I have started making some art pots. I wish I had the old, larger, kilns. The tallest limit is 17". I mixed up some cone 8 clay and so...

Had a talk with Brian's students in Augusta University today. It was a TEAM thing like skype. It went well. There were only 8 learners ...

I seems that when I mixed up some clay for my last video I poured it into the wrong bucket and made the Dirt Glaze more refactory. I add...

Time flies. Just took a semi-disappointing load out of the kiln. Apparently while demonstrating for my last video I screened local clay...

Delivered pots to Othello and Moses Lake today. Got a check from Wenaha gallery. I will bisque fire some cone 5 pots tomorrow. I will ...

The last cone 8 firing was marvelous. I actually am amazed at how good they look. This has been a banner year for glazing and that is a...

What a season. I am featured at Wenaha Gallery in Dayton this month as a potter, Hedges Cellars winery as a painter and will deliver pot...

WOW! I think we have had a break through at cone 5. I am getting very good results with the dirt glaze. It's not completely the same b...

Did a bisque fire today. Also loading up pots for Wenaha Gallery in Dayton. Some of these are the nicest pots I have ever made. The co...

I have started making lidded soup bowls with handles. A friend suggested I do that and I thought it was a good idea. I got a check from...

Hello again. My ball mill is running as I write this. I have some basaltic clay from East of here and am trying to make the particles s...

I might have fired my last cone 8 pots ever. It was one of those times when you are just sitting there not concentrating on the problem ...

Well the cone 1 kiln is done. I think I have found the secret. It is to simply fire the pots 5 times. The pots that are coming out are...

Cone 1 re-fire is done as is the cone 8 test for dirt glaze. Next will be a bisque load of the last bowls for Wenaha. Tomorrow I will d...

We have had good success by re-glazing dirt glaze with PVC to cone 8. It is so successful along with Tea Dust that I am tempted to stay ...

Well the dirt glaze crawls. This sucks. I put in a 1/2 cup or so silica and borate. I hope that helps. The test kiln is busy so I won...

It seems as though I cannot add any pictures to my IG site. I wonder why. There is really no point of having a blog if it doesn't inclu...

I have re-glazed one of the cone 8 mugs with wood ash and re-fired. I hope this will be good. I expect I won't have any more for the We...

I think I am finished with the framing of the walk way to the fish pond. The pug mill is ready since it had dried out. I also started s...

Hello. Tomorrow it will be under 100 degrees so I will fire my kiln. I got the pug mill started up but the clay will have to aged befor...