Well this is troublesome. The Othello clay has 17% shrinkage and almost 3 % water absorption. I might add some Si and some sand to try ...

Delivered soup bowls to Carol's today. I will start new ones tomorrow with "Thank You" on then for charities in Prosser. Also finished ...

Happy Thanksgiving Day. It has become obvious that the native clay needs to be screened through the 80 mesh. I might have to add sand a...

I am really excited about the native clay. I mixed a bunch of it and have made a mug with the new batch with the larger particles. I th...

Interesting day. I had tested the glaze for the entire kiln load and opened it today. I immediately unloaded the larger kiln and re-gla...

I just found out that a friend wasn't making a friendly suggestion but was ordering some soup bowls with handles. OOPS. I texted her to...

We're still having trouble with cone 5 glaze. It seems fixable but it is a pain. The dirt glaze works Ok some of the time but is not re...

Doing some clay sculpture. Also testing some cone 8 dirt glazes. The dirt just isn't working. I put too much borate in it. Did anothe...

Travelled 100 miles today to retrieve a piece of pottery from a show. It was an art piece associated with the 6X6 show at Artwalla. Artw...

It's Sunday. I think I finished a painting of RBG but am oddly insecure about it. One problem is she was white. White people are so ha...

The cone 5 re-fire was disappointing. I ran onto the shelf but that isn't the disappointing part. I didn't re-oxidise. I mixed some mo...

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...