Journal

Notes from the studio: how a jar is thrown, why a glaze moves, where the clay comes from and how to live with the result.

A jar begins long before the wheel starts turning. Here is the whole sequence, from wedging the clay to trimming the foot.

Glaze is a suspension, a chemistry and a weather report all at once. Small differences in any of them show up on…

Clay is meant to be used. Here is how to look after a piece so that it ages well instead of simply…

We buy from three pits, and each one gives a different body. Knowing which is which is half of designing a collection.