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Just Another Mud Bug
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This is a blog about my experiences as an amateur potter, about my work, successes, and failures. Its about design, clay and glaze recipes, and whatever else I'm excited about at the moment.
Recent Posts
Mechanical Man
In the sculpture room is Andy Arend's scrap metal man. I have to walk through the sculpture studio to get to the kiln room. When I flip the switch to turn on the lights, they come on slowly and I'm usually halfway through the room when they pop on,...
You Know Me
AKAR's Yunomi Invitational show is coming up in couple months so it's a good opportunity to look back through last year's show. Potters are invited to send in 4-5 pieces where they are alphabetically listed in a sales gallery. The simplicity of the f...
AWOL
I'm just dropping in to say this isn't a dead blog. I apologize for the lack of new material and I will be posting again soon. At the moment I've been busy with taking summer classes, work, and trying to enjoy the summer as much as possible. I'll ...
New Pot Gallery #2
This is more of a preview of some of my firing results from last weekend. I'm going to post higher quality pictures of the rest of the lot once my girlfriend takes them. I don't take very good pictures, but I just want to get something posted.El Fu...
2nd Updraft Firing
This is mostly just technical info about the firing process and if you're not interested in that kind of thing I'd skip this one.This weekend I'm firing another load of pots by myself. This is my second firing...ever. A few weeks ago when I took a ...
Glaze Recipes and Reflections
Malcolm Davis Red ShinoI've said before that I really like a single glaze that produces a lot of colors. Highly reactive glazes that break, blush, drip, and flash help me make interesting pots in my limited studio time. This glaze really appeals to ...
