Fine Mess Pottery

When I drive down to Portland to teach my classes, I always bring a bin of tools and materials for my demos. At a minimum I bring my throwin...

That sounds vaguely obscene, doesn't it? But no: I've always been inclined to use small wads, because to conserve wadding, beca...

My student and friend Ginette came to class one day with a great tool: a foam-rubber trimming bat. The "grippiness" of the foam sa...

Today is the last day of August, and the start of Labor Day weekend - the cultural if not the astronomical end of summer. It's been a...

In conjunction with Portland Pottery and the Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts, I will be offering a Soda Firing Workshop this fall! It...

See lots more of Karen's intriguing work here and here .

As regular readers know, my family obligations have expanded this summer. It's not that it's so much more work - though there is so...

They're less blurry in real life. Though I am sort of on a blog break for the summer, I couldn't wait to share my recent ^6 test...

A stick of butter is 5" long x 1.25 inches square To throw a butter dish: Tray, 1.25 # of clay Lid, 1# of clay, plus the "roof...

These are the test recipes generated from Glazemaster . Firing this week! Soda Cobalt ^6 Test 1 Cone: 6 Color: Blue/Purple ...

I have not been blogging as much as I would like lately. I am still working on my ^6 conversion - the next test is to happen in about a week...

See lots more of Blair's work here .