Hi, I am a wood-fire potter, living and working in the Japanese tradition in the U. If you are keen on wood-fired vessels, this site may give you a little more information about Japanese wood-firing. Latest Update 8th April, 2015. Please e-mail me if you come across any broken links or other problems with my web pages.

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Notes from the Animas Valley. Wednesday, May 20, 2015. lots of power VERY QUIET, crazy. Monday, May 18, 2015. New coat of paint on showroom. Contemplating massive sale to clear room for new pots. Tuesday, April 7, 2015. Monday, March 30, 2015. I also need to enclose the shed now. the road goes on forever. Tuesday, March 17, 2015. Monday, March 16, 2015.

Saturday, June 20, 2015. Living not wholly out of boxes. Well, all the moving boxes that were in the bath tub are gone - just have a few last straggler items from the last box that was in there, to put away. Yesterday the plan was to try to plant something - anything! But, my sole, little shovel was no where to be found so I wound up spending that time organizing all my cookbooks and getting them into the flat back cupboard which is now living in the kitchen.

The shelves of pots are filling up a bit. There are a few things there that I wanted to make more of. The oil bottles and the hanging vases, for a start. After the last firing, I knew some clays worked better than others. The Svend Bayer clay worked very well. I have also mixed a clay body based on a slip I.

Tonight my Fingers Smell of Garlic. The weather has turned somewhat balmy after the snow. Maybe spring is on the horizon? Many trees are now in bud and the earliest peaches, plums and almonds are in flower.

Wood firing and raku firing ceramics on the Isle of Skye. I meant to start writing this with the laying of the first course of bricks but I put it on Facebook instead. I found it hard to picture the whole build so drip feeding into FB was easier. First wood kiln, Phoenix type design and so easy to fire. Trying to decide upon the best kiln for this exposed site on the Isle of Skye took a long time.

Established by Lisa Hammond in 1994. Darren Ellis demonstrates making a rectangular baking dish on the wheel. Maze Hill Pottery Christmas Sale. Busy week end at Maze Hill with Svend Bayer masterclass. This week end was very busy at Maze Hill. For the third year running, Svend Bayer. Came to the pottery to demonstrate his tableware to eight students. It was not possible to show the whole mishima process due to time constraints but i.