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 …
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We’ve almost finished rebuilding my kiln.
When I say "we", I really mean David. My kiln was thirty-seven years old. Each time I fired it, the walls seemed more crooked. I'd been telling David for the last several years that I really needed to rebuild it, but it seemed like such an overwhelming task. I originally built the kiln at my …
My last firing for the summer-July 18, 2018
I unloaded my last firing for the summer yesterday. I loaded my kiln in June, it takes me at least six hours to fill it with over one hundred pieces. I was focused on platters and large bowls. When I make wide pieces, they take two kiln shelves which are 12" by 24", and then I put other pots …