Kinship: Samantha Henneke

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Kinship: Bruce Gholson

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From the Dog Bar Potter

Smaller then a goat bigger then a boat. A tiny shot cup by the Kline Kline via Dogbar rocking the latex

#tropicalfirehose Potter's Journal

From my blogging buddy who knows too much about me. Enjoy, or perhaps, "pity the fool that is I"

Pottery Journal by @Klineola "Today, after a massive rain, I hauled 15 barrow-fulls of gravel from the road back onto my driveway"
— Matt Pogatshnik (@bozodeluxe) July 4, 2013

@Klineola "After, some sweet iced-tea, I decided to scythe. The sound of the blade on the grass put me in a medatative state."
— Matt Pogatshnik (@bozodeluxe) July 4, 2013

@Klineola "The rhythm of my motions, the smell of the grass, the freshly turned gravel nearby. . . .. "
— Matt Pogatshnik (@bozodeluxe) July 4, 2013

@Klineola "I paused to feed my chickens, listening to their clucking."
— Matt Pogatshnik (@bozodeluxe) July 4, 2013

@Klineola "Then I remembered I had some pots drying in the sun! Dammit, that was, like, three hours ago! I ran up the hill to the studio."
— Matt Pogatshnik (@bozodeluxe) July 4, 2013

oh wait, nothing's dryin-version:

@Klineola Edit: "Then remembered I had pots in hot box! Dammit! Ran up the hill to studio: rocks! Listened to Jazz, thought about scything."
— Matt Pogatshnik (@bozodeluxe) July 4, 2013

Idea

idea for a pottery podcast: a call in advice show, but instead of giving out advice to potters, callers could give ME advice.
— Michael Kline (@Klineola) May 22, 2013

then at the end of each podcast, i would decide to not take anybody's advice. #goyourownway
— Michael Kline (@Klineola) May 22, 2013

Discuss,

or not.

While I develop this idea, or not, please subscribe to "tales" and the "jonescast". You won't be sorry.

Transition

I am wrapping up the throwing for next week's firing, washing clay off the aprons, preparing them for the wax and glaze splashes. I have a little more wood to cut and stack, so I'm off!

aprons drying in the sun

large jars started

A Week in Pictures

I started another Facebook page, 12 x 12. Please like it.

Spring is coming slowly

flocculation

Moustache is growing and is a pleasant addition to the barnyard

metal stamping my pots for this round
looking for some old letterpress for firing number  as well

chicken waterers

looking at this pot a lot and thinking about craftsmanship
 and intention, technical  mastery, and aesthetics 

TGIF But Not 4 Me

Seems like I'm blogging more consistently on Instagram, lately. If you're not a Instagrammer here's a week in pictures for you.

i made little pots and big pots this week

Lillian got her rabbit!

thinking about pattern

ye olde peter pugger plunger broke, time to do some welding

jar looking out the window at kiln

pattern on a fork during a ramen lunch

no pattern is ok too

stacking pots for a bisque can be a fun exercise in seeing

heavy slippage with finger wipes and combing

jug and horseshoe

smoothing cut edge

sleepy and hollow

combed bowls

scalloped handle on berry bowl

another cup of coffee before i go (on)

bison trimming machine

springing forth! 

If you want to follow my photography, you can find my Instagram feed here!

Well, TGIF y'all! There won't be a weekend for me, though. Knuckling down for a firing next week. Crunch time!

But I hope you have one and thanks, as always for reading and supporting. BTW, I love your  comments! ;-)

Got Flow?

Late last night I had the realization that I always get during this time in the studio session just before a firing,

I'm at that point in the making cycle that I wish I didn't have to stop. Amazing flow. If I could just keep going!
— Michael Kline (@Klineola) April 10, 2013

If only I could keep going, the pots are flowing from my fingertips, effortlessly. Well, maybe not that easy, I still have to wedge the clay! But at some point I have to say no to that desire to make just one more pot. Each pot that's made after the wet deadline cuts into the time I'll have to work on the surfaces. I'll try to keep you up to date on the deco-rotating and glazing this weekend.