Josh is a potter, open source programmer, avid food geek, former pastry chef, and serious home cook. He lives in Portland, Oregon.
One of our recent FoodTube discoveries is Refika's Kitchen. Refika is a successful Turkish television chef (and celebrity chef in general), and shortly after lockdown started, she launched a channel to broadcast cooking shows in English as well. This has been truly great, because she is really into Turkish and…
Read MoreIf you've followed my artwork, you know I have a thing for banana slugs. They're such an icon of the Pacific Northwest, and they are easy and fun to sculpt and add to vessels. So I make sluggy soap dishes and sluggy spoonrests and even slug mugs. I blame this…
Read MoreWhen you fire pottery in a shared kiln, as most of us do, you end up with defects and crud attached to the foot of your vessel: older glaze drips, bits of kiln wash, tiny chips of clay, little divots. It's an inevitable result of production firing at a certain…
Read MoreMeet the Salt Monsters! Starting at the top left, they are Melvin, Nessie, Louise, Quinn, Wanda, and Louise's brother Brendan. These charming critters are here to hold your salt for easy use while cooking, either by pinching some and sprinkling it, or using their tongue-spoons to add a bit. They…
Read MoreIt's spring, and the syrup birds have come back! These are one of my more popular items, so I made five of them for online sales. Get them on my web store or at the upcoming Ceramic Showcase Online. …
Read MoreI will be participating in Ceramic Showcase Online next weekend, from April 30th to May 2nd. Since we can't hold Showcase in person this year, we're doing an online exhibition. This is actually good for me, because I rarely can participate in the onsite version due to work travel! So…
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