Tucson’s winter 4th Avenue Street Fair started out a little wet this year. Big downpour of rain as it was suppose to open up Friday morning, sending a river of water down the street overwhelming the storm drains. But didn’t last long. Left a few puddles but soon the sun came out and vendors were back in business.
I met up with Brendan Fuller, a potter from Redmond, Washington, down here for his first Tucson Art Fair. He just happens to be the son of a dear friend who graduated with me from high school back in Iowa–a few years ago! A little bird told me he would be there and so fun to meet him.
He is also an amazing clay artist. Does this for a living which I think is amazing all by itself–to actually make a living doing what you love doing. He not only makes his own glazes, he invented the particular crawling glaze that is his signature. He has apprenticed in Japan and Denmark and studied in Maryland to perfect his craft.
What I thought was a clever design element just happens to be where he holds his pots as he dips them into his glaze bucket. So you also get an almost finger print on each pot.
see more at http://www.brendanfullerceramics.com