Shop Talk

Welcome to my blog, Shop Talk. I invite you to browse by category:

 "Commercial Projects", stories of past projects

 "Studio, Tools, and Techniques", discussions of processes, equipment, etc

 "Notes on Ceramics and Design", commentary

 "DM Artwork", galleries of personal work

"From the collection", specimens from my eclectic collection of ceramics



Eva Zeisel, a personal chronology

Zeisel

I attempt to reconstruct two decades of work with Eva Zeisel

Eleanor

12" Diameter ELEANOR plate

Eleanor Plates

New plates 8/2023

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New ceramic work

Small-batch production

I often get inquiries regarding small-batch ceramic production. 

Fish Plates

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Hauling in a net full of fish plates

Ceramic History Quiz

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Take the ceramic history quiz.....try to ID each of the pottery shapes in my letterhead.

Sink

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Model and mold for a sink

Pewabic Celtic Vase

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Model and Block Mold for a Pewabic Reproduction

Mold For a Refractory Brick

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This is a mold for a high-temperature part. A castable refractory material will be poured in this rubber mold, to create a specialized furnace brick. I made a plaster model from a supplied drawing, and a rubber/plywood mold for production. 

Rookwood Abel Bear: Block and Case

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Re-design and Block & Case for a Bear Sculpture

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Categories

Commercial Projects

Studio, Tools, Techniques

Mold Design

Elements in the design of plaster molds for slip-casting

Notes on Ceramics and Design

From the Collection

Objects of interest, mostly ceramic, each with a story to tell.

DM Artwork: Ceramics

DM Artwork

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Eva Zeisel, a personal chronology

I attempt to reconstruct two decades of work with Eva Zeisel

Eleanor

Eleanor Plates

New plates 8/2023

New ceramic work

Small-batch production

I often get inquiries regarding small-batch ceramic production. 

Fish Plates

Hauling in a net full of fish plates

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