An assortment of dinnerware for @nativeprimescott . Scott has been a big supporter of mine over the last couple years - particularly buying into the unpredictable nature of wood fired pots. His style of restaurant is a perfect fit for the kind of pottery I love to make, each one enhancing the other. Simple pots for good food is a mantra that hasn’t gone stale for me yet.
Ash glaze looking like a ripe watermelon. I’ve been making these jars over the last few weeks while hoping for rain so that I can fire a wood kiln soon.
Wide rimmed bowl made with coarse kaolin from @worldofquercus . @ryansmithchef and I have an ongoing project where he brings me clay and other materials from their ranch and I make dinnerware for the restaurant. We’ll see what I can come up with for the next batch of pots.
Hallyburton Pottery
We're thrilled to collaborate with @matthallyb , a talented North Carolina-based potter from Rutheford County, NC, who creates stunning wood-fired, functional pieces. His work showcases local clay and natural, alkaline glazes.
We're honored to feature his custom, artisan dinnerware in our restaurant, including some unique pieces finished with glaze made from an old marble table once used in the original Orangery Restaurant. This partnership reflects our culinary philosophy and commitment to exceptional craftsmanship.
Just updated my online store with some of the best pots from the year. You can find the link in my profile. Also wanted to thank everyone that came to my home pottery sale last Saturday - it was the best one yet!
Almost set up for my annual sale this Saturday from 10-3. Hundreds of pots made from local clay by a local potter. Tell a friend and I hope to see you Saturday morning!
I’m having my annual pottery sale Saturday, November 15, 10-3. I’ll have a great selection of pots from 3 wood firings available. Hope to see you then!
Hopefully at least the pottery nerds will find this interesting. I’ve been mixing up cinder glaze this week and these photos show the steps involved with the process. The cinders that are left around are very hard so it takes a lot of work to crush them, ball mill and turn into a powder. Kim had told me a while back that the cinder glaze was the preferred glaze in the Catawba valley. I was rereading Turners and Burners the other day and there’s a paragraph where Enoch Reinhardt describes how the cinder glaze seals up the pot better than the alkaline glaze. He even says the recipe that was never written down in those days. We noticed in the last firing at hart square that the cinder glazed pots were free from bloating - it melts a little later than the alkaline as to not seal off the gases from the clay. All the more reason it was the go-to glaze. Anyway, I find this stuff so fascinating. We’re firing the Hart Square groundhog kiln in a little over a week and I’m bringing a fresh batch of cinder glaze for the potters to use so we can just keep these things alive.
