Part I of this update is HERE. The Community Temple Compound isn’t the only thing that was improved upon this year. ClaySpace, the studio coop that Josh started in the Wedge building in the River Arts district of Asheville got some spiffing up. The front entrance has been painted and a new gallery showroom was […]
It was a year ago last September that my Asheville potter son, Josh Copus, wood-fired the first pots in his newly constructed Community Temple kiln. It’s been that long since I visited the kiln site on the two acre Marshall County property where Josh lives. The year-old 3-tiered kiln was still hot from its 7th […]
The Wedge Brewing Company is the latest addition to the Wedge Studio building, a renovated warehouse in the River Arts District of Asheville, NC, where ClaySpace, the pottery studio and gallery that my son Josh Copus founded, is also housed. I was already buzzed from the brew tasting when I made my final decision and […]
When my Asheville potter son, Josh, was a baby he had a shirt that said “Good as Gold” on it. At first I thought it could refer to his towhead blonde hair and his baby innocence. I later came to think of it as a premonition for his infectious enthusiasm, his ability to attract good […]
The following is Part II of “The First Annual Pot Party,” the nickname I gave to my Asheville Potter Son Josh’s recent Hometown Pottery Show, which was held at my house this past weekend. 1. We awoke to what sounded like a war zone. What I first thought was Josh stomping around in one of […]
1. It was the party I never let Josh have when he was a teenager. Although I think he had a few behind my back that weren’t condoned by me. This one was not only condoned, I helped with the planning. “This is the kind of party I can handle,” I said to him as […]
During the last couple of phone calls I’ve had with my son Josh, I’ve learned that a mouse was living in his pottery kiln and that he’s taken up Scrabble. I’m shaking in my boots on the second count because, according to the scores he’s been reporting, he plays Scrabble better than me, and I’ve […]
My Asheville Potter son, Josh, has a sandwich named after him at the Klingman Ave Café near the Clay Space Studio where he makes pots. I found this out when I called him this past weekend to catch up. “What are you doing?” I asked. “I was just about to walk over to the café […]
Clay is a material accepting of impression. It is a record of every process, from its geological formation in the earth to its eventual transformation in the fire. My work with ceramics begins with the clay. By using local materials dug from the river bottom and mountainsides of North Carolina, my work gains a connection […]
A collage works in the same way a dream does. It’s a visual snapshot of various symbolic images that can bypass the brain’s process time and convey a lot of information at once. ~ Colleen Redman 1. The above and the following are a few selected photos of my Asheville Potter son’s collage journal. Josh […]
The following is Part 2 of “First Wood-firing at The Community Temple.” Part one, “The Countdown” is HERE. My potter son, Josh, who was a big Lord of the Rings fan when he was a boy, confessed to me while he was dunking pots into glazes that he had just read six Harry Potters books […]
A Noborigama chambered climbing kiln is built on a slope, and each succeeding chamber is situated higher than the one before it. The chambers in a noborigama are pierced at intervals with stoking ports. Climbing kilns have been used in Japan since the 17th century. ~ Wikipedia Like a rocket ship with shuttle attachments, […]
