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…
Pottery in the Caribbean
During our trip to St Ann’s Bay, Jamaica in 2018 we had the great fortune to meet the potter Dalbert Lindo. He has a studio with a group of potters on the main route east of Ocho Rios, Jamaica.