-Corvus Moon Pottery

We live and work near the Ozark Mountains. Just north of the area known as the ouachita mountain range in Southwest Missouri. They're more like tree covered knobs than mountains. We'd like to think that the beautiful, natural environment helps us to slow down, and inspires us to create our works of art.

My wife and I enjoy several artistic media: Illustration and painting, sculpture, ceramics and graphics. I think we can both agree, though, that raku pottery has a special place in our hearts. Perhaps it's the wonderful, social atmosphere of going outside and setting something on fire. May be it's just the aspect of having such a quick turn-around on the actual piece of art. Our modest studio is located in the basement of our current residence along with several outdoor areas for firing and reduction. We broadcast our potterymaking live on the web and try to be active in our local arts and crafts community. We love participating in Renaissance faires and SCA events.



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On the left you'll see one of the first DIY wheels I built. This one has a strong 1/2hp quilting machine motor attached by a belt to the concrete flywheel. I can center 50lbs of clay on this model just fine. I still use it to trim the bottom of pots and have since attached a 'Giffin Grip' to it to make it a little more functional. If you would like a set of plans to build this wheel you could email me and I'll dig them up for you. I am planning to place a link to them here in the future.

 


Above: This pottery wheel's plans came from an old book entitled 'Building Pottery Equipment'. I have a little welding experiance under my belt and like to build everything I can. This wheel has a 2.5Hp treadmill motor and a monster amount of torque! It puts my old ClayBoss wheel to shame. All I need to finish it is the deck and the wheel head. After all is said and done, I'll probably have spent $325.00 on the whole thing. It's power and stability are equal to a
$1,200.00 model.

Left is our very crowded kiln room - this room has since been renovated to allow for more elbow room. It was an old coal room used for stoking coal into the coal-fired furnace. Both kilns are old Skutt rebuilds that I put back together for a fraction
of the price of a new one. You never know what
your going to find at a flea market.