Zach Sierke's Blog: Anagama Construction, Native Clays, Refractory Castable, and More

Lovely firing... almost all oak and mixed hardwoods.  Paid special attention to maintaining a breathing quality of back pressure when stokin...

I'm spending way more time as a lumber jack these days than a potter. My obsession with raw materials and wood has led me to summon mass...

In my college clay program we were given a lot of anecdotes and lessons about Asian ceramic traditions.  Some of them, perhaps a lot of them...

 I'm in my mid-thirties.  I had the dream of building an anagama kiln, and after a decade of ups and downs, I have now constructed ...

During the long years spent in the construction of my anagama kiln and  studio I asked myself if the path of a wood-firing studio potter is ...

The other night my girlfriend and I were talking about pottery.   She was remarking that some of the forms that I am making in my current wo...

How do I make a career out of this kiln? A decade has passed since clearing the first tree to make room for my large studio and k...