Fine Mess Pottery

Though I am mostly a functional potter, I occasionally make little animals - mainly cats, bears, and rabbits - and I do teach a handbuilding...

  In fashionable households in 18th century France, it was common to see serving dishes made to appear like whatever they were meant to serv...

 I get a lot of questions about how soda firing works. It's pretty simple, really: when the kiln reaches ^9, I spray a mixture of baking...

So, you might have noticed that I'm a goofball. I used to try to pretend I'm not, that I am in fact a very serious artiste making v...

I unloaded a great firing last week, so I'm super excited to update the shop this time. I've got mugs & sippers, a serving bowl...

  Technically, of course, there's no reason why raku season has to wind down; You can raku all winter, if you want. I don't want! I...

 Just because I haven't done one in a while, and this was an especially nice firing. Note to self: 500 grams soda ash, 600 grams baking ...

 I spent Friday & Saturday glazing and loading; today was firing. After a brief quarrel with one burner (as usual! lol) the firing was u...

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 It’s only been a couple of weeks since the last time I put the stairs out, but I got a tranche of really good mugs from the kiln at Portlan...

Butter dishes are some of my favorite things to make. They are more work, for sure, than something like a bowl or a pitcher, and I probably ...