Mountain Girl Clay

06/02/2026

Clay holds memory, and so does music. 🏺

I had the incredible privilege of working with the extraordinarily talented Adam Evans of 🎶 He took two of my poems about pottery, about what I feel and how I heal while sitting at the wheel, and wove in pieces of our conversations. He then transformed it all into something I can only describe as breathtaking. It feels like he reached into my soul and put it to music.

"The Alchemist's Wheel" is out now on Spotify and YouTube. Every time I listen to it, I cry. He reached into my heart and put it to music in a way I never could have imagined, and I hope it moves you the way it moves me. 🏺🎶

👉 http://bit.ly/4u6Q2hd

05/12/2026

Mark it. **Saturday, June 6th.** Because after seven years away from the Boulder area, I am finally bringing my pottery back, and it'll be available at bargain prices!

New work, new energy, and a room full of incredible makers at **Julie's Imperfect Pottery Sale** in SW Longmont. I promise you'll want to be there!

Seven years is a long time to be away from a community that meant so much to me. I've grown so much as a potter since the last time I had a table up here, and I cannot wait to show you what that growth looks like.

The sale runs **9am to 3pm** and I'll be set up alongside some incredibly talented potters. Come early for the best selection, stay to catch up, and bring a friend who doesn't know yet that they need a handmade mug in their life.

📍 702 Timothy Drive, SW Longmont
📅 Saturday, June 6, 9am–3pm

💵 **Cash only** Hit the ATM before you come. There's a $3 bargain fee at checkout and it is worth every penny.

See you there!!

04/17/2026

This week has been a sprint of epic proportions, and I couldn't have made it through without the people around me.

I was at the state Capitol advocating for public lands and renewable energy with Mountain Mamas, then straight into setting up a booth representing both Mountain Girl Clay and Mountain Mamas at Mountainfilm on Tour, part of a big fundraiser for SLVGO, my local public lands group that creates and manages the trail system I love so much. Stacey has been in it with me through the full process of making this year's collector cups, so sharing that evening with her felt like a perfect completion to the project.

This is the fourth year I've made collector cups for SLVGO, and this batch of water-themed thumb cups was genuinely a team effort. Friends showed up with hands ready and hearts in it. The Monte Vista Church Project Community Arts Center provided support, Stacey made every single logo disc and jumped in on glazing, and that generosity doesn't go unnoticed.

We got to step away and catch the films from Telluride Mountainfilm, and I left feeling inspired, grounded, and so grateful to be surrounded by people doing work that matters.

So much of what I love about this life runs through other people. The advocacy, the clay, the days filled with glaze, the moments where art and land and community braid together into something bigger than any one of us. None of it happens without friends who show up, who believe in the work, who make it worth doing.

Art, advocacy, community. All of it tangled together in the best way.

Couldn't do it alone, and I am so grateful for this community.

Big thanks to these ladies for their work on these cups: .r.ahlborn and as always, it's a pleasure to collaborate with

04/16/2026

Carved and glazed with the theme of water, some of the glazes got very melty and drippy. This cup for the Mountainfilm on Tour event got a little ahead of itself and so excited to help raise money for our public lands that it tried to run (drip) to the show early! I helped it remember that timing matters...

Sometimes glaze runs can look scary at first, but some focused time with a diamond sanding bat helps smooth things right back out.

See you all tonight with this and other great pieces!

Big thanks to and for helping these refired pieces come together 😁

04/12/2026

I recently spent a fun afternoon having the incredible Madeleine Ahlborn in my studio to work together and get to chat about so many beautiful aspects of art and life in the San Luis Valley 🎙️

For your weekend podcast listening: The Creative Citizen joins Mountain Girl Clay’s Desi Parker in her studio in Monte Vista. https://www.alamosacitizen.com/podcast/episode-53-desi-parker/

02/24/2026

One of the cutest little pinch pots I've ever seen! Working with kiddos reminds me that creativity knows no age limit, and I learn just as much being a teacher as I ever have as a student. 🎨🖌️👩🏼‍🎨

Thanks and for inviting me to take part in this creative take on history 🙏🏼

02/16/2026

Life has felt heavy lately.

When I don’t know what else to do, I come back to the wheel. I slow down. I breathe. I let my hands remember how to be steady. In that grounding, lightness and balance return.

I’ve written another poem. I hope you enjoy. 😊

If you’re carrying a lot right now, what ritual do you turn to?

02/14/2026

I was making Valentines for my other job and decided pottery deserves a little attention too. 💘🔥

Photo by Kyle Burnett 📸

02/10/2026

I’m packing up amazing new mugs and cups for and they're just in time for Valentine’s Day 💘

Because nothing says “I love you” like:

coffee served in a handmade cup

a little mountain magic in your morning

and a gift that doesn’t die in 3 days (looking at you, grocery store roses)

Swing by Raisin'Rye, snag your favorite, and pretend it was totally your plan to be this thoughtful. 😘☕️

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