Rachel Dorn Ceramic Sculpture

the blue experimental piece next to its younger friends in my living room Besides some clay body tests that I made earlier this year and finished in summer, I also have a couple of stacked (tall) sculptures I've been trying to finish from last summer.

painted sprigs awaiting wiping and paper After discovering that the increased scale of my stacked sculptures was causing cracking, I decided to test some alternate clay bodies under basically the same conditions.

I've been busy in the studio this summer, but as I sat down to chronicle my progress, I looked back to see when I last published a blog post about my works in progress and realized that I haven't tracked a bunch of my recent (or less recent) work here at…

My husband got me a new desk chair for my birthday and it finally got here.

I just got back from NCECA, the annual conference for the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts in Detroit.

bulbs in progress (before glazing) Join me at my home studio this coming Labor Day weekend for a free open house featuring my work and that of my friends and art colleagues at Yakima Valley College, Kayo Nakamura (drawing, prints, mixed media), Monika Lem…

Coming up this Labor Day weekend, I will be hosting an open house at my home studio.

This weekend I am participating in the Larson Gallery's Yakima Art Festival downtown at the Farmer Market space (Rotary Marketplace) on Yakima Ave.

After working on it, on and off, since 2019, my daughter, Alison, and I finally finished our Harry Potter quilt this year.

3D printed ceramic piece by Emily Mena, referending the Little Prince The last week of May is the last week of the DoVA Student Exhibition at Larson Gallery on the Yakima Valley College campus.

newly bisque fired bulbs awaiting glaze I unloaded my bisque kiln load last week and finally counted how many pieces were in it.

my installation at YVC Over spring break I installed some of my work at YVC.

Whew, what a year it's been.

A view of some outdoor sculpture and sculpture garden on Sunday This weekend was the 4th annual Yakima Artist's Studio Tour.

You are cordially invited to join me at my home studio for the upcoming Labor Day weekend (August 31-September 2) for the 3rd annual Labor Day Weekend Artist's Studio Tour.

the view of the sculpture garden from the back Last year, after the end of the Labor Day Studio Tour, we decided to transform the failed garden along the side of our house into a sculpture garden. walking into our yard for the Artist's Studio Tour During…

works in sections drying in my studio This summer I decided I wanted to build large.

Best Friend's portrait Even though it's fairly far outside what I normally do, I decided to sculpt some cats this year. the protrait nearly completed, with most of the texture in place Partly, I chose to sculpt something because my students were sculpting…

Edit: this event has been canceled due to the wildfire and smoke in the area.

I’ve been away from blogging for quite a while.

some of the stacking pieces on a worktable in my studio in the days before the installation Now that our faculty show, Dust, at Larson Gallery has been installed and has officially opened, I am experiencing that funny feeling of being done with a massive…

Kekino Motes, installation 2024 I am excited to announce “Dust” the Yakima Valley College art faculty exhibition at Larson Gallery.

Last class week: Raku, firings and Pottery Sale This week is the last full week of winter quarter and a busy week in the clay studio.

The award winning (and sold) Opuntia Verde, 2023 The 68th Annual Central Washington Artist Exhibition opened this past Saturday at Larson Gallery.

My studio on Tour day Last weekend was the Labor Day Tour of Artists Studios in Yakima.

a couple of sculptures out of the bisque kiln this morning, with the brochure/mailer for the Tour The Labor Day Weekend Artist's Tour in Yakima is coming up in less than two months!