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COLLECTED

Posted on April 18, 2017 by

(This article is my original presentation to Clay Times Magazine.  It was first published there in a slightly different form.)   COLLECTED: the role of collecting in the life cycle of a producing artist Early in my clay career I … Continue reading →

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Kintsugi: Gold Repair of Ceramic Faults

Posted on April 18, 2013 by

    In 1999 I traveled to Japan to participate in several exhibitions hosted by my dear friend Mr. Shiho Kanzaki.  I arrived with gifts for all the many people that were required to make this amazing opportunity a reality … Continue reading →

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**ALTERING POTS ON THE WHEEL: FLUID, FLOWING, FLIRTATIOUS, FLOURISHING, FUN, FAST AND FIGURATIVE

Recently I’ve been “seeing” the figures in my pots in ways that I hadn’t previously noticed.  The gesture, stance, posture of these pots have led me to be more intentional about alterations that suggest more-figurative works….some of them gender specific. … Continue reading →

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Carrying the Empty Cup: Reflections from 3 generations of Japanese potters within the Master/Apprentice tradition

Posted on November 14, 2012 by

For the last week I have been hosting my Japanese friend, Mr. Hiromi Matsukawa san. The time spent together with Hiromi and his family (wife Chiaki san, and daughter Jun chan) was lively and enlivening. Among other things, we explored … Continue reading →

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Springtime, New Work, and Weddings

Posted on May 23, 2012 by

Hello friends. Springtime came early to Indiana.  It’s that season of the year that I begin to make “saggar-fired pots”… those which some paleotologists who have seen them have dubbed “fast fossils”.  (You can Google “carbonization fossils” to see how … Continue reading →

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Results from the March 2012 wood-firing

Posted on April 10, 2012 by

  Here is what the kiln looked like when we opened it last Friday.   It had been cooling since the previous Sunday after having been fired for about 50 hours…utilizing 3 cords of mixed hardwoods.   As it turned … Continue reading →

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The next wood-firing: beginning March 30

Posted on March 27, 2012 by

  So this is what the kiln site looked like after we completed the loading, and before we bricked up the doorway.  Only partially visible is the nearly 3 cords of wood that John split in the last months.  Thanks … Continue reading →

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BEAUTY IS THE VOCATION OF CLAY Dick Lehman

Posted on February 10, 2012 by

“Beauty is the vocation of the world.”***  And the world is full of clay.  Could it be that beauty is the vocation of clay? You likely already know that clay is derived from weathering of other rocks.  But did you … Continue reading →

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THANK YOU, MALCOLM

Posted on December 13, 2011 by

Earlier this week we lost one of the greats in the ceramics field:  Malcolm Davis.  He died during PT shortly after a hip replacement. Like Malcolm, I left ‘formal’ ministry pursuits when I ‘discovered’ that I was really a potter. … Continue reading →

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DISCOVERING BEAUTY

Posted on November 28, 2011 by

The last time I spoke with you I described the process of waiting that takes place for wood-firing potters:  months of making and preparation; cords and cords of wood gathered, split and seasoned; days of loading the kiln; a week … Continue reading →

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