This is the second half of a short I started a while ago where I burn pitch off of the large bricks in the Koie Cooker so I can use them in the firebox and chimney of the new kiln I'm building.

I finally found time to start posting this summer's kiln building progress.

This part has the awards and an introduction of Bonnie Seeman.

Fifty years ago the Michigan Potters Association became Michigam Ceramic Arts Association. Every two years they sponsor an exhibition of many of Michigans current clay artists and this is about their 50th. anniversary awards opening.

This video is one of a few I'll make about hunting Morel mushrooms. I've got a new JVC GZ-MG130 w/30Gb.HD this spring so I don't have to be using my Pentax Optio W30 for video.

I've heard one can slow the draw by allowing a bit of air into the stack through a hole somewhere on the back side so I'm inserting one to see if it does anything. The last clip begin the process of spanning the exit flue. My numbers are a bit disflexic a...

The kiln building is froze out for now, the photography is running a close second to clay, so I decided to combine the two and have some shots put on cups. Just after my first batch from W*M my still photo site, Fotki.com started beta testing the ordering...

OK, here is a short introduction to the studio rigged up to make a few practice pots and look for camera angles. The one at the end is pretty good but I didn't see it until editing all the days shooting. Coming soon the first attempts at throwing after so...

All I can say is this really cracked me up and I had to keep it!

One of the neat features of this Pentax Optio W30 is it can go underwater. That means it is pretty well sealed and probably will not get cloged with dirt like my first digital camera, an Optio 60. I don't plan on a lot of underwater shooting but I just ha...