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Thirty-Six Hours, Fourteen Bowls, and Practicing
– Creek Road Pottery LLC Newsletter – August 16th, 2026 – Hello from rural Pennsylvania, where the Art of the Abingtons tour, at No. 27 Cafe event is on its last day, and the Harford Fair is underway. I am … Read the rest
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Out of the Dark Wood and Back to the Wheel
– Creek Road Pottery LLC Newsletter – August 3rd, 2026 – Hello from rural Pennsylvania, where the basement just got an unexpected mopping, fourteen mugs are sitting on a ware board waiting for handles, and the wood kiln arch is … Read the rest
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Wood Kiln Firing Safety Checklist
On kiln safety, tired stokers, and the things that matter more than cone packs. I have been spending a great deal of time thinking about kiln safety lately. Part of that comes from rebuilding my own Bourry box kiln, Ana. … Read the rest
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Work for the Fall begins.
– Creek Road Pottery LLC Newsletter – July 19th, 2026 – Hello from rural Pennsylvania, where the Canadian wildfire smoke has cleared, the summer heat has not, and the wood kiln arch is on its third attempt. The last two … Read the rest
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The Fire Burns Upside Down: The Wood-Fire Bourry Box
A note before we begin: I am not a ceramics historian. I am a first-time kiln builder, reconstructing a wood kiln donated by two master potters on Mother’s Day 2023. What follows is what I have learned by going back … Read the rest
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Bricks, Books, and America’s 250th Birthday
– Creek Road Pottery LLC Newsletter – July 5th, 2026 – Hello from rural Pennsylvania, where the wood kiln is halfway up, the garden is producing its first harvests, and yesterday was the 250th birthday of the United States of … Read the rest
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Calm, Creation, and Choosing What Comes Next
Creek Road Pottery LLC Newsletter – June 21st, 2026- Hello from rural Pennsylvania, where the kiln bricks are numbered and waiting, the Collectors Club has its first five members, and the studio is reminding me daily that the pots … Read the rest
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Controllers, Cry Piles, and Getting Back to the Wheel
Creek Road Pottery LLC Newsletter – June 7th, 2026- Hello from rural Pennsylvania, where the solar controller is sitting on the shelf, the blueberry bushes are freed from their vines, and the wood kiln is standing out in the … Read the rest
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Planting Seeds, Building Kilns, and Getting Out of My Own Way
Creek Road Pottery LLC Newsletter – May 24, 2026 Hello from rural Pennsylvania, where the garden is finally going in, the wood kiln arch is waiting on me, and the studio is slowly becoming the thing I’ve been planning … Read the rest
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Building The Arch
Creek Road Pottery Newsletter – April 12th 2026 I had been avoiding the arch bricks for months. With all the bricks piled together from the kiln deconstruction three years ago, the task looked like it would take days. The weather … Read the rest
