Category: Blog

  • Meanwhile back in the pottery studio

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    Summer is over, and I started making pots again in mid-August.  I have fired once.  I am still hoping to get the kiln to fire my copper reds.  Sometimes I think I am getting closer.  In this firing, I had some slightly pink colors, which means they didn’t all come  out yellow.  I continue to…

  • The dog days of summer are marching along

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    We can’t complain about this summer.  We’ve had lots of rain and not too much heat, but I love the phrase “the dog days of summer”, so I’m using it.  We’ve had so many wonderful customers here from around the world .  The last person I waited on was from Italy, and I’m so impressed…

  • Our building history and facelift

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    We have Scott Loken redoing a bunch of our brickwork on this store this month.  He has a historic restoration business in Missoula, Montana.  A few years ago, he and his crew repointed a bunch of bricks for the Occidental Hotel, and now they are working on our building.  They find out which bricks are…