Thrown by hand, fired by wood. A studio of small intentions and slow heat. Mendocino, California.
We work small. Forty pieces a season, each thrown on a single kick-wheel and stamped with a maker's mark in iron-red slip. The kiln is wood-fed for seven days; what enters as bone-grey leaves as ember.
11″ × 4½″ · Iron-red shino · Reduction Cone 10
8″ × 7″ · Celadon / Ash drip · Reduction Cone 10
6″ × 6″ · Copper-red oxblood · Cone 9
22″ × 5″ · Wood-fired shino · 7-day anagama
7″ × 6″ · Sage-ash matte · Cone 10
10″ × 5″ · Naked raku · Saggar fired
9″ × 5″ · Iron-red glaze · Cone 6
Tea bowls, altar urns, dinnerware sets, a single tall jar for the corner of the room. Six-month lead time. Studio dialogue throughout.
Notes from each firing. Temperature curves, atmosphere shifts, the day's weather, what the kiln gave back.
Pulled cone at 02:14. Heavy carbon trapping on the bottle forms; the salt arc finally bit through. Cooled four days under tarpaulin. Lost two; kept eleven.
First load of the season. Pine and madrone, alternating. Marcus stoked the front box from dusk till four. Front shelves slumped. The back came out like honey.
Bound in seaweed and copper wire. Buried in sawdust overnight. The bone-vessel No. 019 came out the colour of a tide-pool.
Testing four new celadon formulae from the Korean book. The 3% iron came out grey-green; the 1.5%, pure ice.
| Batch | Fe% | Result |
|---|---|---|
| A | 0.8 | colourless wash |
| B | 1.5 | pure ice |
| C | 3.0 | grey-green |
| D | 4.5 | muddy, cracked |
Limited to six students per session. All clay, glaze, and firing included.
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Six sessions · Beginners welcome
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Weekend intensive · No wheel needed
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Advanced · Bring 5 bisque test tiles