Fine Mess Pottery

 

 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 ...

Spent yesterday photographing pottery, then processing the photos & creating the online listings. This is the first shop update since Ma...

The Cony Street pottery Stairs are out! These have not made as many appearances as they do some summers - fewer class demos & the long d...

June rewards are out of the kiln & WOW are they nice ! I have more rewards than I have patrons at the Air ($25) tier, so the first 3 ne...

 I've been trying intermittently to figure out this underglaze image transfer technique. My transferred image has always degraded badly ...

I need an uninterrupted full day - day & a half, really, counting the candle - to fire the kiln. This doesn't sound like a big ask b...

Some potters are equipment enthusiasts. Like George Costanza, who always wanted to be a Civil War buff, I always wanted to be a burner nerd....

Due to its durability, ceramic pieces can sometimes survive for centuries or even millenia. They can give us a peek into the lives of people...

Just like the white winged dove Sings a song, sounds like she's singin' "Ooh, baby, ooh, said, ooh" And the days go by lik...

A student took this video of my 2-quart casserole class demo. The second half, the lid, will be available on Patreon.  After firing, this pi...