Fine Mess Pottery

Ugly, right?  I've been meaning to make numerals for my address for a while. I still have the crappy hardware store numbers that c...

I am known as something of a holiday curmudgeon. This is not an entirely unfair characterization: New Year's Eve is Everyone is Having...

Happy Holidays from the House of Many Cats. Comfort & joy, indeed.

Happy Monday! It's going to be a busy day here at Fine Mess Pottery. I have an order due in January (bless them!) and a few other projec...

The Portland Pottery Holiday Party was fabulous last night! As I said yesterday, I didn't have any pots, but I did have a top h...

It seems the Fire Monkey* had one more shine for me this year: my firing was truly BAD. Much of the kiln did not reach temperature - the c...

Waiting for cones to fall is always a good time to do some reflecting. (It's a better time to clean the studio, but reflecting helps...

I've been noticing ceramic supply house selling "kiln wash" like it's some mystery material, like the secret sauce on Big ...

In yet another example of the unbelievable swiftness of time, this afternoon I have a meeting to attend: our pre-opening get-together for ...

My Fall Workshop Buddies It's never too soon to start thinking about spring. I am hosting a soda firing workshop at the Watershed ...

I had occasion recently to spend some time at the Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts. If you ever get a chance to do a residency at Watersh...

Last weekend I ran a soda firing workshop at the Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts. We opened the kiln on Wednesday - I love that ta-da ...