Throwing, trimming, glazing and firing in a one-room studio
This is a working notebook from a one-room pottery studio in a converted garage. I started at an evening class in early 2025 and bought a second-hand wheel that summer. Everything here is written down so that I make each mistake only once, or at least fewer than three times.
A kick-converted electric wheel, a wedging table made from an old kitchen worktop on a plaster slab, two shelves of bisque, too many buckets. Firings happen in a shared community kiln, plus the occasional wood firing with friends.
Mostly a buff stoneware with a little grog, fired to cone 6. Some white stoneware for the pieces that need a clean background for glaze.
I don't, for now. Commissions for friends happen occasionally and are written up here when they do.