Saturday, August 25, 2007

Let's talk Food...

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The mania continues.... OK, I lied- I'm not taking a break from my quest to develop a Waterfall Green glaze. I just ran out of ideas ...
Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Is it green yet?

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We're in the dog days of summer here in Las Vegas. Even with a swamp cooler running non-stop, it's often over 90˚ in my studio. Runn...
Saturday, July 07, 2007

A loss in the world of Art

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I've lost a dear friend and mentor. For 40 years, Dena was a highly respected and accomplished art teacher in the Passaic, NJ school sys...
Saturday, June 30, 2007

Close Up of Waterfall glaze

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Someone asked me to post a close-up of one of the tiles shown below. This is from the middle tile in the first picture below.
Thursday, June 28, 2007

Finally... Waterfall Green?

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Mastering Cone 6 Glazes has been an incredibly inspirational book for me. There's something about the Waterfall Brown glaze that is so a...
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Thursday, June 21, 2007

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It's been a while since I posted here, I did a little traveling, having to attend to a home that I own back in Ohio. It's a great ho...
Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Time for slumping?

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I've been known to buy a piece of meat or seafood not for dinner, but for the styrofoam container on which it's packed. A simple tr...
Saturday, May 12, 2007

It's Spring! Time to make rattles

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It's baby season again. Every few years, the cycle begins again and I get requests for wooden baby rattles. It started when I made a ra...
Friday, May 04, 2007

2007 Las Vegas Celebrate Diversity Art Show entries

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Thought I would post a few pictures of a couple of pieces I entered into a local art show.
Sunday, April 29, 2007

The REAL Blue

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I've been experimenting with some blue color variations of the Waterfall Brown glaze. The recipe for this glaze is included in "Ma...
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Friday, April 13, 2007

More Tile Medallions

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Sometimes I feel like Richard Dreyfuss in"Close Encounters of the Third Kind" when he loses his mind with his mashed potatoes. I...
Thursday, April 12, 2007

Working on some Tile Medallions

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Tuesday, March 27, 2007

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Mies van der Rohe said it best- God is in the details. I might be the least religious person I know (too many years of Catholic school) but ...
Saturday, March 17, 2007

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One of the most popular pieces I've ever built is this Mahogany table. Many people comment about the legs, in this case, the legs have O...
Thursday, March 08, 2007

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I've been making these small Ritual Tables for a while, they're usually about 16" square and about 36" tall. In the top, I...
Friday, March 02, 2007

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These are some lovely test tiles that were unloaded from the kiln yesterday. The blues are vivid and gorgeous, and best of all, this doesn...
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Tuesday, February 27, 2007

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I've been getting some amusing e-mails, asking why I keep writing about ceramics on this wood blog. Let me try to explain... I love wood...
Friday, February 23, 2007

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#7 - RIO 12.5 Rutile 1 Cop. Carb 1.5 #8 - RIO 12.5 Rutile 1 Cobalt Carb .5 (This one runs the least)