pottery
Weekend Update, December 9th-11th: Fire up for Holiday Nights!
It’s the second weekend of Holiday Nights in Greenfield Village, and starting tonight (for this weekend only), our Pottery Shop will be firing its outdoor wood kiln! More
Creating our handmade holiday tile ornaments
Each year in the Pottery Shop, we create a new limited-edition tile ornament for the holiday season. This year’s theme is a cheerful gingerbread man More
Glazing redware in the Greenfield Village Pottery Shop
You’ve watched as we prepared, fired and finished our salt kiln-fired pottery…now let’s explore our classic redware! The redware begins with an initial kiln firing, to make the pottery piece More
Salt kiln firing at Greenfield Village’s Pottery Shop – part three (with video)
A while back, we loaded up our salt kiln with handmade pottery pieces and began the firing. And now, we’ve finally come to the moment More
Salt kiln firing at Greenfield Village’s Pottery Shop – part two (with video)
Last time, we showed you how we loaded up and prepared our salt kiln; now it’s time to fire it up and get these pottery More
Salt kiln firing at Greenfield Village’s Pottery Shop – part one (with video)
The countdown to this season’s re-opening of Greenfield Village is on – only 11 days left! It’s been a long winter, but just like with More
Happiness by chance: Demonstrating the raku pottery process
Summer 2010 brought the first-ever Maker Faire Detroit to The Henry Ford, where more than 300 tinkerers and makers from across America set up shop at Henry More
The iconic Jazz Bowl – January’s Pic of the Month
A nearly bankrupt pottery company. New York’s 1930s jazz music scene. One mysteriously anonymous client. What do they all have in common? As our curator More
