First off , as I resurface, I want to thank Tom Starland of Carolina Arts Unleashed who was our media sponsor for the show Clay and Blogs: T...

Thank  you to all the folks who posted advice about buying a new kiln. We have made the decision to buy a new kiln this year, just not right...

After a few days of 60 plus days we southerners are ready to pack up the blankets and get out our sandals. But, sadly, it is still winter....

You have heard the expression, "never wake a sleeping baby?' That is how I feel when the big kiln is cooling. We tend to walk arou...

It's Sunday in November and while many folks go to church, eat a nice dinner with the family or watch football, we are in the studio wor...

Rode wet and put up hard. Run over by a Mac Truck. Dog tired. Pick any of the expressions above and you will know how the time change, quick...

I was asked to be a mentor for a High School student. I thought about this and it was just too good of a chance to pass up. I would not only...

Yesterday as I was making Cream and sugar sets I was thinking, there I go thinking again, about how some items just stand the test of time. ...

I was on the wheel yesterday making bottles one right after another. You know the gig. Thump, whirl, center, pull up, shape, off. And anothe...

The trip to Crozet went very well. The weather threaten rain and cold, but it turned out to be great weather with the exception of some spr...

We are almost packed and ready to roll out of here tomorrow for a craft show. We are headed to Crozet Va. for the fall show. It is a beautif...

It is Monday and time to get right back to glazing tiles. Below are a two trays and some oil lamps from the last kiln. If you live where we ...

The vase fresh out of the kiln. Mark- tray Three of Mark's small egg vases three of my jars three of my bottles

When we get ready to fire the big kiln I have a board we made for the first kiln load back in 1982. The board is the same size as our kiln s...

The only plant around the building which survived the fire. Rosemary still going strong. In fact I think it has taken over!

Take one building add paint. The painters will be back next week when the sun comes back. Meanwhile pots are being made and are drying . Bi...

As most of you know, we had a studio fire July of last year. We spent a year getting our studio back in shape and getting ourselves back in ...

How can we stay inside when the weather calls you outside? It is not often we get such wonderful weather here. We get cold and we get hot, b...

When I came out of school and started doing glaze test I did not know anything about testing glazes. I meant not one thing! I would read a r...

So it is fall and we should be doing nothing but making pots. But then there is that kiln we are working on- and we are testing glazes. I am...