Amphorae (plural of Amphora)

Photo of the first two amphorae I finished yesterday.

Amphora (Wikipedia)

I’m preparing for the Pompeii Amphorae weekend at Greg Worthington’s Worthington Gallery in Utah, September 11th and 12th. Labor Day weekend right beforehand, I have the Kings Mountain Art Fair in Woodside. We’re working really hard right now, and loving it!

More amphora coverage soon… And if you’re anywhere near Utah, mark your calendar and join us.

Michael Miller’s glaze and design – Part 3

This is the third post focused on focused on my new glazes and work. Read part 1 and part 2, too.
When I try a published glaze I experiment on different clay bodies, and in different areas of the kiln. I then refine the recipe over the course of many firings until satisfied. The same, of [...]

Michael Miller’s glaze and design – Part 2

This is the second post in a series focused on Michael’s striking new work. Read the first post here.

For the glossy blue and red glazes Michael starts with a clear glaze formula and adds colorants (metallic oxides). For dark blue, cobalt oxide; for light blue, a combination of rutile (rutile is titanium with iron impurities), [...]

The Kiln Room – Episode 3

Welcome back! This episode of the Kiln Room finds us opening a completely cooled (this is rare for us!) firing. In this firing we have a lot of Peggy’s wax resist, and most came out exquisitely; a large custom ordered vase (with elephants); and a special dinnerware set that humbles and reminds us that experience [...]

Michael Miller’s glaze and design – Part 1

This is the first post in a series of Michael’s striking new work. He has focused on colors matched with shapes intended to catch the eye. Many of these colors are unique and extremely difficult to reproduce in high fire ceramics.

Michael’s glazes are the result of over 40 years of research and experimentation. Thousands and [...]

The Falling Down House – a family captivation

Our family has always had a fascination with the old, falling-down house or barn. One may pass it while driving through the countryside. I don’t quite know what it is that captivates us, but it’s many a falling-down house or barn that has been the object of my father’s or mother’s (or even my own) [...]

Family Reunion and Backyard Camping

Members from Peggy’s branch of our family tree stayed with us for our loosely arranged family reunion last week. Instead of a specifically arranged date we established a week when people could come and go as they please. For the most part there was overlap of times when people were here and everyone got to [...]

The Kiln Room – Father’s Day edition

The Kiln Room at Earthsea

This is the first episode from our kiln room, shot Sunday morning, May 23rd. We had a lot of fun doing this and look forward to doing more. Maybe we’ll make a show of it!

Open Studios Tour

Above is an interior shot of my my little cabin/studio with some of my collection of artwork and work in progress. Limitations of space do not in any way limit or inhibit one’s creativity.

So many people have asked about visiting our studios… The San Luis Obispo Arts Council puts on the Open Studios Tour, for [...]