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Out of the Blue
Hey folks. Every first Friday of the month here in Missoula..there's opening..openings.. lots to do. Today is the first one of 2013. Here at the Clay Studio of Missoula, the first friday is opening...
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press molded
trying something new...since I started making mugs I've always pulled the handle off the pot.. you know, make a little carrot wedge thing, attach to wherever and then pull. I tried this method a few...
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the Diner style
what does it take to create a whole new style of handle? it's a strange thing to discard a technique or style that's been worked on for years...so easily. i'm feeling good about the change. I...
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how do i fit in? how do you?
Lately I've been thinking. (I know....god, thinking.. please be careful, things happen when one thinks. Ideas? Oh god..watch out!)Just this morning I watched a dvd about Val Cushing. It was...
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Return to Redlodge
I just got back from Redlodge. You know... that awesome little town just north of the northern entrance to Yellowstone. Man. Redlodge and the Redlodge Clay Center is so incredible. I hadn't been...
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shticks in the wood kiln
I've been an official resident here at the Clay Studio for... Oh, I don't know. A month and a half? Anyways, the studio has a great wood kiln to burn. If you've been following this blog..you might...
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Seder Plate commission
Now and then I take on a commission. Sometimes it's hardly worth the trouble which is why I think a lot of studio potters tend to steer clear of them and concentrate on their own style or ideas. It...
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BrettKernArt.com - An email interview with the artist
So there's this guy, Brett Kern... who makes super radical ceramic work. I met Brett a long time ago back in China when I went for a study abroad semester in Jingdezhen. There was a group from WVU...
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perry's teapot
progression continue. keep going work, as hard as you can not hard: enough? you will always say that is a killer surfacewhy is it so fucking right to viewhistory and all? connections.
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back to write
hi everybody! i keep hearing from people to keep this blog running. for the last number of months i haven't. so sorry. my move from montana, dealing with all that was happening left little time to...
View ArticleIcheon Master Hand: Lee Hyuang Gu
I saw this video on the AMOCA studio facebook page and wanted to share it. It's now two weeks after working with Mr. Lee and four other Masters from Icheon, South Korea... and I'm still processing what...
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a new cup
someone at work mentioned that i could go up for my 3 or 4 month review. i didn't realize that i've been working at this place for that amount of time. the time with AMOCA is going by so quickly....
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the rhythm
"figuring out the rhythm of our lives....""efreewilson 2014"Hello. My name is bfree. I've been making pots for some time now. I started in high school... I graduated in 2000. I'm 31 now. I've been...
View ArticleAMOCA. And...some thoughts
The first time I mentioned AMOCA (American Museum of Ceramic Art) I was visiting my friend from college, Heidi and dropping off (or I think I said dumping off- thanks Tony!) work to be sold there. I...
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building kilns
remember a few years ago when i kept posting about the wood kiln I built with a bunch of friends and family in Unionville, Montana?That was such a fun project. It was so great to do that. To put in...
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there's too much to talk about! - bobbyin the mean time look at an old post! http://bfreepottery.blogspot.com/2011/05/ceramics-monthly-cover.html
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Back in the saddle again
Hi. It's been some time since I wrote anything. Why? I think it's because it's taken me some time to really feel settled in Los Angeles. Where was I before? Oh yeah... I was a Montana boy, living...
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Sunshine Cobb
California. Perfect. I have a very special friend in my life named Sunshine. Sunshine and California go hand in hand eh? California has everything: snow, rain, earthquakes, glaciers (?), mountains,...
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a sketch pad for your pocket
We've all heard it over and over again, haven't we? use your sketch book! sketch your ideas, write down thoughts and take notes! Man those reasons were super important to me back when I was in...
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i'm working!
The doctors said I can go back to work! Next Tuesday I'll officially be back at the AMOCA Ceramics Studio. Finally. Jeez... you know, if somebody says, "hey you want 2 months off of work? all you...
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good ole Mondays
Monday's are good for me. The studio is closed to members and students. The only clay folks walking around are staff and resident artists. We don't even answer the phone. So please leave a message...
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Shino firing
Last Friday we unloaded the big Shino firing. Lots of browns, reds and carbon. It turned out well. I really reduced the hell out of it in the beginning of the firing- more then I ever had in these...
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cutting shelves
About a week ago I spent some time taking care of some big old shelves. 48 x 24s...about 12" too long for our biggest kiln. If you didn't know it's possible to cut up kiln shelves....well, it is and...
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a really...really...really long walk
I feel like this thing I'm doing, the clay thing, is a really...really..really long walk. (title drop!!!) Or a ladder. A really really tall ladder... to...where? To a place that doesn't exist....
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what a nice pot by d.reitz
Check this one out..This is a piece made by one of my favorite ceramic artists ever, Mr. Don Reitz. It's currently apart of the Lineage show at the American Museum of Ceramic Art. It's so cool to be...
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