Thanks! I'll be sure to post more.

It's actually two paddles and one piece of a tree branch for the rings. I did carve the paddles, but I have others with natural wood figure as the design.

Hi, yes, deer tail brushes with iron pigment derived from an iron rich sedimentary strata exposed on a mountain near my studio.

Now that I finished the rear stack shown in this post, I estimated the count at about 300 pots. For the whole kiln, probably about 600-1000 pots, depending on the size.

Success! Houston, we have liftoff!

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You're a scream. If Dave Barry was a Scot, he'd be you. You really need to come to Japan, I'd love to see what you come up with with that kind of blog fodder.

Thanks for sharing that! Great to see great potters at work. Plus, I really enjoyed his studio music. Haven't heard 4 Non Blondes in years...

If you don't like fire that much, probably an electric kiln is the way to go. Not so much contact with the actual fire. My favorite kiln is my wood kiln. I think most wood kiln firers have at least a little

They are AMAZING if you work with short clays and/or porcelain. If you're working with plastic clays, standard ribs might be better. Large amount of contact surface area gets kind of sticky with plastic

Thanks! I love the concept of making something of beauty and value, from something as worthless as dirt. It is a cool thing...

The great thing about pottery is you can make your own tools, even the kiln. You don't need a studio, just some table space. Go for it!

hah! love it!

Ouch!! I think I would prefer the fly bite!

Thanks, ok!

Thank you, my goal is to post something that you won't see anywhere else.

I will try to keep posting about different pottery related topics. Thanks for your interest.

Wow, that is really cool. A unique view of the world that he succeeds in expressing for others to see. Fascinating and beautiful.

And with any luck, add something new along the way!

Yes! I think we modern humans tend to dismiss the intelligence of those who came before, just because of our technological superiority. They knew so much that we have forgotten.