Author Archives: betharmbrust

We are deep into winter weather here in north central Washington state. It’s been awhile since we saw temperatures above freezing! I’ve been really loving these last few kiln firings of the year because they’re producing some great colors, keeping the mugs on the display shelves AND because they turn the studio into a delightfulContinue reading “Happy Holidays”

Fall has come to the PNW and we are getting cool nights but thankfully still warming up in the afternoons. I’m not quite ready for cold weather! I’m wrapping up the last few Farmer’s Markets in early October and then we leap into the holiday season. I’ve updated my sales info page but here areContinue reading “Fall and Winter sales”

Apple Blossom Festival was a big success for me this year and I’m already looking forward to next year. Thank you to everyone who came out for making it fun despite the crazy weather! Next year I will have a tent with side walls so that I don’t have to put up with being tossedContinue reading “Plans and challenges”

For those of you outside the Wenatchee Valley and Northcentral Washington, the Apple Blossom Festival is the Big Deal festival in Wenatchee every spring. There’s a carnival and a parade, royalty is selected (Apple Blossom Queen and Granny Smith), bands play on stages, fried food and beer are consumed, and of course there is anContinue reading “Apple Blossom Festival”

Just a quick update to say that I will be bringing all my new products to the Pybus Public Market Spring pop up market this coming Saturday, March 12th. Come by and see what all your local artisans have been working on this winter!

Today it was wonderfully warm in the studio despite the endless snow and ice outside. Nothing like having a kiln slowly cooling down from 1880oF to warm a space! It feels great to see my storage bins filling up with ceramic treasure and winter is the perfect time to run the kiln. So much betterContinue reading “Winter Work”

This first year in business has been such a great experience. More fun and more successful than I had anticipated or hoped for. Turns out I love selling at markets (who knew!). This year ran the gamut from 106o in June to 38o and snow in December. The markets ran in brilliant sun and pouringContinue reading “Wrapping up my first market season”

Snow in the valley means it’s time for the holiday madness to begin! This past weekend was the annual Holiday Fair at Pybus Public Market in Wenatchee, WA. I got to be there with about 75 other artisans, farmers, and food vendors from all over the Wenatchee Valley. I had a lot of fun, metContinue reading “Holiday Fun”

After a month and half of creating, I am jumping back into in person sales! I have some fun new colors and some old friends back in stock. See below for where to find me. Market Days I will be at Pybus Public Market in Wenatchee, Washington on the beautiful Columbia River on the followingContinue reading “Back into the fray”

Everyone likes to have a hot drink now and then and having it in a mug that fits just right in your hand feels so good. Mugs are popular items at my market booth and I’ve been making a lot of them recently so I thought I’d share a bit of the process here. LikeContinue reading “Making Mugs”

When I started out in my new home studio I had a couple bags of clay left over from the last community studio (Seward Park Clay Studio) where I had been taking classes and making pots. It was cone 10 clay (super high temperature) but I figured I could use it up and then switchContinue reading “Searching for the perfect blue”

In the summer of 2020 my family and I moved to a house on 7 acres outside the town of Cashmere in northcentral Washington state. We had been living in Seattle for the previous 16 years and while I’d dreamed of a home studio there was just no space. The new home had a backContinue reading “The start of my Cashmere Studio”