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Pottery Lottery

Increasingly, my online sales have become a chaotic scramble for buyers. They sell out in minutes. The buying experience is unpleasant for many and disadvantages

Who is Menbachi Bozu?

In the grand tradition Japanese yōkai, or monster/supernatural creature, I created Menbachi Bozu (Noodle Bowl Boy) to explain how warpage and breakage happens in the

Slow Pots

I made some slow cups. They’re objects that are impossible to understand without being held and turned. From a distance, the white image on the

Tomodachi Totes- Doubt, Quality, and Making Something Not Ceramic

Doubt From time to time, I struggle philosophically with making more material objects for a world that’s saturated with them. Doubt is part of my

Raffle for Christa Assad

A month ago, Christa Assad, a fellow potter, broke her back when she jumped off of the second story porch of her house that was

The Humbling Art of Practice

Here I am again at the family cottage where I first landed a year ago last June. The cottage is an old friend with its