Cricket Hill Pottery

09/08/2024

Cricket Hill Pottery - Elizabeth Robertson

10/16/2021

10/16/2021

Liz and Rich Robertson of
Cricket Hill Pottery are excited to invite everyone to their newly finished studio showroom in Asbury, IA during this year’s Twenty Dirty Hands tour.

During the tour, they will be featuring pottery
demonstrations at 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, and 3:00 pm daily.

Learn more about Cricket Hill Pottery and all our other wonderful tour locations at https://twentydirtyhands.com/index.html
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08/31/2021

From my early childhood I seemed to have understood that clay when put to fire makes a permanent thing. 60 years later I am still discovering clay.

I began my career as an art educator in the Dubuque Community schools. Art Fairs served
to extend that income during the summer and I gradually found I could make a living in clay.
I left teaching in 1974 and became a full-time potter/mother.

I enjoy hand-constructed pots and occasionally use a wheel turned shape as a component. I make these clay forms within shapes that are sewn or made on the wheel and bisque fired. I employ over 100 colors of glaze selecting a “Pallet” for each work. Firing is done with Electric, Gas reduction, or Raku depending on the desired result.

We live in an overly processed world of short cuts. Society has a disconnection with it’s understanding of how a thing is made and from what. The hand maker has the advantage of making an item and experiencing its problem solving process from the beginning to the end. This freedom also allows for creativity to flow uninterrupted to an intimately personal conclusion that is esthetically pleasing. This human connection is a major selling point for handmade work. My customers meet me, can ask a question and take home something unique and lasting.

Learn more about Liz's work at https://twentydirtyhands.com/liz-robertson.html
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08/31/2021

I work with a unique stoneware clay body that I blend myself. Using wheel turned forms I develop a partnership between the shape and the patterns that are carved into the surface. My first goal is to create an interesting form and secondly to extend it with patterns related to that specific piece.

Oxides are often rubbed onto the surface or glazes, which are shaved off the high areas, to highlight the carvings. Each piece is singular and one of a kind.

Learn more about Rich's work at https://twentydirtyhands.com/rich-robertson.html
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08/17/2021

08/16/2021

Twenty Dirty Hands physical tour for 2021 is back. It is an exciting year as we are celebrating 20 years!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
Friday, October 15 (10am-6pm)
Saturday, October 16 (10am-6pm)
Sunday, October 17 (10am-5pm)

08/08/2021

DBQfest 2021 Artist Highlight!🎨
Elizabeth & Richard Robertson of Cricket Hill Pottery. Rich woks with wheel turned forms and often Liz will embellish them. Come see the Robertson's this week for DBQfest 2021! August 7-8 in beautiful Washington Park in Downtown Dubuque, IA. See you there!

08/07/2021

See us at DubuqueFest today and tomorrow!