Recently, Josh Goring, Eamon Rogers, and I reduction cooled the electric gas hybrid kiln at STARworks with goals to test…
Cast Away
In observing fired tests of North Carolina clay deposits made by Takuro Shibata and past STARworks residents, many of the…
Fire Fest 2022
Fire Fest 2022 is one for the books! First off, huge round of applause to Ibrahim Said for creating the…
Chicken Results
About a week ago, I helped fire Anne Partna’s bourry box kiln at Blue Hen, and it was a lot…
Blue Hen Firing
We’re totally loaded! Yesterday all the pots made it in safely, and the fire was started. Today we stoke and…
Bourry Boxes and Busy Bees?
This month, I am firing a bourry box wood kiln at Blue Hen! As a pottery in Seagrove, North Carolina,…
Pot Con
March 3-6, 2022, the 35th annual North Carolina Potter’s Conference highlighted a handful of Korean artists and brought ceramicists together…
Noborigama Firing
After all that wood splitting, pot throwing, and team building, the crew finally has some work to show for it.…
Form Fluctuations and Glaze Calculations
Lately, studio time at STARworks has been dedicated to wrapping up preparations for the woodfiring. While I have completed wood…
Skill Building
Over the past month I have acquired a few more responsibilities and skills during my internship at STARworks. Since I…