Hand-thrown Pottery by Emily Asenath-Smith, PhD
Current Porcelain
Since 2014, I have worked primarily with porcelain. The transition was smooth as a fussy clay fits well with my personality; I like change and I like challenges. I have been able to translate the faceting and altering techniques I used on stoneware to…
Microscopy
Above you see an image of pseudocubic hematite crystals taken with a scanning electron microscope. While the constituent iron and oxygen atoms that compose hematite are arranged with hexagonal symmetry, hematite can arrange into pseudocubic shaped crystals at the microscale if the crystallization conditions…
Learn
Learn pottery: Beginners learn all aspects of working with clay from hand building techniques to wheel throwing and glazing. All ages from 7 years and up. Experienced students expand your skill set and learn new techniques. Specialty social events like “Clay and Cocktails” or…
Inside a Salt Geode
I had a great honor of visiting this crystal cave in Poland with Spanish crystal cave explorer Juan Manuel Garcia-Ruiz in 2013 when we were attending the 17th International Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy. The crystals are salt, NaCl and line the entire…
Learn Pottery in 2020!
Ring in the new decade by learning or growing in pottery! Lessons starting in January: individual or small group; beginner or intermediate. Classes will be held weekly in a 6 week series, one afternoon or evening per week. More information coming soon! Please do…
Ice as a Material
Emily the potter as a researcher.
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