FaberSmith Press & Pottery

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  • It’s not a puppy, but you’re gonna love it.

    One of my earliest memories is hiding UNDER the couch to catch Santa leaving my present. Singular. We received ONE present from Santa, underwear and fruit in our stockings, and a nice outfit from our Mom. The gift from Santa was never wrapped but left under the tree. The magical flurry of Christmas morning unwrapping…

  • Match Crocks

    You know how you can get a tune stuck in your head and you’ll go around humming it for days. Pottery is a bit like that. I will have an idea that obsesses me as I try out various sketch and prototype forms. We tend to do a lot of research and even when we…

  • We’re kinda nuts, either way

    Some of you have asked about our Hickory Collection. The glazes are Mayco’s Black Walnut and Green Tea. “Why didn’t you call it the Walnut Collection?” you ask. It comes down to this photo: It was a chilly morning on a friend’s farm in Pennsylvania and I was wandering around shooting arty-farty set-ups with our…

  • The Last of 2023

    With a long stretch of unused vacation time from my day job, I set a goal to fill each day with pottery and to average three pieces a day. It wasn’t a huge goal as I knew there would be holiday greetings and gay happy meetings mixed in with clay time. Ten days = 30…

  • The Christmas Mug

    I’ve wanted to create a white mug since I started making mugs (which I resisted for a good while). Most of the forms I experimented with didn’t seem to ask for a white glaze and my preferred white glaze, a pearlescent schmear of yummy runnyness, doesn’t appreciate vertical forms. But then there was a tall…

  • Minis and Me

    I throw minis “off the hump” and also using a mini wheel. The technique of using a mini wheel can often be counter-intuitive to the way we throw on a full-sized wheel. When I demonstrate how I use the mini wheel, I share these tips: Making handles and trimming are very similar for miniatures but,…