Wedging Clay Is the Whole Lesson
New students want to throw on day one. We spend the first hour pushing clay across a canvas table instead, and it teaches everything.
Firing Day Nerves, Every Time
Two hundred firings in, I still circle the kiln like it’s a locked exam hall. Here’s what the nerves are actually for.
A Cobalt Glaze, Finally Tamed
Three years, forty test tiles, and one accidental triumph — the deep cobalt that now signs everything this studio makes.
On Beautiful Flaws: the Seconds Shelf
The pots with pinholes, crawls and wobbles live on their own shelf by the door — and they sell out before anything else.
Why My Mugs Have No Handles This Year
It started as a firing-space decision and became a small philosophy: the cup you wrap both hands around asks you to stop working.
The Bowl I Make When I’m Stuck
One shape, thrown a thousand times — the plain supper bowl I return to whenever the work stops making sense.