Behind the Scenes at
BULLDOG POTTERY
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| Our pottery garden | |
Seagrove, North Carolina
3306 US Hwy 220 Alt
910-428-9728
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| This is Bruce's throwing space in our studio behind our shop. | |||
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| Our second studio in Star is about 5 miles from Bulldog Pottery | ||
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| Bruce throwing a bowl. | |||
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| Samantha applying slip to jars prior to firing | ||||
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| Samantha throwing a lid for one of her covered jars. | |||
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| Samantha carefully measures the dimensions of the lids so that they fit the jar exactly. | ||||
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| Our glazing room. OK, it looks chaotic, but you only have to look at it, we have to work here! | ||
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| This is how we achieve so many unusual glazes -- we start with many different ones. | ||
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| Our pots are finished glazing and are loaded into our electric kiln for firing. | ||
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| A day later, here they are! It's equally amazing to us how the left hand picture transforms into this one. | ||
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| We are always excited when we unload the kiln to see and feel our results. | ||||
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| In early April, we began to throw pots for firing in our gas reduction kiln. Bruce is throwing a jar wth agate clay. | |||
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| Bruce is trimming the base of the jar. | |||
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| Samantha is pulling a handle on a mug she is preparing for the reduction kiln firing. | |||
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| She spends considerable time getting the shape of the handle just right. | |||
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| Our pots have been thrown, bisqued, glazed and now are loaded into our gas kiln. | |||
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| Bruce is closing the door of the kiln with bricks. It will take a couple of days to fire and cool. And then he has to take the brick wall down again! | |||
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| This is how the pots looked in the reduction kiln before firing. | |||
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| This is how the pots appear after fiing. | |||
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| Samantha unloading the kiln | |||
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Our Shop |
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Our Shop May 2006 |
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Our Shop May 2006 |
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Our Shop September 2006
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