John Dawson, Potter

On Aug. 12, we had a guest speaker at our fiberarts guild, the Franklin County Fiberarts Guild.  His name is John Dawson, and he makes pottery.  He teaches pottery at the Rock Island Trading Post in Rosebud, Mo., and he also teaches drawing.

His pieces are fired up to 100 hours.  He makes beautiful pottery.  One of our favorite pieces are his bread bowls.  He includes a recipe for beer bread, and you bake the bread in the bowl.  The bread puffs up over the top of the bowl.

Here are some of his pottery pieces.

These are some pieces that we bought to bring home with us.

John teaches children's classes, too.  A group of us will be taking a class from him in Sept.  We're planning on making a butter dish or another beginner project.  We're really looking forward to it!