Introducing Kiln Shelf Shares! We’re hoping to raise funds for purchasing kiln shelves by selling Kiln Shelf Shares. This is essentially a pre-buy of pottery, like a traditional CSA, where the farmers (potters) get funds ahead of time to grow (make) their “crop!” The very large kiln we’re building will require 100 or more sturdy […]
Archives for May, 2011
movin’ on up
I think it’s safe to say that kiln building is not a fast process. (At least not when you’re trying to keep up with four other part-time jobs, run a business, train a puppy, and tend to an old farmhouse!) In many ways, it feels as though the last two years of “projects” have all […]
good old fashioned mail
Every year, I design a new postcard to send in the mail to our customers and friends with a listing of our upcoming shows and events. It seems so old fashioned in these days of instant and e-everything. I know plenty of potters and galleries and businesses who have switched entirely to digital communications. There […]
Two steps forward, three steps back, lots more steps forward!
Sometimes progress must be measured in more than just forward steps. Kiln building over the last couple of weeks has demanded that we measure progress in backward, sideways, and diagonal steps, too. It all gets us down the path, just maybe not as quickly as we thought. As it turns out, carpentry with curves is […]
