Jeremiad.

Our first Bible reading of the day, at Meadhouse, was Jeremiah 18, "The Potter and the Clay." Never mind how it came up in our con...

Clay acorn birdbath...

... with oak leaves. A still life open thread.

At the Busted Puffball Café...

... you can talk about your broken dreams. I had a beautiful dream of a magic mushroom named Puff. Puff the puffball mushroom . I thought we...

The teapot birdhouse.

At the Acorn Café...

... we've grown a lot over the years. We're oaks now, right?

"As we mix the clay, the clay mixes us."

Clay-stomping (and artist-philosophy) for schoolkids.

That Jugtown frogskin glazed goblet.

I wouldn't have picked that one out from the group. But photographing in the afternoon sun... ... I like it ... ADDED: The goblet was ma...

The Watts Towers.

We went to see the Watts Towers , but they were partly covered in scaffolding and the fence doors were locked: I would have loved to take my...

What does it take to get a real cup around here?

If I go to a café and sit down with a cup of coffee, I want a real cup, a ceramic cup, not a paper cup. I'm paying $4 for an aesthetic e...

Leaving San Jose.

Either the city has been invaded by giant sci-fi mutant insects or the San Jose Grand Prix continues into Sunday. It's time for me to li...

Guys, you don't have to wear shorts.

Consider kilts: Photographed right here in Madison, Wisconsin, where I also saw this three foot high ceramic sculpture of a finger. No, ther...

The ceramicist uses human ashes.

Ash, such as tree ash, is a normal ingredient in the glaze. Why not use human ashes? Have you ever had some ashes -- were you gauche enough...