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drinking vessels

wood-fired pottery handmade along the yahara river

The [wo]man who stokes the flame

is the fire itself.

— KAWAI KANJIRŌ

CAT FISH CLAY
718 Taylor Lane
Stoughton, WI 53589

catfishclay.co@gmail.com

Applecamp is a multi-week event this year, if you haven't heard. This weekend (Saturday, Sep. 12 and Sunday, Sep. 13) we are going to be picking and pressing apples for next year's batch of hard cider. Anyone who wants to help can bring an empty cont

This tiny frog and I would like to remind you that you can PICK YOUR OWN APPLES starting RIGHT NOW at the Cat Fish orchard. FREE, as always. Any time of day (or night, I guess, if you're quiet). Bring your own bag and your arm, or something else that

Here's one for the people who don't like pictures of pots (who are also probably following the wrong account, if I'm being honest). These are some of the places I stopped on my three-day trip en route to the @jackiesedlockpottery and @marclancet wood

We are back home after spending the better part of August traveling to and from a really excellent workshop with @jackiesedlockpottery and @marclancet in Vermont. New kiln, new firing experience, new glazes, new connections with great people. Fun han

Stoneware mug with shino and natural ash glaze from a firing at home in early August.

I held this mug back from the recent mug show because I might have to keep it. Slide 4 is a zoom-in on the good spot. Kiln magic.

#woodisgood #woodfired #potter

It’s barely late August and the late summer is loud with ever-present cicadas. The trees are loaded, it amazes (and overwhelms) us every year. It’s a time of peacefulness before the fury of harvesting, gathering, and savoring every last f

Kyusu teapot. Stoneware with natural ash glaze and shino liner.

This pot was loaded near a stoke hole in David Smith's Kegonsa Anagama, and I remember getting little glimpses of it throughout that firing last May. It was interesting to watch the as

Wood-fired porcelain tea bowl. A farorite from our recent firing. I made this back in May to be fired in a different kiln and it didn't get in for whatever reason. This time it got in.

I have been trying some subtle brushwork with red iron oxide sl

This is the last day of the mug show @grandinspired, come find our corner by the window. And thank you for coming by the first @depothillcreative Creative Market, to be out here in the cloudy, warm, fleeting summer days. Now we turn our attention to

You can still win the vase race! Come and see us until 5 p.m. today at the @depothillcreative Creative Market in downtown Stoughton. Local art, live music, food, etc. While you're there, check out the @grandinspired mug show across the street, and ot

Tumble into the @depothillcreative Creative Market this evening from 4-8 and Saturday 10-5! We will have these wood-fired porcelain tumblers, among other things.

The mug shot at the end is to remind you that you can also find us at the @grandinspire

DON'T get a handle on it! We will be featuring these tea bowls, among other things, at the inaugural @depothillcreative Creative Market this weekend, August 14-15.

Tea bowls are like mugs, but better, because if your beverage is too hot to drink, yo

Come and meet us vase to vase!

We will have more clever wordplay, and also wood-fired pottery, at the inaugural @depothillcreative Creative Market this weekend in downtown Stoughton. Join us in celebrating our blossoming local arts scene!

Friday,

Fresh out of the kiln, these mugs will be at the @grandinspired Mug Show happening all weekend in downtown Stoughton. If you buy one, you can fill it with a free coffee at @wildwoodcafe

Thursday, Aug. 13 : 4-8pm
Friday, Aug. 14: 10-8pm
Saturday, Au

Firing #12: We squeezed it in a week before the @grandinspired mug show and @depothillcreative market. It was a spicy 23 hours sweetened by the strength, endurance, and good hang of @halfmoonclay @tedsemling @ambrosemoonclay and Morgan Tschimperle. N

Guinomi (sake cups).

It pays to be a volume shooter with these. That's a basketball term for the ball knowers. Stick these in every nook and cranny of the kiln between the larger pots and some of them will inevitably turn out great. Even the quiete

Sake bottle from the Kegonsa anagama.

The finger marks, left after pouring glaze over my hand while holding the piece, are something I don't do very often. I have mixed feelings about them. On one hand (pun intended!), finger marks memorialize my r

Our roadside bargain pottery stand is open this weekend with some new items! My personal favorites are these little porcelain sake cups (also excellent for tea, espresso, whiskey, and small amounts of wine). The natural ash glaze got juicy enough tha

Wood-fired candlesticks. Named after our two favorite bands: @candlebox and @styxtheband

Just kidding.

We have a large variety because they are fun to make! Very likely available at @depothillcreative makers market in August.

#woodisgood #candles

A few more from the Kegonsa anagama. #mixedyohen #woodisgood

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