Fine Mess Pottery

See lots more of Melody's amazing earthenware sculpture here . Is it just me, or these sort of creepily fascinating?

Sometimes I forget that it's okay to relax. I'm not Atlas, holding up the world. I did remember to relax on Wednesday, which was...

Coffee might be the most useful single ingredient in the ceramic process! I mean, besides clay, of course. Oh and silica, and those other ...

You can see the influence of last week's Thursday Inspiration in these faceted pieces, but as always - I hope - I took the idea...

I want to add one last photo, for scale: I've represented just one of Jake's several modes of working here; you ca...

A student brought me this song, after my recent automotive difficulties. To be fair, my dear, departed Jimmy actually cost me $1200, and...

I unloaded a bisque today, including several of these single-piece lidded jars, that are thrown as closed cylinders, then cut. One o...

Smart phone, dumb Lori. You know about the Square , right? I wish I never heard of the fugging thing, to tell you the truth. Every since I...

See lots more of Gertrude's soda-fired (after mine own heart!) ware here .

I've been chosen for an honor of sorts; I've been asked to make the unisex restroom sign for Portland Pottery's new store and...

James also has a really nicely designed website that makes me, an amateur web builder (okay, I've built exactly one sit...

I had a request in the comments of an earlier post to see how I made these twist-textured handles. They are in the top 10 Easiest Things in ...