New Works!

Some of the latest work to be fired in the Ramsey Anagama Kiln. Digital images taken by my good friend Andrew Croft                                                                                

Crooksville Pottery Mug

 While exploring in an old Antique Shop in Barnesville, Ohio the other day I found an interesting old mug. It is hefty like a shorter beer stein, glazed white on the inside and brown on the outside. The raised imagery is of a man smoking a pipe on one side and a windmill on the other.
Resaearching the piece I was led to The Burley and Winter Pottery Co. which worked out of Crooksville, Ohio. They made pottery from the 1830's into the 1930's and the mugs were made around the turn of the century. (also pictured is a large 12 gallon crock that I found at an auction years ago that was made by the same company...)
This is one reason that I love being a potter here... drinking coffee from a mug that was made one hundred years ago in this area... you can't beat that!

Happy New Year and New Beginnings!

It is now 2013, the year of the Golden Snake. Hopefully a good year is ahead for all of us.
 Last year we focused on setting the groundwork for our future. Tearing down, and cleaning up the old house (which we of course used in the last firing of the Kiln) helped begin a new movement in our lives. This year we can now focus on the building of our home...
Thanks to our friend Steve Long who provided the winch and the help in pulling down the house. Melanie Steffl Thompson does a good job of filming & narrating.
Here's to 2013!!