Coffee. If you’re like me, you look forward to every cup, every ounce, every aroma, every morning. I get up very early on the regs and I anticipate this beautifully dark and tasty drink quite eagerly! I find that the […]
Hi fellow potters and enthusiasts! I am so excited because I have finally made my dream pottery wheel. And this is no regular kickwheel like the standard kit Brent has–it’s a Leach style treadle wheel! Woohoo! First things first. This […]
Here is a quick demo of me trimming a cup or yunomi. First I tap to center, then trim. A quick note about tapping to center: this version of centering on the wheel for trimming is extremely fast and I […]
Older test tiles for different soda fired glazes. I am quite happy with the glazes I use. Of course, if you know any artist, anything we might be happy with tends to change quite frequently and dramatically. But for […]
I never thought I could. But I see other potters doing it every day! Where might this strange phenomenon be happening every day? At a production studio of course! I was recently hired on as a potter throwing for a […]
I was recently accepted as one in 40 participants in a national cup show! The exhibit is going on now through April 5th at Kent State’s School of Art Gallery and the cup is for sale through the gallery. I […]
Dear readers, I cordially invite each and every one of you to come to my annual Christmas pottery sale! Here is a sneak peek to what you may find hiding amongst the many fine pots for sale this year. Be […]
Yo!Some recent work coming at ya. These handles turned out very sexy. Temmoku is a wonderful glaze. Puttin’ out more eye candy in hopes you are motivated to attend my Christmas Pottery Sale! It’s coming up soon, December 7th and 8th!
The annual Christmas sale is coming upon us! Just like last year, I will be showing with three other great Minnesota potters. The location is different this year–we are in Shoreview, just 10 minutes north from the heart of the […]
My wife gave me the day off from watching Paxton so I could work on pottery! Not happy with some other mugs I had made earlier, I threw some more mugs and added in some bowls for kicks. Bowls upside […]
So I visually mowed the city’s lawn looking for the perfect grass to use in these brushes. It takes a lot more grass than I thought it would. And picking off all those grains at the tips was a little […]
I almost forgot to mention that I will [hopefully] be attending the Western Wisconsin Pottery Tour coming up on October 12-13th! Both my college professor (Kirk Freeman) and my pottery mentor (Steve Rolf) will be featured this year! Needless to say […]