Notes from the studio
Writing for the potter, not for the algorithm
Clay arithmetic, glaze behaviour, and what we are building. Written by people who fire what they make.
September 13, 2026 · 5 min read
Send a spinning pot, not a screenshot
A still flattens glaze break. A share link lets another potter spin the form — capture, visualize, organize, bring to life.
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August 4, 2026 · 7 min read
Why your glaze never looks like the bucket
Raw glaze is a suspension of ground rock. Fired glaze is glass. Nothing about the first predicts the second — here is what actually changes in the kiln.
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July 28, 2026 · 6 min read
How much clay should you throw for a mug?
The pound-of-clay rule is wrong about as often as it is right. Here is the arithmetic underneath it, with a worked example for a 95 mm mug.
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