If you are interested in ceramics or functional pottery, I'm sure you'll find Mojave Mud Pottery a useful web site. The best part of my website is the ‘Links’ page. From there you can dive into the world of ceramics. You can explore and find just about everything on ceramics, from how to build a kiln, how to formulate glazes, how to find other potters, how to make musical clay instruments, or you can explore the ceramic remains of ancient human cultures.
I'm fascinated with the Mojave Desert and I'm hopeful that my pottery will have some aspect of the beauty that can be found here. All of my pots are stoneware and can be used in the oven, microwave, and dishwasher.
The Mojave Desert is rich in history. The Mojave people created pots, bowls, and toys. If you want to know more go to the page link above.
I'm looking for fellow potters who want to share in the expense of firing a kiln. I only work with cone 6 and 10 clay. Contact me and let’s talk.
dragon incense burner
www.mojavemud.com, and Mojave Mud Pottery, is a small cottage business located in the Mojave Desert of Southern California, in the town of Ridgecrest. You can find information on clay, pottery, ceramics, kilns and glazes just by exploring this website.
If you have pottery equipment for sale, I would be very interested in talking to you. Maybe we can strike a deal.
This is the PotFest 2003 kiln. If you want to know more about the kiln, I have construction plans on the page link ‘DIY Kilns’ above. This kiln was fired for 12 hours using scrape wood. The results are impressive.
The Mojave is a treasure house of minerals and wild clays ready for the potter. This is an example of a local clay I use.
I would highly recommend these books to anyone interested in ceramics.
This is a local clay pit I use for kaolin slips. All of my pottery is made using some local materials.
The Ceramic arts are one or the most durable and oldest industries performed by man. The earliest known pottery (shown above) is Jomon pottery of Japan. Jomon means Twisted cord, so this is the pottery made with twisted cord decoration. This pottery comes from a site known as Odai Yamomoto, in the north of Honshu, the main island of Japan. Some 46 potsherds were found, all from the same vessel. Some of potsherds had carbonised material on the surface indicating that it had been used for boiling, and it was from these inclusions that some of the radiocarbon dates sere obtained. This pottery dates back to 13,000 years ago. If you use the latest radiocarbon calibration, gives a date of 16,000 years ago. (or 14,000 BC).
This is a modern pot made in the Jomon style by Tatsuzo Shimaoka. His work is characterized by a straw rope pattern.
