In the Studio: 29 March

My wife went shopping a few weeks ago with a friend over in Fayetteville, about 30 minutes from our home in Siloam Springs. While there they visited a local potter, Kathy Thompson, who informed them of a local clay supply store. For all of my searching I’m a bit befuddled how I didn’t find this place before now, but I hadn’t. So my wife and I stopped in earlier this afternoon.

Flat Rock Clay Supplies has a nice inventory. Better than that, they have a good selection of wet clays and stock raw materials for making glaze. I bought a variety of Duncan glazes and 100 pounds of Steve’s White, a low-fire white clay I hadn’t heard of before today. It’s a very nice looking clay body I’m eager to start working with.

I didn’t purchase any raw materials for glazes on this trip. I didn’t have a list and wasn’t really prepared for that yet, so I came home and spent the rest of the afternoon cleaning and organizing the garage/studio. The scale in the photo was a Christmas gift and the titanium and iron I’ve had for about five years.

Needless to say I’m thrilled to have a supplier so close.