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  International Wood-Firing Exchange – some unfinished business After arrival at the Osaka airport, it was only a matter of hours until we reached Shigaraki…Mr. Shiho Kanzaki driving Ginny Beamer and me up into the mountains, chased by a fiercely beautiful pink-orange … Continue reading →

With Eric Botbyl’s permission I’m re-publishing an interview he had with me in advance of an exhibition and workshop I offered at Companion Gallery earlier this year.     Do check out Eric’s fine gallery and workshop schedule at https://companiongallery.com 30APR … Continue reading →

(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 →

    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 →

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 →

  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 →

  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 →

“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 →