Josh is a potter, open source programmer, avid food geek, former pastry chef, and serious home cook. He lives in Portland, Oregon.
Over the past 2 years in Portland I have become familiar with pretty much all of the fish markets on the East side, due to various quests to find particular seafood items. I will save you some time by sharing this with you: H-Mart has an excellent fish counter, particularly…
Read MoreSeveral years ago I was exhibiting at Cole Valley Fair, and noticed that a lot of kids looked at my adult cat mugs but at $40 each they couldn't afford them. And so my first litter of Kitten Cups was born. These cups are modelled on my own cat Wayne's…
Read MoreSince custom "logoware" is a significant part of my pottery business, I'm quite used to making custom "sprigs" so that I can stick people's logos, names, or other designs on thrown pottery. For a long time I've done this one of two ways: either I order a custom rubber stamp…
Read MoreWanna see what I've been up to in the studio for the last 6 months, and what I'm firing now that I have access to a cone 10 kiln again? Then join us at the 2019 Oregon Potters Assocation Holiday Sale. It'll be "Small Business Saturday" (and Sunday) right after…
Read MoreI'll have this syrup bird, and several other items, for sale at this Saturdays's Fremont Fest. Come find me; I'll be in front of Grand Central bakery, between NE 44th and 45th, sharing a booth with Mirabri Ceramics. …
Read MoreI really like my Ooni Koda pizza oven, but as I said in the last post I wasn't quite getting the perfect pizza I wanted. Particularly: The top and bottom of the pizza weren't getting done at quite the same rate; The 300F temperature drop between the back and front…
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