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Post Firing Post

We closed up the wood kiln this morning at 10am.  Despite a troubled period in the middle of the firing (stall and wood stacks getting rained on) this firing went fairly well.  Cones in the bottom and top of the kiln are amazingly similar in maturity which...

Art Tour Coming Up

Woohoo!! Spring like weather may actually make it to Minnesota!!  Well, whether the spring like weather arrives or not, the annual spring Bluff Country Studio Art Tour definitely will. This event for us is the kick off to our summer sale season. ...

Things About Being A Potter #2

This is part of a series explaining some things non-potters might not know about being a potter.  #2 Matching is over ratedLots of non-potters assume that potters have made full sets of dinnerware and/or bakeware for their own kitchens.  Fact is, many...

Salt Shaker Day

I spent the day throwing a couple dozen stopper-less salt shakers and some handled serving bowls.  The salt shakers are kinda fun to throw and always something that needs explanation at shows so it give me lots of opportunities to interact with shoppers...

2013 Wood Fire Workshop

 Join me for a wood firing workshop in picturesque Lanesboro Minnesota.  We’ll be glazing, loading and firing a bourry box wood-fired kiln over the weekend of May 31 – June 2 and unloading the following Saturday, June 8. It’s an...