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Owning Your Platform
Why I’m Moving Everything to My Own Site. Today was about relaxing and working on my website. I have wanted to make changes but never took the time to go in and work on the things I wanted to … Read the rest
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The Photography Problem
Or, Why I’m Complaining About Something I Can Fix In short, this is a crying post. It will only be a negative post if I stop trying and do not post work at all. Today was taken up with normal … Read the rest
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The Spring Show and Year Ten
Creek Road Pottery Newsletter – March 29th 2026 The spring show marked ten years of Creek Road Pottery as a business. Ten years of selling pots, eight years of selling locally. I spent the weeks leading up to the show … Read the rest
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Starting With What You Have
A Series on Self-Reliance in the Studio: Part 6 Twenty years ago my landlady offered to rent me a shed for pottery. It would have been cold in winter, but I could have used it three seasons a year. I … Read the rest
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When the Hardship is Inside You.
A Series on Self-Reliance in the Studio: Part 5 Continuing our series on making it through hard times, creating might be important to be mindful and not beat yourself up if you feel a little down due to your hardship. … Read the rest
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Milk Glazing
I thought it might be fun to try milk glazing. There is a farm just up the road that sells whole milk. I was able to get a few gallons and keep it in the refrigerator. After that I thought … Read the rest
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Streamling
A Series on Self-Reliance in the Studio: Part 4 So far today, on my day off, the sun is shining, and it is supposed to warm up. I may relax a little as work at the big paper factory was … Read the rest
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Space as Resource, Not Storage
A Series on Self-Reliance in the Studio: Part 3 A few months ago I bought another bag of cobalt oxide. When I got home, I found three bags in the glaze room I’d forgotten about. That’s $60 I could have … Read the rest
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Taking Stock
A Series on Self-Reliance in the Studio: Part 2 For sure, I am no expert on hardship. I’m just a normal person like you who meets challenges each day. Self-reliance, self-sufficiency, and sustainability are things we might already think about … Read the rest
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Preparing for Hardship
A Series on Self-Reliance in the Studio: Part 1 As artists and creators, we solve problems. However, anyone can work on solving problems. With the world in chaos right now, I have started to wonder how I might be able … Read the rest
