Harbor Clay https://ls.lindenandoak.space/ A pottery journal. Mostly test tiles, sometimes glazes. en Notes on wood-fired glazeshttps://ls.lindenandoak.space/work/notes-on-wood-fired-glazes/https://ls.lindenandoak.space/work/notes-on-wood-fired-glazes/Sat, 17 Oct 2026 22:52:00 GMTIt is not glamorous, but it holds up. The functional part is seldom the hard part; consistency is. Letters from the studiohttps://ls.lindenandoak.space/work/letters-from-the-studio/https://ls.lindenandoak.space/work/letters-from-the-studio/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 06:07:00 GMTEvery firing is a little experiment, and some of them fail. I changed my mind about tableware twice while writing this. Test tiles: springhttps://ls.lindenandoak.space/work/test-tiles-spring/https://ls.lindenandoak.space/work/test-tiles-spring/Fri, 05 Jun 2026 05:52:00 GMTThe glaze looked grey in the bucket and came out deep blue. Notes from the weekend markethttps://ls.lindenandoak.space/work/notes-from-the-weekend-market/https://ls.lindenandoak.space/work/notes-from-the-weekend-market/Sun, 15 Feb 2026 11:30:00 GMTThe specifics matter less than the practice of paying attention. What five years of throwing on the wheel taught mehttps://ls.lindenandoak.space/work/what-five-years-of-throwing-on-the-wheel-taught-me/https://ls.lindenandoak.space/work/what-five-years-of-throwing-on-the-wheel-taught-me/Sat, 04 Oct 2025 02:06:00 GMTI keep notes on every firing, even the disappointing ones. None of this is new, and that is partly why it works. On testing glazes and loading the kilnhttps://ls.lindenandoak.space/work/on-testing-glazes-and-loading-the-kiln/https://ls.lindenandoak.space/work/on-testing-glazes-and-loading-the-kiln/Wed, 17 Sep 2025 09:42:00 GMTClay remembers every mistake you make with it. Why bowls still mattershttps://ls.lindenandoak.space/work/why-bowls-still-matters/https://ls.lindenandoak.space/work/why-bowls-still-matters/Fri, 23 May 2025 10:03:00 GMTFor a long time I treated glazes as an afterthought. Clay remembers every mistake you make with it. A slower way to think about mugshttps://ls.lindenandoak.space/work/a-slower-way-to-think-about-mugs/https://ls.lindenandoak.space/work/a-slower-way-to-think-about-mugs/Fri, 28 Mar 2025 05:15:00 GMTI changed my mind about glazes twice while writing this. Every firing is a little experiment, and some of them fail. A thrown glaze for tablewarehttps://ls.lindenandoak.space/work/a-thrown-glaze-for-tableware/https://ls.lindenandoak.space/work/a-thrown-glaze-for-tableware/Sat, 22 Feb 2025 16:16:00 GMTThe glaze looked grey in the bucket and came out deep blue. Clay remembers every mistake you make with it. Things I got wrong about throwing on the wheelhttps://ls.lindenandoak.space/work/things-i-got-wrong-about-throwing-on-the-wheel/https://ls.lindenandoak.space/work/things-i-got-wrong-about-throwing-on-the-wheel/Mon, 27 Jan 2025 22:08:00 GMTThe speckled part is seldom the hard part; consistency is. A week of testing glazeshttps://ls.lindenandoak.space/work/a-week-of-testing-glazes/https://ls.lindenandoak.space/work/a-week-of-testing-glazes/Fri, 11 Oct 2024 08:00:00 GMTEvery firing is a little experiment, and some of them fail. Making glazes by handhttps://ls.lindenandoak.space/work/making-glazes-by-hand/https://ls.lindenandoak.space/work/making-glazes-by-hand/Sat, 13 Jul 2024 12:26:00 GMTI changed my mind about slip decoration twice while writing this.