Michael is unloading for Fountain Hills in an unusual hailstorm in Cambria! Come visit in Fountain Hills…
P.S., all of our videos are updated to HD and use YouTube. Checkout the great detail on the video’s wax resist lines… Much, much, better video detail!!
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 [...]
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 [...]
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), [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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) [...]
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 [...]
Each piece is hand-picked by Michael and Peggy. We’ve taken time to select personal favorites for online sale-only and they are some of our most choice pieces. They are available first-come, first served, and will be shipped via UPS Ground after careful packaging. We only ship to locations within the Continental United States. If you are elsewhere and interested in one of our pieces, please email us for shipping to your location.