Potter Ken Edwards Visits Us

Before Ken Edwards returned to Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, which is now his home base, he and Joel Godinez came out to our place for lunch and lots of talk about websites, blogs, pottery, and such. This went on in a lively mix of English and Spanish, with Ken's, Joel's, and my laptops spread across a long worktable we have.

Here Ken is describing a good way to take a picture of several people -- to get one to point at something all are looking at. I like having a picture of Ken with his pottery in use on the table in front of him! (We're on our front porch here, which is why there are bars on the window behind us.)

That photo doesn't do justice to Joel's good looks, so here is another:

Joel is like a son to Ken, running the factory here in Mexico, and an extremely fine artist in his own right. He showed Kelly and me some photos of him with President Calderon, where he was receiving an award a couple of months ago, for a gorgeous pot he had created. He came in third in all of Mexico in a competition of thousands of potters. When he gets more details up on his blog, I will link to it.