love helping to shape a clients art collection over time and enjoy revisiting pieces with them to document some of our recent choices.🌟Thanks to @francis_baker_studio Photography for the shoot and to @blauhouse for your great eye! Pictured: Stunning “Birch”Commision by @claire.burbridge + detail to see the intricacies in pen and ink - Magical “Faint Blue Green Mist” tondo in pigment urethane resin and stainless steel by @studiomiyaando - Breathtaking painting “The Ally” by #shinpeikusanagi - These beauties living amongst the trees in Marin ☀️ #artadvisor #artcommissions #livingwithart #artfulinteriors #collectingart #the_apaa #supportsfgalleries #sfada

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Cheers to @sixthemusical fun night in SF - a little history #henryviiiwives and lots of fun 🤩 thanks to @sanfranciscoproper for your hospitality! #orpheumtheatre #musicals #girlsnight

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Yep it was her bday lunch @cotogna_sf which was delish as always 🌟 and a new club is launched #fsw #friendship #gauchos #irvine #ucsb

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Fabulous fireplace remodel with a commissioned work of mine installed above. ' The Nocturnal Life of Trees 2'. Nothing in the world gives me more satisfaction than knowing that a work of mine is installed in an enthusiastic art collector's home. Without the symbiosis of artist and collector though history, we would have little art to view in museums around the world ! An interesting thing for us all to reflect on..... thank you art collectors , galleries and art consultants !
#commissionedart #artforcollectors #artforinteriors #artinspiredbynature #fungiart #treeart #artandgeometry #artcollectors

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It takes a village on a Sunday 💫 install of gorgeous painting by #shinpeikusanagi framed and installed expertly by @smithandersennorth for a happy client in Marin thanks for the lift ✨#contemporaryart #artforyourhome #artadvisor #the_apaa

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