A miracle has happened. I have been firing my dirt/borate glaze to cone 8 since 1973 so I can get the iron red when re-firing it to cone...

I guess things change when you get older. I am depressed by my pottery. Something happened to my PVC glaze. It doesn't work. This is ...

Yesterday we helped our son and daughter in law move her sister down from Spokane to Richland. Lots of work. Today I did another 6"x6" ...

Fired some cone 8 test chips and tomorrow I will test some glazes. I will need to make some more dirt glaze for the matching soup bowls....

Got some marvelous glazes. One is a white woodash and the regular dirt glaze is working well. The kids came over today and glazed thei...

I finally gave up and mixed some PVC glaze today. The tests were OK but not the best. I also adjusted the white? glaze in the big bucke...

What a hoot. I am removing sod from around out new storage shed and now I have a new source of earth material for glazes. It is really ...

Finished 2 paintings from our trip to Louisiana over the winter. I have hit a wall in glazes. I think I should make some regular PVC f...

Hello. Glazed a bunch of cone 5 pots today and have the kiln partially loaded with cone 1 re-fire. The new storage shed will give me ro...

I have been busy for a while. The carona virus has us staying home with me going to the store alone. We got a 10 ft X 16 ft storage she...

Today went good except I put the wrong cone in the bisque kiln. They went to cone 5 instead of 05-bummer. The clay looks good I will tr...

It's been a while. Some strange and disturbing things have happened. I will try not to speak up even if I think it is to the benefit of...

Boy what a Time. Thursday I drove 80 miles one way to retrieve my musician paintings from and ending feature show. Friday I took those p...

Well, I am waiting to receive some cone 1 from Seattle Pottery Supply. I need to take pots to Moses Lake on Thursday and am in need of c...

Interesting times are here. I had a first ever experience. I am thinking that my latest painting of Louis Armstrong might be done and w...

Just got back form New Orleans. Saw some really good art but missed Degas' house. Am firing to cone 8 and mixed a bunch of cone 5 clay ...

Tested so glazes today. Adding more iron to the dirt glaze didn't do much. I still don't have a white cone 8 glaze except white wood as...

Unloaded the kiln today. Results OK. Will re-fire 2 of them but that is OK. I need to test 75% dirt, 25% borate. I am short of 20/80 ...

Not much happened today. I threw some pots while the kiln was firing. I will open the kiln tomorrow. Did do a nasty painting that will...

Loaded the cone 1 kiln today. Dropped one mug while cleaning it but there is a plethora of others on the shelf so there is that. Will f...