Wheel thrown and hand-built teapot/ Artist: Charlene Randolph I used to wonder what I was doing wrong when I would open up the kiln and find a good 10+% of the kiln with some sort of firing flaw. I use the term firing flaw because most of these issues don't appear until they go through that final intense glaze fire that brings both the beauty and the heartache. I spend hours, yes hours, in my mind before I ever approached the clay, excitedly contemplating how I would bring to life a concept...

As I sit and ponder my life and where I want to "be" in my future, I first take a quick glance at the past. I remember graduating high...

I absolutely LOVE texture in clay! I love seeing a glaze come to life and do all it was designed to do as it flows over the hills and...