Uncle Lumpy's Down-Home Art Blog and Pancake Emporium

The ceramics studio is always a bit hectic around this time of year–the dry date for pieces is tomorrow at 8am, and the glaze date is right around the corner. The bisqueware shelves are full of pieces, and there are lots of students in the studio currently working. Here is a small sampling of some of the unglazed (and some totally unfired) pieces (hover over each image to see the name of the artist, and click for a bigger image):

Ginger Pancakes
adaptated from The Homesick Texan blog
and the Magnolia Cafe in Austin, Tx.

6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
1 1/2 cups Half & Half
3 eggs
1 tablespoon plain yogurt
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon ginger
1/2 tablespoon nutmeg

Melt the butter, add the Half & Half, the eggs, the yogurt, and sugar and mix well. Sift together the dry ingredients. Combine the two gently and then judge if the batter is too thick. It should be thick but have some movement. I ended up adding another 1/2 cup of Half & Half.

Cook them on a hot griddle or pan. I make a landing place of a cooling rack on a cookie sheet with a clean tea towel to keep them warm and I put them in an oven that was heated to the lowest temp and then turned off.

Serve with maple syrup and toasted pecans. Enjoy.
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The role of technology in art is rapidly increasing, even at Mary Washington.
Recently, many would say, professors have been fusing digital media and traditional media in the assignments they give to their students’ and the use other technologies, including blogs, have become increasingly important components of the classroom experience. In that spirit, I’d like to take a moment to encourage everyone to swing on down to the Richmond Art Center for Peter Foucault’s exciting exhibition, External Influences. The artist uses small robots in tandem with other artists from the Bay Area of California to create drawings. Check out the images below or follow this link: http://www.therichmondartcenter.org/html/new_exhibitions.html for more information. I have yet to see the exhibit myself but look forward to seeing it soon.