Journal
Journal.
Short essays from the studio, written occasionally and never on a schedule the kiln does not allow. Notes on pieces, on glazes, on what a firing decided, and on the city this work is made in.
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May 2026 · Glazes
On vintage glazes, and what we hand the kiln.
A vintage glaze is a glaze older than the studio. Most of the ones we use are older than us, and a few are older than the building we work in. The recipes were written by people who never had a digital pyrometer and trusted their shoulders to tell them how hot the kiln was getting.
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May 2026 · Studio · San Antonio
On Monticello, and the studio garden.
The studio is in Monticello, a small old neighborhood on the near-northwest side of San Antonio. The streets have long porches and live oaks and houses that were built before the city had decided what kind of city it wanted to be.
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May 2026 · Kiln · Shouganai
What a kiln returns.
A firing has a beginning, a middle, and an end the studio cannot see. The beginning is the loading; the middle is the ramp; the end is the unloading the next morning, after the kiln has cooled enough to read by hand and the door is opened.
