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A Pile of Plates

After a long evening of trimming, I’ve got a couple dozen salad size plates and a large salad bowl on drying boards.  Plates always make such a great glaze canvas.  What colors should these be? 

Grrrr

Today I managed to get several custom order plates glazed and ready to fire. Unfortunately, in loading the kiln I lost one of the plates by dropping a shelf post on it. Good thing I made a few extras when I was throwing them. Now I’ll just need to get one of the...

Studio Helper

Sometimes it’s nice having help in the studio. And sometimes, it’s not really helpful. My daughter’s pooch, Snuffles, frequently is by my side while I’m working. Occasionally, she gets her nose a little too close to moving parts or she wanders off with a sponge which...

Slip

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I attended a workshop presented by Sarah McCarthy at the Jacksonville Center for the Arts in Floyd, Virginia. The workshop focused on texturing wheel thrown pottery, but we also spent some time discussing hand built and slab pieces...