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two potters and a leach wheel maker

updated mon 12 nov 01

 

Helen Bates on sun 11 nov 01


Scott Cooper
http://www.negentropic.com/clay/
Woodfired work, and glazed ware with modest strength, quiet surface
decoration.
Photos of assembly of Leach treadle wheel made by Mark Polglase,
Minneapolis, MN
http://www.negentropic.com/clay/process/treadlewheel.shtml

Mark Polglase
http://www.wavesofgrain.com
Waves of Grain, Inc., Minneapolis, MN U.S.A.
http://www.wavesofgrain.com/LeachWheel/LeachWheel.htm
Manufacturer of above-mentioned Leach Wheels

John Bourassa
http://www.bradburymountainpottery.com/index.html
Makes both slab vessels and decorative objects and thrown and altered
vessels.
This Maine potter uses a local red ochre for surface colour and local
raw materials in his clay body.
The result is a warm relaxed style.

(Thanks to Carolina Clay for these sites.)
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