Black Cat Pottery

Black Cat Pottery

Welcome to Black Cat Pottery - a website for fellow pottery and gardening enthusiasts. Based in southeast Michigan, we create unique accents for your garden, provide landscape services and presentations on various topics. To reach Cheryl English, please send e-mail to: CEnglish@BlackCatPottery.com

Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Developing a New Deluxe Sunflower Design

Deluxe Sunflower Test Basketweave Tip 48 One of my greatest challenges as an artist is keeping my work fresh, especially in terms of de...

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Good-bye, 2015; Hello, 2016!

I had a goal at one time, to post to my blog on a weekly basis. There have been times I've come close - I posted 51 times in 2012 ...

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

6th Annual Black Cat Pottery Holiday Open House

We're getting down to the wire getting ready for the 6th Annual Black Cat Pottery Holiday Open House. We'll be getting the studio (w...

Thursday, November 5, 2015

Winterberry Serving Pieces

Set of four 4" Coasters Although I am not particularly inclined to celebrate one winter/year-end holiday over another (except, perh...

Sunday, October 25, 2015

Leaf Serving Pieces II: Tiles/Trivets

Six-inch Silver Maple Tile/Trivet Back when I first started making Spoon Rests, I also made complementary Tiles/Trivets to go with them...

Sunday, October 18, 2015

Leaf Serving Pieces I: Spoon Rest

Silver Maple Spoon Rest It's been almost a year-and-a-half since my last post. My apologies for my long-term absence; it's bee...

Sunday, May 18, 2014

The Beauties of Belle Isle

A colony of White Trout Lily ( Erythronium albidum ) As a Detroiter, Belle Isle is probably one of the most underrated resources we hav...

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Cheryl M. English and Black Cat Pottery

Black Cat Pottery: Detroit, Michigan, United States; Cheryl M. English, a long-time resident of the metropolitan Detroit area, has traveled as far as Singapore and Turkey, only to return to her childhood dancing grounds. Having earned a BA in Art History from Michigan State University and an MA in Art History and Archaeology from Cornell University, she realized she much preferred making art to dissecting it. A life-long autodidact, Cheryl first began her ceramics studies with Gene Pluhar through Grosse Pointe Community Education. Taking advantage of Mr. Pluhar’s classroom at Grosse Pointe South High School, she reveled in the pleasures of propane torches, sand blasters and drill presses while investigating the potential of slab rollers, extruders and the wheel. Cheryl’s work is a reflection of her “other” passion: gardening. As an Advanced Master Gardener (certified through Wayne County Extension), her abiding interest in things natural – and indigenous – is reflected in her whimsical creations. Cheryl’s work has been featured in The Detroit News Homestyle Section. Contact Cheryl at cenglish@blackcatpottery.com.

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