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Splitting rocks

This weekend I made bowls as I’m running a little low on my inventory of bowls. I’ve shown that here before, so nothing new there. But what my hard working roadie did was a lot more interesting. He is splitting large limestone slabs to be used to build a...

Power Tools

At the risk of offending any pottery purists out there reading this, I’d like to say, I am grateful for the power tools in my life to make things like drilling holes so much easier. Each berry bowl I make has about 70 holes in it and that would take a really...

Fresh Out of The Kiln

I unloaded the kiln bright and early this morning to see what wonderful surprised might have occurred during this firing. While glazing each piece I have a mental picture of how it will turn out. Each time you open the kiln you discover things that turned out how you...

Ode to my Roadie

Ok, I’m not really sure what constitutes an Ode, nor am I really aware of how one is written. But what I am sure of is, I could never do the sales away from home without my hardworking roadie. Pottery is really heavy to cart around and a hardworking roadie is a...

Finished texture

A while ago, I posted a photo and explanation of one of the ways I textured clay to make my pottery. The photo showed a cob of corn being used to prepare a slab of clay which was being made into a serving plate. Well, here is what the texture turns out like after it...