Sonja Christiansen-Iversen

One of my mentors died this last Tuesday Feb 3. She was a great potter and a beutiful person that gave freely when needed. She gave me my first kiln minutes after we first met. It was a 35 ft2 Minnisota Flat Top. The only stipulation to the gift was that I call her every time I fired it, of course I did. She would come over and look through the pots as I took them out, and pick out the best ones. She would not let me give them to her, she always insisted on paying for them. "This is a juicey one" she would say and put it in her little stack. She helped me through some hard times and some good times and I will miss her.