KathieB Picture 3
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Shadyside Pottery is a one-man operation that consists of two rooms: a small display shop and the studio. Outside is a woodburning kiln. With the exception of the porcelain pots, glaze bottles, trash cans, and the sink, everything is handmade.
The shop is primitive, as is the whole operation. The potter's focus is making pots. There's no sales counter; he'll make change out of his apron pocket if a customer should happen to buy a pot.
The studio is small but efficient. The moist clay in boxes comes in through the garage doors. The wedging table is next to the clay. The potter's wheel is behind the ware shelves. Extra bats for the wheel are below the wedging table. The worktable behind the wheel holds some hand-built pieces. Slip molds on the shelf above the wedging table are used to make several copies of one design. One pot is ready to come off the wheel. Another is on the glazing bench. It will join the pot on the shelf to await the next firing.
Wood for fuel and bricks to seal the kiln are piled nearby.
KathieB
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