Oval Thermal Vent Vase...20in.Hx10in.Wx8in.D...
Interior Glassified ash jewel and abundant feldspar inclusions
$4500

As the firing progresses
and exhaustion has been visiting for quite some time,
it's always a welcome site to see cone 11...  preparing...
to finally lay itself down, so that I might also...

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Horizontal Lava Jar  18in.Wx9in.H...

interior is lined with a stack of loose rings for contrast of surface...

the outside is right where I like things to be at present...

organic folds and flows together in one piece...
$1200

Oval Lava Bottle

Oval Lava Bottle...14Wx10H...
 I like this bottle very much... raw surface, nice fire color
and good irregular growth patterning...
$3,000

sometimes you wake up and you're in Disneyland...

the cold  weather often brings wonderful images to the windows here... this has been  a favorite so far...

Burled Bark Vase... rough, raw and beautiful when filled with flowers in the heart of summer...
or on a cold winter's day...
$400

Spiral Bark Jar

A Spiral Bark jar from the last firing...
Sold

the snow and ice storms of the past month along with the serious cold have left me with a driveway completely coated, a few inches or so, with solid ice... making most normal activities outside, an adventure to say the least... spiked boots required... nice surfaces though!

Greetings and Welcome to my new adventure with a blog... I'll be trying to figure this out over the next few weeks and hope to offer images and thoughts about life as a potter here in the mountains of western Maine...