Good Reduction: True Colors

Getting a first look at pots from this week’s firing and today’s unloading. I’m really excited about this glaze color which I couldn’t quite capture in this photo taken in my studio where there is a mix of LED and fluorescent lighting, but it’s close and I couldn’t wait till morning to share! . I’m so looking forward to sharing more work from this kiln at this weekend’s cousins in clay show here at my studio. Check out @cousinsinclay feed to get more info!

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#myklineplate

Great tomatoes and the peak of summer is upon us! Thanks to @billgriffith07 for this #myklineplate scene. What’s on your Kline plate? Tag me and I’ll include your kline plate and what’s on it in my story feed! #tomato #plating #summervibes #ceramics #makersgonnamake

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Goldilocks Timing

Making pottery necessitates careful timing as the sequence from throwing to firing requires an almost “Goldilocks”-like scrutiny. The handle must go on when the thrown pot has firmed up “just right”, the slip inlay must be scraped when it has dried “just right”, the pots can be fired when they have dried out, and so on. Today all the pots are free of the dry cleaner plastic that we use to hold off drying and we start to glaze. . . #Koreanpotteryinfluence #mishima #sanggam #opasanggamstyle #керамика #seramikler #keraamika #kulolchilik #кераміка #seramik #cerámica #cerámica #clay #inlay #krukmakare #kastruller #takesforfrigginever #cousinsinclay2018 #pottersmarketinvitational #pottersmarketatthemint

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repost-a-GO-GO

#Repost @cousinsinclay ・・・ Michael Kline (@klineola) makes ornately inlay-decorated functional pots with a technique borrowed from traditional Korean ceramics. The thrown pots are incised, stamped, and inlaid with white porcelaneous clay. Here is a detail of a recent bowl. 

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Guest Cousin Kyle Carpenter

Asheville NC clay artist, Kyle Carpenter👉👉👉👉@kylecarpenterpottery 👈👈👈will be one our guests at our upcoming show in Bakersville, NC Labor Day weekend at Michael Kline Pottery. He will be bringing a lot of his freshly fired stoneware cups to the show as well as demonstrating his techniques at 2 pm on Saturday Sept 1. The demo is free to the public—for details click the link in our profile.

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My Haystack Crew

The Cousins Are Coming

founding cousins (l-r) Gholson, Henneke, Kline

It's hard to believe that in just two weeks my Cousins in Clay will be here unwrapping their pots for our Labor Day weekend pottery show. Bruce Gholson and Samantha Henneke will be arriving from their Seagrove, North Carolina home and pottery. Kyle Carpenter will be pulling into the drive with his converted trailer/camper from Asheville, NC, and Troy Bungart, all the way from Three Rivers, Michigan will have just wrapped up his workshop at the nearby Penland School of Crafts.


Together there will be hundreds of cups, bowls, pitchers, plates and platters of a seemingly infinite palette of glaze colors and pottery shapes.

Guest Cousin Troy Bungart, Three Rivers, Michigan

Guest Cousin Kyle Carpenter, Asheville, NC

Here is the schedule of events for the weekend at:

Michael Kline Pottery

4062 Snow Creek Rd

Bakersville, NC

September 1 & 2, 2018

Saturday  - 10 am - 6 pm

FRESH WOODFIRED PIZZA and cold beverages. 

2 pm demo by Kyle Carpenter

Sunday - 10 am - 5 pm

light refreshments 

2 pm demo Troy Bungart

plenty of refreshments at Cousins in Clay

Cool Technique from @pradoceramics

@pradoceramics

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Ceramics Monthly Article

I’m so proud that this piece was included in an article of the current issue (Sept 2018) of Ceramics Monthly @ceramics_monthly @ican_potters_council . The article is about our local pottery show, the Spruce Pine Potters Market and was written by the inimitable Suze LIndsay. @suzepots57 check it out! @sprucepinepottersmarket #pottery #cousinsinclay #koreanpotteryinfluence #sanggam #cerámica #clay #seramik #keraamika #inlay #opasanggamstyle #seramikler #ceramics #wnc #ceramicsmonthly #sppm #sppm #sprucepinepottersmarket

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Little Covered Jar

I’m back from my 2 week workshop at @haystack_school and am slowly sorting things out. I have sooooo many pics and video to share, but so little time as I prepare for our Labor Day Cousins in Clay show. ACTION: follow👉@cousinsinclay 👈 Meanwhile in the mailbox—-📪📸💿 Just received new images from photographer extraordinaire, Tim Barnwell @blueridgeparkwayvistas As a placeholder (and a reaching out to all my insta peeps), here is one of my favorites, a small covered jar with inlay. Haystack stories to follow when I fully get my feet on the ground. 😬

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Painting Wax Pattern

oh, you know. painting ramen bowls and making a shaky one handed video. i need the challenge sometimes. 😂 . . #ceramicartist #cerâmica #clay #ceramiche #کوزه #ceramika #陶芸 #seramik #سفالگری #pottery #brush #paint #westillpaint #inprocess #sodaglaze @klineola #klineolaware #klineolaworkshop

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wax + carving

Time, why can’t we be friends? Wax resist and carved details on the back of a platter. Time saver?⏱#takesforfrigginever #cousinsinclay #nowspinningonvinyl #robertpalmer #koreanpotteryinfluence

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