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
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
Ceramic History Quiz
Take the ceramic history quiz.....try to ID each of the pottery shapes in my letterhead.
Sink
Model and mold for a sink
Pewabic Celtic Vase
Model and Block Mold for a Pewabic Reproduction
Mold For a Refractory Brick
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
Re-design and Block & Case for a Bear Sculpture
Categories
Commercial Projects
Studio, Tools, Techniques
Mold Design
Elements in the design of plaster molds for slip-castingNotes 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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