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LOOK at the colors! They’ll be brighter with more contrast when fired. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/cb0a00f1-4c8c-4337-8e2a-6f33897052d5/IMG_5355.jpg Events & Blog - Old & New New mug bodies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/b4483439-b48f-42a4-9168-9241e5696097/IMG_5292.jpg Events & Blog - Old & New Antique frog mold. It’ll be glazed nice and glossy. And/or blue. The eclipse shadows were just starting to change the afternoon light in this picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/66b131be-d801-4c6e-96bf-37ecd7bb14e4/IMG_5303.jpg Events & Blog - Old & New A one-of-a-kind planter. There’s a doll-head in the back. (I had an extra one and had to attach it to SOMEthing). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/7215990d-a97e-42a3-abe3-2ec49ed2e789/IMG_5294.jpg Events & Blog - Old & New You can see the turquoise blue clay in the marbling of the frog. As I worked on these during the light of the eclipse, it got cool and the mourning doves sang. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/61cc50da-eae6-42d1-ab07-c5f297eaa381/IMG_5358.jpg Events & Blog - Old & New Slow drying in the kiln room. It’s getting crowded. 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You just never know what the future holds. http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2022/12/22/dana monthly 0.5 2022-12-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/528adda1-14bc-4f5d-b67a-c205fe2917a4/821A3CED-A346-4FD0-837A-A0BC5DC7C483.jpeg Events & Blog - Dana - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1e1f3fbc-951b-44ab-a3bf-8a768a88bd59/F9BCAA62-9EF7-427D-BAAA-C7D788262381.jpeg Events & Blog - Dana - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/4c2b5563-451a-4d25-bbd9-eb71e2a163ac/27BB1428-6356-4E9B-AE7E-D25342F22CAE.jpeg Events & Blog - Dana - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/b1079e5f-bf0e-4ee5-a2fb-8dc6cab600bd/E3E585F3-912E-4637-ACE0-5F9A2B372AD2.jpeg Events & Blog - Dana - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2022/9/5/fun-facts-about-teri monthly 0.5 2022-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/fa0ac22b-192c-424c-950f-5a9fce19cd6c/IMG_8774.jpg Events & Blog - Fun Facts About Teri! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2022/5/11/5w4239wn79wift5p8dpamncr6q4ubi monthly 0.5 2022-05-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/5a0a9d78-368a-457f-9aab-af97d67408ab/IMG_7091.jpeg Events & Blog - Back to Community! - Make it stand out I’ve always wanted flower boxes but don’t have a lot of street space. Ebay giveth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/c14a27c3-edd2-4a4b-bc45-4d286c8a0ab4/IMG_6953.jpeg Events & Blog - Back to Community! - Make it stand out Clay is fun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/156095df-759b-4c08-b0dd-f9bfcb5f7593/IMG_6970.jpeg Events & Blog - Back to Community! - Make it stand out May or may not have to tweak this design for functionality. It’s my first escutcheon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/8ce3cddc-d811-4949-b44d-772d27bc1cbd/IMG_6986.jpeg Events & Blog - Back to Community! - Make it stand out Working a few sunflowers into our theme as a moment in history https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/ab6a3d67-2e6f-476f-87f0-43f79354805b/IMG_0631.jpg Events & Blog - Back to Community! - Make it stand out Game Changer!!! http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2022/4/9/6pd9sntgv5zd9xsru2mpltyi1hw5c0 monthly 0.5 2022-05-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/4764b8b8-4bb9-439b-b5eb-a0f191c611f7/IMG_6754.jpeg Events & Blog - Spring Cleaning! - Make it stand out A non-standard size retrofit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/cb0b5efa-8a19-40bd-ae01-c93d58dd1f70/425C3084-4863-46EA-8FB1-A74AF5BD343A.jpeg Events & Blog - Spring Cleaning! - Make it stand out A rough sketch of new colors! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/38007174-927d-468d-b5ec-b33e872bb981/IMG_6816.jpeg Events & Blog - Spring Cleaning! - Make it stand out Wine bottle prototypes! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/a868d0c8-908b-4b0f-b3ec-9276e5609083/IMG_6772.jpeg Events & Blog - Spring Cleaning! - Make it stand out The Decoration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/3979b23d-28d4-4530-adf6-c79a072ac98a/IMG_6799.jpeg Events & Blog - Spring Cleaning! - Make it stand out Simmering the pumpkin to make wine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/ec038967-c266-4024-b645-c46d1533aefd/1AFED748-D0D7-420F-9E51-463A714249E4.jpeg Events & Blog - Spring Cleaning! - Make it stand out I painted the two shop doors but had to stop - too hard on my wrists. I have limits. :( http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2022/1/1/4fvtjwnu14lhecbcbsp8icednthgly monthly 0.5 2022-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/105ba06f-da21-495a-a39f-f917a80c90a8/D6BCA910-6D9F-4235-B935-98B365E43D00.jpeg Events & Blog - Lighter Later - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/63f38e2b-b31f-4b82-8ee2-2a14ce520f3e/44B59FE7-31A7-438A-9B34-3A69B43164A8.jpeg Events & Blog - Lighter Later - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2021/10/25/a-hopeful-fall monthly 0.5 2021-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/6fd42319-c58c-4f74-adb8-249926f6ab62/50BC0ACC-813E-4C82-9089-0EEC0D669D47.jpeg Events & Blog - A Hopeful Fall - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2021/9/13/piu6hlpv3z8eolme0cmiomr4u4h6et monthly 0.5 2021-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1633368083470-E73QJXGJH56B47GCZS9V/IMG_4460.jpeg Events & Blog - Summer Break Thoroughly spoiled by farmers market bakery cookies. I have to find a winter fix now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1633367568739-5TQHGDQ53QQ2CQQC5H8L/IMG_4644.jpeg Events & Blog - Summer Break I keep a secret hidden stash (in a damp box) of little critters ready to stick on pots that seem to need them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1633367793373-M60ZI427F9UXW8WUCNZG/IMG_4613.jpeg Events & Blog - Summer Break A mild mystery why a glaze I use changed formulas, but I don’t mind the shinier version at all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1633367759623-9DOGCBQ7QTGTQBLLKSJ6/IMG_4647.jpeg Events & Blog - Summer Break Dropped Babies: Well, only one was actually dropped, the others just dried too fast and lost their handles or eyeballs. I can’t sell the repaired ones, so ALAS! I have to keep them. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1633367831066-U5BZUWCD4L8E1LCIH8GQ/IMG_4651.jpeg Events & Blog - Summer Break On my to-do list for quite some time: Trying some new stain colors for the marbled clay vessels. Everything about clay is messy… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1633368533611-0LUTMS89RLOPMYL0Q8YX/IMG_4658.jpeg Events & Blog - Summer Break This is a home hobby, and NOT a part of our business, so if a bottle shows up after-hours, it is coincidental and part of my lunch bag from home. De Chaunac is a French-American northern grape variety and my first wine-vine to wine. http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2021/7/26/tiles monthly 0.5 2021-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1627318421034-HXUKCBJLY2DON8QGC69A/IMG_3741.jpeg Events & Blog - Tiles: the Next Generation I had to cover our layout to keep customers from trying to buy the tiles :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1627318465642-TEWC4Y921ZGDYR38JV5P/IMG_3817.jpeg Events & Blog - Tiles: the Next Generation So fun! We can use more of the funkier tiles here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1627318364999-18QPJ4HUUJ063QHPU721/IMG_3894.jpeg Events & Blog - Tiles: the Next Generation - Make it stand out I love that we captured time here. A lot of happy suns and hearts were painted on sunny pandemic afternoons http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2021/6/1/post-pandemic monthly 0.5 2021-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1622568609663-OYTMV9R38G03LMBNSVAT/IMG_3033.jpg Events & Blog - Post Pandemic - Make it stand out 5.5 ounces to a small head. Who knew? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1622569976933-ERLJWCR8TLTTWFX0JM8D/IMG_3100.jpg Events & Blog - Post Pandemic - Make it stand out New this round will be a couple of (normal) salt and pepper shakers and a new baby planter base https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1622570017895-8TDA4J9XFU1EL16IMNLM/IMG_3026.jpg Events & Blog - Post Pandemic - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1622570054985-R3JIMJV1MG58C160YUZ7/IMG_3060.jpg Events & Blog - Post Pandemic - Make it stand out The nightlight is particularly horrific https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1622570336780-BFLWOSP592R5K2I8T89X/IMG_3056.jpg Events & Blog - Post Pandemic - Make it stand out This former “renovation” is FINALLY gone! Along with its wasp collection. I saved one small mud dauber nest to fire (potters fire everything). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1624979134191-LC1KXC87OTWSVAULA11Q/IMG_3485.jpeg Events & Blog - Post Pandemic Sooo clean! (Gutters and that last boarded-up window are in the works). The window sash are for when the train sprays herbicide for track maintenance. Our fig trees are LOADED with figs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1624657591655-JJ7FIXLQHR2LEBP36PQI/IMG_3446.jpeg Events & Blog - Post Pandemic (A little reminder of where we started) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1627572243525-1MQN9SFRBMZSVB24ZOEU/IMG_3308.jpeg Events & Blog - Post Pandemic I went old-school (cheap) on the sign! I had the bracket, wood, and paint in the attic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1627572296701-FQB2QUMQ8OR0SENGDXUG/IMG_3330.jpeg Events & Blog - Post Pandemic Less formal, more fun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1627572524630-DX6T91EKBTJSH3PFPOHK/IMG_3493.jpeg Events & Blog - Post Pandemic And a new rain barrel to replace the old leaky one https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1627572631740-INZHA4VJZB1PK7AW57BW/IMG_3579.jpeg Events & Blog - Post Pandemic It my have taken two tries on the height… Trains are big and I have no depth perception. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1627574395850-4G7R2BJJLGB2FHI4DRJ6/IMG_3332.jpeg Events & Blog - Post Pandemic The balls are old birdhouses cleaned, spray painted, and Lucased. #lucasprints http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2021/4/27/c9qbqvauxvh7rp4cgwqfhuiwih9kmq monthly 0.5 2021-04-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1619550090260-NICH0DCTI8AQ96ZO1U9U/IMG_2319.jpeg Events & Blog - Pandemic Final Exam https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1619549090786-ARGGW3MAYDYVUYFH75WL/IMG_2480.jpeg Events & Blog - Pandemic Final Exam I wish I were the only artist to think of this, but I’m hoping to add enough ESP style to make these uniquely ours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1619549116836-QNKCK84YGIRCEVAW0WKU/IMG_2611.jpeg Events & Blog - Pandemic Final Exam My self-imposed rule is that I need to make two beautiful objects for every one weird form. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1619550122508-C08PE5096ZZYNVRCV75A/IMG_2533.jpeg Events & Blog - Pandemic Final Exam All of these molds are antiques from when porcelain chachkies were popular, and this vintage eyeball mold could NOT be passed up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1619550057284-Y9JYBTJRLF20VN6MDVJZ/IMG_2271.jpeg Events & Blog - Pandemic Final Exam The repaired, cleaned up basement http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2021/4/5/an-historical-journey monthly 0.5 2021-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1617665988220-MPWE2ZZUNF9JQMO7NU07/IMG_3233.jpg Events & Blog - An Historical Journey http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2021/1/13/0pscuscezs7oy558mbay4ma72ll1su monthly 0.5 2021-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1610554589088-2XME20SYWSZGFEAF3WLT/IMG_0848.jpeg Events & Blog - I like squares https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1610554915740-JV3XQ88UWXTDOOFEG2BO/IMG_1673.jpeg Events & Blog - I like squares Many obvious squares https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1610554971074-DBH9XQ6CXCZZ5PIAL5M6/IMG_1107.jpeg Events & Blog - I like squares Note the texture in the center tike: teeny squares https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1610554817553-P2V6NV6G47V8JV0WWNDK/IMG_9563.jpeg Events & Blog - I like squares Texture choice of little squares https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1610557462392-66HHB8P7X1XKSJ6NVQ5G/IMG_1277.jpeg Events & Blog - I like squares Little square chachkies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1610556277760-MKYVRY5KV21X69JXDVEB/IMG_1272.jpeg Events & Blog - I like squares Squares squared https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1610555061888-2ZW06ZIP8MYOY5DQTXYX/IMG_4673.jpeg Events & Blog - I like squares https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1610555125139-AW01SK5EGPS9UFV6T2LV/IMG_2768.jpeg Events & Blog - I like squares Just showing off now https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1610555373891-3EQ89MN00B1BAKI7SWO5/IMG_1136.jpeg Events & Blog - I like squares https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1610557558986-49GMDAO4T3L0NEON20J4/IMG_1279.jpeg Events & Blog - I like squares Photo bomb @godsoftheattic http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2020/11/26/pottery-for-pickup monthly 0.5 2020-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1606409518917-KGSZ1IU6AJSUGCZWS6Y0/IMG_0516.jpg Events & Blog - Pottery for Pickup! http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2020/2/24/community-tile-next-installation monthly 0.5 2020-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1604680768685-6RI3PSB5Y2A57Z86ATCX/IMG_0313.jpeg Events & Blog - Community Tile Next Installation! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1604680866871-WEZGOWC31KKC7JU36HWZ/IMG_0312.jpeg Events & Blog - Community Tile Next Installation! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1582565256171-CXJ8833LZANYGLIQ45TO/IMG_7023.jpg Events & Blog - Community Tile Next Installation! Our next installation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1604763256784-6VSCDZ20ZXBIA3QC009H/IMG_0318.jpeg Events & Blog - Community Tile Next Installation! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1604763291466-48GOHBQ72WWOCR4IEZCR/IMG_0322.jpeg Events & Blog - Community Tile Next Installation! http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2020/9/17/five-years monthly 0.5 2020-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1600359982995-Y47V0J4YQUHP00639AXD/IMG_9628.jpg Events & Blog - Five Years! Little rescued animal collection in a newly tiled office border! Some critters were old class demos, some were just hanging around un-fired and partially glazed. We make them our kiln gods to protect our firings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1600363787747-BK60FWM3Z51F3O1CEUUV/IMG_0332.jpg Events & Blog - Five Years! A big party! Looking forward to more https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1600535012051-6G5CCYEPYO9GJQXD88VA/IMG_1038.jpg Events & Blog - Five Years! I had a week before the renovation team arrived, and as I sat there painting my furniture (and wondering if the bugs biting me were from the carpet or the river), I thought, “Hmm… I wonder if we could expose the bricks on that wall…” Also, note the dropped ceiling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1600535512718-0X7S79028UORC1U35ZOY/IMG_0981.jpg Events & Blog - Five Years! It was smelly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1600364259038-E0FLPVYJHF0Q6SS0CUDY/IMG_1093.jpg Events & Blog - Five Years! A big renovation! (and always looking forward to more). Please note the exposed black beadboard and DJ window from its very short stint as a strip club. http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2020/8/20/the-esp-studio-amp-markets monthly 0.5 2020-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1597940712965-AXD5PDA7MKBGP4HTI6JT/IMG_9523.jpg Events & Blog - The ESP Studio & Markets Our latest kiln firing! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1597941563852-FF3SCBO5WRSQM5A7GX7J/IMG_9305.jpg Events & Blog - The ESP Studio & Markets Randi Krogstad mugs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1598191011131-PEUTTKP9C84NXGU1T715/Adjustments.jpeg Events & Blog - The ESP Studio & Markets http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2020/5/14/non-essential monthly 0.5 2020-05-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1589478365240-APUR6LIRTCP9LA2LQUVN/IMG_8281.jpg Events & Blog - Non-Essential http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2020/3/23/experimenting monthly 0.5 2020-08-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1584981483929-3XKHBZ0CLW8KNT9SZ2A1/IMG_7373.jpg Events & Blog - Experimenting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1585161973354-UKRWE29L6Q66T85P4VY0/Adjustments.jpeg Events & Blog - Experimenting A small home project worthy version. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1584983291009-OWY7WWUFBSW9APMRJNY9/IMG_7372.jpg Events & Blog - Experimenting A super simple way to make any size form. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1584983379481-G70CSH848GBTMHQUPG4J/IMG_7374.jpg Events & Blog - Experimenting Ready to mix plaster https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1585161514258-2P2ZW03C4SXW2G8XJBNM/IMG_7478.jpeg Events & Blog - Experimenting This is the fourth or fifth one so the workspace is getting messy… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1585161543723-W9JDPLPV55D0P5APJ0AP/Adjustments.jpeg Events & Blog - Experimenting Looks good! I’ll clean the edges with some sandpaper later. I’ll also dump or wash out the clay tile models later depending on how easily they release. (First time doing tiles so I have no idea). http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2020/3/17/tinrv671fektzp768zifs4sfui55dn monthly 0.5 2020-08-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1584455974379-JZJTS0MR9BB1G52CSPD2/Adjustments.jpeg Events & Blog - Break Time http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2019/12/30/oubk5qgwoc97rqem1wh9rgkq38tug3 monthly 0.5 2020-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1577735539667-I9UHN0TEKKP3AOMO4XDK/Adjustments.jpeg Events & Blog - 2020 for 2020! Our Cat Bowl 2020 Warriors! They threw 45 bowls! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1578168880221-66C2GS2S65XSTGT5IJ8R/IMG_6212.jpeg Events & Blog - 2020 for 2020! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1578168974209-UOU4CRSU232DA6XAABIR/IMG_6214.jpeg Events & Blog - 2020 for 2020! Our highly trained ball wedgers! http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2019/1/26/celebration-of-a-toilet monthly 0.5 2019-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1548522491431-YJ63WXXOUMLME9PYXXJK/IMG_1437.jpg Events & Blog - Celebration of a Toilet! Community Tile floor, a slightly flawed sink, and a sewing machine cabinet made into a vanity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1553357608493-G2FRG57OTG40UDOX0XIE/IMG_2115.jpg Events & Blog - Celebration of a Toilet! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1548522124580-YYD5ZFKG7O1BC5YZKA0L/IMG_1449.jpg Events & Blog - Celebration of a Toilet! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1548524121247-CUMN0863Z1OPUF1W8Z3C/IMG_9486.jpg Events & Blog - Celebration of a Toilet! The bathroom entry in its former glory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1548525933040-3IPNFUG0YHISI04B8JD7/IMG_0381.jpg Events & Blog - Celebration of a Toilet! The sink vanity in its former life (and we did find a home for that sewing machine:) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1548525988576-4M6T5Y356JI8RSZMOKRJ/IMG_1241.jpg Events & Blog - Celebration of a Toilet! Laying out the floor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1548526115968-UYXRT1KYY2H8D9C4U1P4/IMG_0531.jpg Events & Blog - Celebration of a Toilet! Last minute firing of more tiles as I realized we didn’t have enough! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1548526573905-W50GD5EK5OR2AH0N2LOP/IMG_0310.jpg Events & Blog - Celebration of a Toilet! I had help with the more tedious parts of the process! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1548526537115-3S1GSPGTEOOY73KUE3DP/IMG_0295.jpg Events & Blog - Celebration of a Toilet! Sangria & Art now preserved in grout ;) http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2019/1/18/winter-year-4 monthly 0.5 2019-01-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1547827303343-DN988LH5P6YP907Q4VPP/catsandart.jpg Events & Blog - Winter Year 4 Zeus and Athena, Gallery Guides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1547832013169-DXFLMINBQGDBKXR7383U/IMG_1233.jpg Events & Blog - Winter Year 4 The gallery shop waiting for its open house and prospective new tenant! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1547832065251-31DEAJRLO4GKE0KGJLFN/IMG_1217.JPG Events & Blog - Winter Year 4 Jacqueline Sidor’s fabulous art! (and my fabulous wall patching and painting on the left. I am Master of Joint Compound and Color Wheel). http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2018/10/17/fall monthly 0.5 2018-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1539809073065-2P6W42WOMC7SU48YHW4V/IMG_9926.jpg Events & Blog - Fall? http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2018/9/2/three-years-of-esp monthly 0.5 2018-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1535915282495-FA49NP4FYZ832OURB3NX/12011328_1042861705781027_4195370213061459862_n.jpg Events & Blog - Three Years of ESP! The very first clean surface came *the week of* our grand opening, after three months of crazy-filthy renovation. This was the first hour I could be SOMEwhere in the shop and stay clean. :) http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2018/8/20/summer monthly 0.5 2018-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1534780886923-B1A014T8OTGLEFDHBK5F/IMG_9463.jpg Events & Blog - Summer! http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2018/6/2/happy-accidents-unlimited-exploration-of-limits monthly 0.5 2018-06-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1527959453269-GTQ7X73S241DMMSVWEQK/IMG_8884.jpg Events & Blog - Happy Accidents and Unlimited Exploration of Limits http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2018/2/26/you-cant-stop-it monthly 0.5 2018-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1519668200741-JR7SD7E6Y3BN44Z4RO0Z/IMG_E7705.jpg Events & Blog - Junk in the Street A bright pink sign of change. Also, my new favorite hair stick http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2018/2/14/i-should-have-kept-that monthly 0.5 2018-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1518647870482-YYSDY89H9P8ZKMU6HCUU/28125026_10155292721615994_1352803750_o.jpg Events & Blog - Beautiful lumpy pots A beginner tray and little cups make a spectacular serving set https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1518722294769-15J4BZCA6VOLFQQOOF2W/IMG_7618.jpg Events & Blog - Beautiful lumpy pots A limp wheel pot becomes an awesome centerpiece! (It's a permanent part of our pottery party serving set). http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2018/1/7/2018 monthly 0.5 2018-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1515348323632-Y46IXXIDBSL9SSTR9O8V/IMG_7328.jpg Events & Blog - 2018! http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2017/10/7/new-roof monthly 0.5 2017-11-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1507388843490-W6SWRIZIF0V9AG08ATHT/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - New Roof for a New Season http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2017/9/18/borscht monthly 0.5 2017-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1505748565256-UG8V86VZ8AKJL8M1UV3W/IMG_6713.jpg Events & Blog - Borscht http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2017/8/30/art-on-main monthly 0.5 2017-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1509043140122-CM4EXGFBHMZ2WA2ANPD6/IMG_6629+%281%29.jpg Events & Blog - Art on Main http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2017/8/2/evolution-art monthly 0.5 2017-08-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1501686853347-AXQ3WPGS253OET3RGBCD/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Evolution & Art! http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2017/5/10/it-seems-i-have-built-a-pottery monthly 0.5 2017-05-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1494433616288-AU79RB43AJLWEGDN8OJH/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - It seems I have built a pottery http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2017/3/12/from-road-to-hammock monthly 0.5 2017-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1489349525878-N25NOT7R2ST8LD448ENT/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - From Road to Hammock The daily view from the basement hammock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1489348572516-KMAOLQD7XTKJKORSLUCT/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - From Road to Hammock Re-painted, re-upholstered road chairs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1489349760718-9J3CIWTQKBEQWO8IJ6VX/IMG_4688+%282%29.jpg Events & Blog - From Road to Hammock Making clay tiles in the studio during Arts on Main https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1489426556307-D8672ONTMFEHHXBQ6CQI/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - From Road to Hammock Truly one of the most genius decisions I've ever made... http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2016/11/22/winter-plans monthly 0.5 2016-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1479842898902-IGFG6JBIPOTVN0OGVUFA/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Winter Plans https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1479845724177-TZ1IA4IC84LAVG1ZNMIC/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Winter Plans http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2016/9/12/one-year-opening-anniversary monthly 0.5 2016-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1473699630613-INT2X36AT5X07REHA0Q3/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - One Year Opening Anniversary! http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2016/8/16/summer-in-stafford monthly 0.5 2016-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1471366385808-K7EU5OFVAJQM44QKMLR4/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Summer in Stafford Love seeing this! http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2016/7/28/the-mineral-springs-of-stafford-springs monthly 0.5 2016-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1469738100693-U0QH466CMQGVYTW9PVJU/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - The Mineral Springs of Stafford Springs http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2016/7/20/stafford-springs-an-art-town monthly 0.5 2016-07-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1469037328096-F9O6HO1C6WT9NQR16XOI/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Stafford Springs: An Art Town https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1469036661572-SRD00M2CYJCTLB9MPGMB/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Stafford Springs: An Art Town https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1469036999870-MM4YK6EF4PA8VARF407V/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Stafford Springs: An Art Town https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1469037211485-A467YOPZ4EX67PI1SBMV/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Stafford Springs: An Art Town https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1469028439089-2P2T76BW47JSOR85C1JN/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Stafford Springs: An Art Town http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2016/6/24/one-year monthly 0.5 2020-08-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1466870917368-7VYPN4LZCR9V8L72ZIV7/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - One Year! Demolition morning! Me, "Do you think we could expose the bricks..?" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1466870549113-TRLX16OL0HROMCEMITEF/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - One Year! Electrician, "You want to get rid of all that lighting??" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1466870406713-2Q6M06WCF801P87K796R/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - One Year! Passerby, "You should open that up, like a New York City loft." I had about 18 hours to visualize and decide how to lay that out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1466870848458-CCR4OD3GKYTUBQEY187O/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - One Year! Contractor, "We can cut the loft floor back and open up the back windows..." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1466870664415-B34HVWCW9BNQPLXIHNK5/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - One Year! Me, "Let's cover basement walls as little as possible." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1466870793703-RE9260L5OWMVKJVB5FEZ/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - One Year! Me, "Omg... Not now." (Attic renovation starts tomorrow. Not too much for now, just usable/rentable storage space). http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2016/5/16/digging-for-summer monthly 0.5 2016-05-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1463416685710-XO1KXJ5CGIM3X32TWPU0/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Digging for Summer! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1463418302596-UX26PGZK7N89P6QFDLHT/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Digging for Summer! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1463416750977-8151F0JRT54SFKXXHYLU/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Digging for Summer! http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2016/3/18/april monthly 0.5 2016-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1458315884635-RHUBGNRBMQF1TEF8HQ6G/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - April, Art & Updates http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2016/2/15/time-to-eat-the-decorations monthly 0.5 2016-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1455579491434-GWZRISJF582HNRD9718I/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Time to Eat the Decorations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1455580728456-4XU0NGOWD5D5FSV3AICL/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Time to Eat the Decorations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1455580647882-IYW8EP21NVDCM76AG5M4/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Time to Eat the Decorations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1455652565085-QQIATIOIVZOEMVIE5062/image.jpg Events & Blog - Time to Eat the Decorations http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2016/1/6/new-year-new-plans monthly 0.5 2016-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1452102615088-LDVTUUIH5MB2CT6KV8C0/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - New Year, New Plans https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1452102687815-O1EX9OGO90O25P4GFKZ5/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - New Year, New Plans http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2015/12/9/community monthly 0.5 2015-12-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1449689703749-6B6KWH5P7GE6EUB13KDB/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Community https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1450376178863-C050D73A3PT2UJWMYNDW/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Community A gift from Beth: We're pretty sure it came off of the Maple Grove Inn and are hoping to find some old pictures. In the meantime, it's getting cleaned, protected, and hung with honor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1450116267680-CHDERWTF3HER5YV1B009/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Community http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2015/11/2/up-and-running monthly 0.5 2015-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1446483783547-O8DS16GWPOO7OC5OA8HD/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Up and Running The view from my office https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1446485060580-51RCGFAXIUQ2UN2N9PN1/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Up and Running https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1446485124047-O3SZ58W9LNNBA0GQ4MFD/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Up and Running https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1446485214373-RZMO28HRYPHIWC2JWP8Z/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Up and Running http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2015/9/20/an-official-thank-you-and-thoughts-about-serendipity monthly 0.5 2015-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1442788819655-GDE3DH8X3SEKTRK170XB/image.jpg Events & Blog - An Official Thank You! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1442937030974-XF17BBBJQ4F7812V2QWS/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - An Official Thank You! My crafty Mom made sure I had some special touches from long-distance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1442936144128-34VU4DTIVF8IKHIDM2LF/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - An Official Thank You! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1442936733798-CRNCM2LFVCUF6KX6F1BB/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - An Official Thank You! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1442936498159-84NX5JXO9A74B84J52MS/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - An Official Thank You! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1442936035101-66QCU2VKXMPYTQFJGG4J/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - An Official Thank You! http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2015/9/9/floor monthly 0.5 2015-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1442236828313-KX5N7XRDWKV6XU45Q2WQ/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Floor! Chihuahua Approved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1441910977987-8FT5ETBMS6AVMBYX4J98/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Floor! first coat of finish https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1441911058062-RMR407HSPX3Z21014GOD/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Floor! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1441827242628-XV1WYOZ5CH1TZ5YFY35D/image.jpg Events & Blog - Floor! Three guys, three sanders, two full days http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2015/9/2/update-on-everything monthly 0.5 2015-09-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1441208089232-EX0AN4FAYW38M85TWEXY/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Home Stretch! (An Update on Everything) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1441210786044-MXPRND3K1LSH6SCSZARV/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Home Stretch! (An Update on Everything) Hauling out the last big load of crap https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1441210844356-KYLMMN0HC866FPZ20D0R/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Home Stretch! (An Update on Everything) And then I made the guys run across the train tracks with this monster for the purists among you! (Don't worry, electric wheels are on their way for the less hardcore, including me). http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2015/8/22/paint monthly 0.5 2015-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1440265953996-73AEIE880VE7QUUZ0NU5/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Paint! http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2015/8/20/recycling-donations-wanted monthly 0.5 2015-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1440075848174-R13P4SH201EP3958J402/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Recycling Donations Wanted! http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2015/8/11/details-details monthly 0.5 2015-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1439297372361-N4SY54ZP5CGYANDFX5SF/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Details, details https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1439385116079-K4Z1TLAR9NTY8ZPY7CMT/image.jpg Events & Blog - Details, details Walls!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1439386609984-DXED7DBK3DZKL1VCNBHJ/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Details, details Windows! (Well, three out of ten, anyway, to start). Bring in the light! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1439424495800-SC81XIM9YY2L0T9FPLKL/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Details, details I have a view! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1439428133835-0SZ4IU47OR45ZFYH7PAU/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Details, details Cleared out most of the backside garbage dump and started to "landscape" the 2.5 foot strip between the bricks and the train... (one echinacea, one fig, and a bug-chewed bench). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1439647671602-3OF6D5Z55QJKU5SLJXD0/image.jpg Events & Blog - Details, details And a sink! Surprising to both me and the UConn surplus sales people, these were a hot commodity. I stayed out of the verbal fight and ran with my sink. http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2015/8/4/watching-paint-dry monthly 0.5 2015-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1438703825577-J73JCCQVZBBB5MBG4LVP/image.jpg Events & Blog - Watching paint dry Ok, polyurethane. Ok, tung oil. Ok, fancy-schmancy tung oil that The Google told me was best for things that will get water splashed. Like a sink base cabinet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1438705203813-AOL8V2TPHKJWHI3GWYZD/image.jpg Events & Blog - Watching paint dry Kiln room & under-the-stairs storage closet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1439210766393-NAFLPV1PK790E7L5SUVO/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Watching paint dry On this particular salvage day I knocked down a big chunk of my to-find list: Three (more) light fixtures, a fridge (be quiet), and a less-beat-up bathroom vanity. http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2015/7/28/lets-get-this-party-started monthly 0.5 2015-07-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1438111101007-6XH6AZ245W3NXBL9MRDF/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - let's get this party started! http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2015/7/22/architectural-salvage monthly 0.5 2015-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1437590789651-KBM1Q97G9OKPP57EVURM/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - architectural salvage Rusty... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1437592039176-KFUBCMPO28CL0ITEMB4P/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - architectural salvage Little weird drawers became little great doors. AND we saved the hole we cut for the sink for a solid maple cutting board. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1437592196890-M4SLKCDWZTPHRY5WPFQM/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - architectural salvage What the hell? Only five dollars a window! Who can pass that up? (I spent more on the paint stripper than the windows, haha. The painted writing said, "Barber Shop" on one window and "Walk-ins Welcome" on the other.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1438703580832-QJAQGVW77TBVM15RA884/image.jpg Events & Blog - architectural salvage Hey... those openings look about the same size as those five-dollar windows. http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2015/7/12/four-days-of-demolition monthly 0.5 2015-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1436701464106-K32NNAV2BO8OAJWA9SQ4/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Four days of demolition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1436703441318-RNE2E0TVH293IHOIK3CQ/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Four days of demolition Clearing paneling, lath, plaster, and ANOTHER (older and weirder) dropped ceiling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1436703636101-1G9UOR4RV8P91T6YBXYY/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Four days of demolition We also removed three feet of floor along the back wall windows. And the sink... And the closet/thing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1436704004643-FC36PU1HE5ZOY47Q2CCF/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Four days of demolition The former DJ booth becoming a loft office https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1436704107583-8BGGX9HQJYIUQOWHP7S7/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Four days of demolition Yet more weird rotting plywood over very restorable flooring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1436795333812-CZGSUWQMX3OPWBYZMPOF/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Four days of demolition Floors, walls & ceiling revealed. And how about that stained glass? http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2015/7/7/strata monthly 0.5 2015-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1436301797733-5BKZNWUUJV3BBV9EZX2I/IMG_1090.jpg Events & Blog - Strata Fabulous textury bricks... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1436305107467-4RCJG3DIHG3IX65B6NJ1/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Strata Between the framing display and the wall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1436305172433-APLHLNVWG4PLZMJZTV4N/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Strata Under the carpet, under the tiles, under the plywood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1436305505394-7EOWWFE0KX1Y0W6887J3/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Strata Under the display, under the drywall, under the bead board, under the yellow paint, black paint, pink paint, cream paint, green paint, under the plaster, under the lath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1436325721185-AHA7OZVMO0BRGBHBSAI8/image.jpg Events & Blog - Strata Above the dropped ceiling http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2015/7/3/before monthly 0.5 2015-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1435933809006-LAOCHHK1JBO7C7TZS4SW/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Before... Main floor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1435934030245-CZSBK8YQJF5ZGNWR924T/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Before... Basement! (I kind of don't want to know what's under that floor) http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2015/6/26/moving-to-main-street monthly 0.5 2015-06-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1435364232646-GEVYS92L6716U1FS4NQX/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - moving to main street! http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2015/6/21/square-plates-in-a-round-kiln monthly 0.5 2015-06-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1434925518581-FC5MEMV8WU6W6W8MQU3M/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Square Plates in a Round Kiln I *totally* could have fit that plate before I dropped it on the floor!  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1435364056320-Q71ZR689W0GJX3MULPUZ/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Square Plates in a Round Kiln What a difference 2200 degrees can make! http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2015/5/1/coming-soon monthly 0.5 2015-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1430491708673-IC22FGJPX1H5ND3LDNUH/image.jpg Events & Blog - Coming soon... Because I can. And snails https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1430491743176-NIIBMKMQI309I1OZUCKU/image.jpg Events & Blog - Coming soon... Variation on glass pendant designs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1430491759641-DWXYNNA7M0MRZ0NVCPPL/image.jpg Events & Blog - Coming soon... Plates! Just testing glazes on a few broken ones. All looks good! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1430491784733-37X0QUCJ3WES5HZRTI32/image.jpg Events & Blog - Coming soon... Dragons Burning Villagers. Because they do https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1430492616318-5HZ786QYFZPQP8FA1CI9/image.jpg Events & Blog - Coming soon... And a few little hearts http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2015/4/13/sneaking-clay-into-luggage monthly 0.5 2015-04-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1428935897864-Z4WGW1LLCWS3F1FSSOBJ/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - sneaking clay into luggage http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2015/3/18/10-years monthly 0.5 2015-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1426694459377-3LYFH4LTRO8FYONH8CH5/display1.jpg Events & Blog - 10 years https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1427306065952-O6XZ9URE67ZGJJPFKY6O/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - 10 years http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2015/3/1/spring-will-come monthly 0.5 2015-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1425231793968-F384IGFFWJQ5DKHV6H8E/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Spring Will Come https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1425496434493-TUCL1F3GPLVOBSCM7AZN/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Spring Will Come The escargatoire. (I just like saying that) Also... a challenge for my OCD-est friends: Find it and it's yours. ;) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1427305825436-C3LSG3JKR2SVH0KGBCJB/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Spring Will Come (Those black things will each have six legs post-firing ;) http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2015/2/4/gathering-forces monthly 0.5 2015-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1423072438385-D14JY0LSNTWJ2DZ9EFYT/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Gathering Forces (I just noticed that this stamp is in the foreground a few entries down, in all of its purple inked glory). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1423244053393-6OIXEFQHC7P83GYTRZFG/IMG_0035.JPG Events & Blog - Gathering Forces http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2015/1/4/happy-new-year monthly 0.5 2015-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1420389057492-3A7451P67DVWGGLEZ4ZD/coffee.JPG Events & Blog - Happy New Year! I lose my coffee cups a lot... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1420389351839-7PE2WKPLK8ZZ6XP1Z62M/IMG_9740.JPG Events & Blog - Happy New Year! The pie dragons were the unexpected hit of Open Studios. (Don't forget to send me an action shot!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1420389265268-UY8HSR22U07XUCA4JL3F/color.jpg Events & Blog - Happy New Year! Dragons Burning Villagers were also popular, but I couldn't sell them yet! (I need to keep some new designs as models for the next throwing cycle, but your interest is well noted. :) http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2014/10/14/playing-with-toys monthly 0.5 2014-11-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1414599014940-5K78A9PAPBLAPAV16B91/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Winter is Coming! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1413312150644-A8S5T7PKW65E9P38CXOP/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Winter is Coming! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1415986935970-51AMH47CICRLP5N14WOG/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Winter is Coming! http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2014/9/25/request-time monthly 0.5 2014-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1412016474576-JTZE262QMQRBUD82BL7Q/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Request Time! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1412016280508-QGKQW9BBDL4K2UKT0Y8F/image-asset.png Events & Blog - Request Time! http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2014/8/26/one-small-cup monthly 0.5 2014-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1409097888482-0QBKEDVRYFXLCV7THA04/cup.JPG Events & Blog - One Small Cup... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1409098256075-2GAL2E2BBN1ZLFA5WSSH/blue+charms Events & Blog - One Small Cup... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1409149951141-A1P971XDIMN96JBVOKSV/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - One Small Cup... http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2014/8/13/pie monthly 0.5 2014-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1409150061175-4M3D5PUBXBX5LNLE7L32/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - And Pie! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1407944485154-1JMT54R30HLP75OJ0A8V/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - And Pie! http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2014/7/1/drying-listening-planning monthly 0.5 2014-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1404231672649-RSP0R4BC23LHTY25JL6X/31blacktex.JPG Events & Blog - Momentum http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2014/6/9/more-mugs monthly 0.5 2014-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1402328907769-HRYKJC23409GTZRIWPE9/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - More Mugs?? I know, I know. http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2014/6/8/beware-silence monthly 0.5 2014-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1402254651216-YY3KBAQSQZL1U8ICV443/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - Beware Silence! I just finished a new batch of tile mosaic jewelry boxes http://www.esp-pottery.com/blog/2014/6/8/esp-blog-archive monthly 0.5 2014-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1402254554413-1J0F18CFQKD9WRRPS7U1/image-asset.jpeg Events & Blog - ESP Blog Archive The king of photo bombs. I gave up trying to do formal pot pictures long ago. 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I have the tile painting station out on many nice-weather days. (If I forget, please stop in and ask!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/f930b5ac-cb86-41c8-95a0-aa0221d2c5a2/IMG_0865.jpg Community Tile - Make it stand out A teaser… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/c4a566a4-077d-4e41-a89d-686a92f10fed/tempImageiinyID.jpg Community Tile - Make it stand out Love these! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/d74cface-9e0c-432e-99b6-be3ea60f9dea/tempImagejlAuOd.jpg Community Tile - Make it stand out We have a color theme for this part of the project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/c8eddec8-9b44-467e-9c7f-bcf7132e3247/tempImagevAVm28.jpg Community Tile - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/50ba5695-2bc0-4395-b620-bf93f0e65d62/tempImageoJ29K6.jpg Community Tile - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/f2bc1fbf-5fb4-45c4-ac56-5853ed92266e/tempImage964yib.jpg Community Tile - Make it stand out An Arts on Main event kicked off our new Community Tile Kids’ Edition for our next (secret) project. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1da7a982-af1e-4953-bbe2-406d72f6c3f2/IMG_6873.jpg Community Tile - Make it stand out Our second doorstep! This one includes many of the pandemic-painted tiles. I noticed a LOT of happy suns were painted during this time, so I chose to use that as a theme when I laid it out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1458067569074-CHJO2ID2QRI6FYY9ZHGS/image-asset.jpeg Community Tile We did my leaking front step the first year with tiles I made at home during the building purchase process https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1458067343047-L0RVWEHDNK1ZS6JAPTB4/image-asset.jpeg Community Tile From our grand opening party on, I set up a little tile painting station inside the shop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1627251300705-GIEUQN9NIWMNSGHCO8QG/IMG_1437.jpeg Community Tile Our first community installation was our spectacular bathroom. MUCH more on this here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1616358815833-K2IRKE3WPJWXJGAMI8UV/IMG_0313.jpeg Community Tile When the pandemic forced state shutdowns in Spring 2020, I decided to set up the kit outside as a COVID-safe activity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1616358903620-UYTZO3KFG9I26M1J3IBE/IMG_0322.jpeg Community Tile Thanks to ALL of you who stopped and participated! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1616359010844-IHOSOD4A7OTS2D6MHMTK/IMG_0318.jpeg Community Tile Quite a few dogs were involved https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1626271869690-TH3EAO2B0PROPO8FVYGU/IMG_3677.jpeg Community Tile Along with my own slip pouring pandemic project, we had plenty of tiles by Summer 2021 to start installing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1626271914450-LUIBTASICGM9Y76N31ZP/IMG_3741.jpeg Community Tile Laid out and ready to install https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1627250048258-D8PMWXSV77ID30K5PCBW/IMG_3894.jpeg Community Tile Installed on the gallery doorstep, it also finally solved the remaining leaking problem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1627250096842-RUM38HBI7JEDGO1B796U/IMG_3890.jpeg Community Tile Moving on! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1626271957801-WYWY9SRS6OIGPFYQSS37/IMG_3767.jpeg Community Tile With the doorstep done, I moved on to our studio stairwell. This one will have more of our studio members’ tiles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1627252098974-V3SBX3A5DYA5XZEFM9ZG/IMG_0344.jpeg Community Tile During shutdown I sometimes noticed people at the table, but often found the little tiles later, like magic :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1627252147917-3VTT9XEHMVOX20S6TQSV/IMG_0655.jpeg Community Tile https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1627252206934-4WT24KCIDU8IE5MDWH1V/IMG_0479.jpeg Community Tile https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1627253294413-7ZR7VR41U4VPR54P9QQB/IMG_0738.jpeg Community Tile https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1627253169662-25JKRT14ITT4XJ65SUUJ/IMG_3425.jpeg Community Tile https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1627252276563-F436GM5BL41ESYHA6SFX/IMG_0312.jpeg Community Tile Some behind the scenes work on the bathroom tiles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1627252304377-41NG4BXFBQHAQ9ASM2ID/IMG_0208.jpeg Community Tile Testing glazes on the newer slip cast tiles http://www.esp-pottery.com/studio-notes daily 0.75 2018-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1458067088219-2Q7DDSSH11N05BF9B1OV/IMG_2268.jpg Studio Notes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1519154707970-5YAI9Y5BI6VH6QOZ2B3Z/IMG_5511.jpg Studio Notes http://www.esp-pottery.com/main-shop daily 0.75 2022-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1613930010245-2QE97C77V3FLU77BV58T/IMG_1827.jpeg Main Shop - Today Still happy, our decisions have stood the test of time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1613922431304-DO4ADGWOE4HGA6FNVUTW/IMG_0981.jpg Main Shop - Main Shop Dropped commercial ceiling, small replacement windows, walls and floors covered with layers of materials. And it smelled horrible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1613922526173-11L3KAHMHGCUTN5A4QGP/IMG_0962.jpg Main Shop - Dropped Ceiling Covering the view to the stained glass windows. Theoretically added to retain heat as the building had no insulation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1614391864559-I1IL0XLKTX6SJQPNFW3H/IMG_0992.jpeg Main Shop - Display Furniture & Decisions I had one week before the team arrived, so I set up to paint display furniture and contemplate the East wall, among other things. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1617378495970-ZO11E4PYAX6RPD0RTDLF/IMG_1071.jpg Main Shop - Demolition Day After the team arrived and poked under some materials to get the lay of the land, they took down the ceiling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1613922559417-PI9584R3OCZ9LE8LGNXE/IMG_1076.jpg Main Shop - Original Beadboard Ceiling The vent was covering a shaft that had been framed from the basement to the attic, possibly a dumbwaiter or hoist of sorts. We believe the circular light can was from the short episode as a strip club (more on that later). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1613922674815-FOJ9YHIPCSN02XVVDYY0/IMG_1085.jpg Main Shop - Opening the East Wall Brick, lath and plaster, heavy beadboard, drywall. The black paint was from the strip club when the entire room, including the windows, had been painted black. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1613922701261-MC4P37ZIW9ERO852XTMF/IMG_1093.jpg Main Shop - Loft Wall Above the dropped ceiling the loft was revealed with it’s tiny opening to view the main shop floor. In the 70’s this was the Stafford Electrical company’s office and in the 90’s it was the DJ booth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1613924048907-S0OGEGLA2J8KQETXU8WE/IMG_1075.jpg Main Shop - Revealing the Floors We suspected the floors were maple, but had no idea what condition they would be in, as they were covered with plywood and carpet. It was probably the biggest chance we took. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1614391884667-OXDQHKTALWVE7YK0I5Y0/IMG_1079.jpeg Main Shop - Demolition of Interior Walls We took out an unnecessary added hallway to let in more natural light. Also note the team’s creative use of work lights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1613924064291-EB2DNEMFSW1HDN5YKU29/IMG_1097.jpg Main Shop - Demolition So much material, we gained over three inches on the East wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1613972520395-VBDN7LXSBBOKKEL3LBOM/IMG_1135.jpeg Main Shop - Opening the Loft I had from 4pm to 8am the next morning to make a decision about what to do with the loft wall. Someone suggested opening it with a railing, and by morning I had decided on how that would be done. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1613924097365-68AT9HXSMTUS8T9FH72I/IMG_1257.jpg Main Shop - Insulation The smartest thing I did was listen to my inspection engineer’s suggestion of spray foam insulation. It’s FABULOUS. It also made the attic (more on that later) totally useable space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1613924119330-64JLVL6U9W14ZE8T5S71/IMG_1279.jpg Main Shop - Drywall and Painted Ceiling We chose to contrast the glorious open brick and deep beaded ceiling with clean smooth drywall. I still love the black ceiling paint we chose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1613924138213-S7VR8LR007BMWB1IKF4V/IMG_1289.jpg Main Shop - Windows! Our next fabulous decision was twofold. I had always planned to bring the windows back to full height, and my contractor suggested cutting the loft floor three feet away from the back wall to let the light up and down. Genius. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1613924147623-GSF03M8DLOBW39P8WE40/IMG_1330.jpg Main Shop - Interior Doors and Windows After each day’s 8am decisions I drove to every architectural salvage store within an hour radius looking for whatever I thought we would need coming up. I found beautiful doors and windows to close the openings between the two shops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1613924091623-UHVE5EFMS1Q6RRTLNYQ2/IMG_1225.jpg Main Shop - Windows These were open for some former use of the building, and since the shops long since have run independently, and because I happened to find used barbershop windows the exact size for five dollars a window, we closed them in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1614392004587-SHGKXWOZYYT3GFN0NO3F/IMG_1474.jpeg Main Shop - Sink and West Wall We decided to leave this wall mostly alone and just patch the existing drywall and plumb in a sink https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1613923978595-4GKUZHD2JYNF774CDPKR/IMG_0358.JPG Main Shop - Paint More thought went into this than anyone (except one architect friend who noticed) would ever guess. :) I had agreed to paint trim and started working on that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1613924005805-C803ALHH5JNJM433U7L5/IMG_0369.JPG Main Shop - Trim I got to design (and paint) our glorious fat crown and floor moldings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1613923969624-POUTY1H1UADHENKPHVP8/IMG_0365.JPG Main Shop - Trim At this point, our loft decisions were validated when the trim pulled it all together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1614391926548-1GQLIOLM5ICT8MZB9OGW/IMG_1408.jpeg Main Shop - Patching the Floor New maple boards and hardwood dowels. In some cases we were putting patches into patches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1614391941568-L4BYSJC00H1RED5T7QQ0/IMG_1410.jpeg Main Shop - Sanding All holes patched, sanding begins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1613924155264-XBV56BWA7YPP9AADNPTX/IMG_1411.jpg Main Shop - Sanding Three guys with three sanders sanded tor two entire work days to get past the grime and abuse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1613924012682-UKY4CFD7NVOC6UCUJ0LW/IMG_0403.JPG Main Shop - Finish We snuck in at least five coats. I’m not sure if Les knows that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1613924026447-7TY519TAHGTJMQICO867/IMG_0402.JPG Main Shop - Floor Unbelievable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1613924160490-0BRB2D2T7JVGXQD7AJZE/IMG_1435.jpg Main Shop - Ready! The floors were finished about five days before our grand opening… I was no where near finishing with painting the trim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1613934052487-KOVBW0CVA5ZYCVHW2D0V/12011328_1042861705781027_4195370213061459862_n.jpg Main Shop - Clean It was literally the first clean surface in three months. So… clean… I’d been painting the display furniture at home, so as soon as the floors cured enough we started moving it in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1613930012543-UFCRW9T1S57282PHSM8Q/IMG_1821.jpeg Main Shop - Details I had decided that patching this weird hole would be worse than keeping it, and when I found an eBay floor porthole five years later, it all came together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1613954217624-M7AECB7OA1W57USWUEJ0/IMG_3531.jpeg Main Shop - Shaft The light was Les’ idea, and we left one side of the shaft open to the attic for access and aesthetics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1613934025317-5AYIGWDR466WIZ42K8EX/10887295_987198414670177_8347837123006645877_o+copy.jpg Main Shop - Art and Details One of our early Arts on Main shows. I made use of a huge eye hoist hook in the ceiling and hung the hammock from a dumpster tow chain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1613930007244-OSV12C8EY1USBBMKE82U/IMG_1825.jpeg Main Shop - Lighting Still ridiculously happy with our lighting choices. The track lighting was magical with the black ceiling, and the new chandelier had the right element of eclecticity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1613930014156-8EGB9WS3PN10EDF88IQP/IMG_1828.jpeg Main Shop - Natural Light Turns out our back wall is South, so restoring full height windows lets in the most amazing light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1613934044331-E0FHPMXS03D4L2NLQLTO/IMG_3423.jpg Main Shop - Stained Glass We aimed the interior lighting to make it sing at night. We’re planning to paint the drab exterior of the building this year, so more on that another time https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1614391852852-WHBFG8IJ708WMNEMBJNK/IMG_0979.jpeg Main Shop - Closing Day June 23, 2015. (Check out how the dropped ceiling is framed in front of the transom windows). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1617378075861-GY3AOCO7NAOLSPDCGNL7/IMG_0920.JPG Main Shop - Closing Day While I try to avoid pottery life analogies in general, on the morning of closing day I laughed as I passed this sign. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1649530733398-FFUKIZSUM95SEUJNVTKL/IMG_0914.jpg Main Shop http://www.esp-pottery.com/details daily 0.75 2021-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1614177780273-JHYTKVYT8J6K8O2P5FH4/IMG_2768.jpeg Details - Beautiful Necessity The old stoop boards were leaking and my kiln was up and running. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1617382062183-9DUSQOWOYQNS922Q2NP6/IMG_1668+2.jpg Details - An Early Firing I made “Stafford” tiles and also started firing our Grand Opening tiles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1617382138237-XITYGUXO2V3TQIQACRO2/IMG_1691.jpg Details - Stafford Pottery This was the first pot I threw here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1617382125030-ZO65YA5A0VUNUZEG4ZJ9/IMG_1671.jpg Details - Prepping for Tile https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1614033243465-9GQ2XFLOGBDULDJ353QX/IMG_1970.jpeg Details - Laying out the Front Step https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1614031566326-DB8CZP7KMN6OXNITZRQV/IMG_1940.jpg Details - Front Step https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1614033220307-7RTWINN1ZD09WH35OJI6/IMG_1969.jpeg Details https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1614394389503-Q48HB698LV4TBT5RMY8E/IMG_1976.jpeg Details https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1614394474686-VQ4RE19JWGGJDTWG1VB4/IMG_1977.jpeg Details https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1614031553096-ZTY1MTXY53YXB08HZO71/IMG_1581.jpeg Details - Basement Views It took a while to find the right doors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1614031518678-58EBFE2TCCPCS98M06DC/IMG_1822.jpg Details - Ivoryton Piano Factory I literally crawled through hundreds of doors in acres of this movie prop warehouse in the middle of winter. I gave up and on the way out, spotted this elaborate display. The warehouse manager was tired and sold me the panels separately. (This wasn’t an original historic pairing, so no integrity was lost). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1614031525200-P3WRJA5UX2E2TFEG5181/IMG_1825.jpg Details - Hinges After another internet search, I found beautiful reproductions online https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1614031603255-M54V3Q7UW987J48O22PO/IMG_3356+%281%29.jpg Details - Filthy From Striping Labor of Love, it took forever https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1614177605874-8BCBEU06H81GCDOWRGYS/IMG_2480.jpeg Details - Turquoise https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1614031560395-6H9HNI0JZFWYFYIWHM4J/IMG_1840.jpg Details - Cafe Tables Always in the plan, I couldn’t find what I wanted, so we made these out of salvaged wall beadboard and junk store bases. The paint colors are original from decades of renovations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1614177831959-A35FKJ1BQZH8AKTWF93M/IMG_4888.jpeg Details - Faux Crocodile The chairs came later https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1614177685058-T5BGDUKPGH99S10SWA2U/IMG_4713.jpeg Details - Cafe Chairs A random roadside find, these turned out to be very old and very well made. Screws, glue, paint, and faux and we love them to death. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1614177928191-ZQYQQQPB15RTHCSEH0E7/IMG_E9259.jpeg Details - Strip Club Black I wish with all my heart that I saved more of this wood, but hindsight… The one black board is from the strip club paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1614194343956-C2NL29W6527E9DGEAEJL/IMG_6858.jpeg Details - Eyeball Mojitos Leftover from a long-ago party, these are also in the desk work light lamp in earlier pictures. They glow in the dark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1614194463689-WVX94WS014XE78NAQUUQ/IMG_4257.jpeg Details - Party Guacamole https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1614194378354-EY5KPSCG2ZDYT3YP57IR/IMG_0615.jpeg Details - Zeus’ Favorite Toy The tortilla chip on the floor from his guacamole toy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1617387161595-EW55FW8CRWOCJKKI4Z6E/IMG_2024.JPG Details - Hector Big sweet Hector loved to sew and apparently helped make the eyeball lamp lampshade. :) http://www.esp-pottery.com/bakers-brick-block daily 0.75 2021-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1615736291489-I85REA6SM6P62W8Z6T8Z/IMG_3233.jpg Bakers Brick Block - 1888 Blizzard Just three years old, the new Warren and Baker’s Block buildings with relocated businesses. Note the new, intact stained glass throughout all of Baker’s New Brick Block https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1615736308878-9W0JQPWOJIVFJU5CEXGI/IMG_7797.jpg Bakers Brick Block - 1888 Note that the Rockwell block did not rebuild (they were not insured and couldn’t recover from the loss). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1615736293883-FXHGBREMM9U673Y5N6D8/IMG_7796.jpg Bakers Brick Block - 1885-88 An un-snowy shot of the newly rebuilt Warren and Baker’s Blocks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1615920659239-A4Z3RABPGBO2BPWZGMD2/Press+1885_02_26+copy.jpg Bakers Brick Block - February 26, 1885 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1615920752925-9HNNKCIHVPG15FXZ9WNW/Press+1885_03_06+copy.jpg Bakers Brick Block - March 6, 1885 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1615924029230-QSCZI7AQH3GWK4EFYTEP/Press+1885_03_06+copy+2.jpg Bakers Brick Block - March 6, 1885 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1615920786535-UHY5S721N24URAYL2H23/Press+1885_05_07+copy.jpg Bakers Brick Block - May 7, 1885 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1615920845175-VJ6LEMX3QQW2D7G5FM3I/Press+1885_06_11+copy+2.jpg Bakers Brick Block - June 11, 1885 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1615926991533-F9NCUNUSGBIVWRTGK40A/Press+1885_08_13+copy+2.jpg Bakers Brick Block - August 13, 1885 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1615926995754-T4E388D0489QSGIHYC16/Press+1885_08_13+copy.jpg Bakers Brick Block - August 13, 1885 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1615927060185-FDNALFF0TEXKIQQ7KIWB/Press+1885_08_27+copy.jpg Bakers Brick Block - August 27, 1885 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1615927056909-VGLV4ZPIIYI3J1UR0Z0T/Press+1885_08_27+copy+2.jpg Bakers Brick Block - August 27, 1885 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1615939407482-NL9HN8EN5S966W7WVHO2/Press+1885_03_12+copy.jpg Bakers Brick Block - March 12, 1885 http://www.esp-pottery.com/meat daily 0.75 2021-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1616024710709-NJ70ZNTOB4PMU9YUN8WV/1892.png Meat 1892 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps Library of Congress showing Baker’s Central Brick Block with it’s recently turned over shops https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1615929140627-AQFTAGU3BUOAOY1VPNGF/Press+1890_11_25+copy.jpg Meat - November 25, 1890 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1615929111206-8EPQ7SB0P7SHA1F5YNOG/Press+1890_12_11+copy.jpg Meat - December 11, 1890 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1615929076682-6NEKFKZIJ6ABXEQ5C6JM/Press+1891_10_01+copy.jpg Meat - October 1, 1891 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1615929037246-8XWRWN6IWAEFCGU2BINC/Press+1891_11_26+copy.jpg Meat - November 11, 1891 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1615929245841-17PN2SEZBI88A0SMWTRO/Press+1892_02_18+copy.jpg Meat - Feb 18, 1892 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1615928993176-3AS4CBN272QC3B5TXU8T/Press+1892_08_04+copy.jpg Meat - August 4, 1892 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1615928938217-O1MV65CF3BKI96JTMGGS/Press+1892_08_11+copy.jpg Meat - August 11, 1892 http://www.esp-pottery.com/esp-building-history daily 0.75 2021-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1616169878132-KHPWONQ980JCTQ3C7XLC/IMG_2071.JPG ESP Building History https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1616170224474-O1W8JKNIHPI02PGOQ8G3/IMG_3233.jpg ESP Building History https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1615828489417-3TWUADLQA3YJM8IT1O7U/1892.png ESP Building History http://www.esp-pottery.com/music daily 0.75 2021-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1616025222625-PDA5P2LD2X2JXG6X3Q1H/Press+1902_05_02+copy.jpg Music - May 2, 1902 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1616025228672-RXQHK8MY70AULEMOZ04U/Press+1903_01_01+copy.jpg Music - January 1, 1903 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1616025400567-E3QDF82Z2T8KFNTLHYWV/press+1903_04_30+copy.jpg Music - April 30, 1903 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1616025201515-FE9RHK5PLV63JI0QEXTG/Press+1903_05_21+copy.jpg Music - May 21, 1903 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1616025195468-XYVPOPSM8C2D8OLW9CEE/Press+1903_07_09+copy.jpg Music - July 9, 1903 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1616025444360-A7E65C4CW8SO6N81OHD1/Press+1905_04_12+copy.jpg Music - April 12. 1905 Sigh… http://www.esp-pottery.com/shoes-and-electric daily 0.75 2021-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1615930410030-Y63G7XVP4KMJ81GLD9YN/Press+1910_01_12+copy.jpg Shoes and Electric - January 12, 1910 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1615930446332-FFYQZOXOU3G59RZREXNE/Press+1910_1_19+copy.jpg Shoes and Electric - January 19, 1910 Uh… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1615930496416-XVWF94EVNPUGIF0Z73XA/Press+1910_04_20+copy.jpg Shoes and Electric - April 20, 1910 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1615930544724-C18E3XTW1Q3ZSK67Q8GS/Press+1910_04_27+P12+copy.jpg Shoes and Electric - April 27, 1910 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1616088707551-7IIPVX7W37269OMZ2MQQ/Press+1917_08_30+copy.jpg Shoes and Electric - August 30, 1917 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1616088715890-E95E8OBOPSQ7S8SYA6F7/Press+1921_05_26+copy.jpg Shoes and Electric - May 26, 1921 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1616088492047-15BGIZE9S2OSZIRMH9RU/Press+1915_11_03+copy.jpg Shoes and Electric - November 3, 1915 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1616088470301-4W6SA27DF9X79NFRQRDR/Press+1916_01_26+copy.jpg Shoes and Electric - January 26, 1916 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1616088631330-5RFCUA63T5FRPUVJHLNR/Press+1917_10_25+copy.jpg Shoes and Electric - October 25, 1917 http://www.esp-pottery.com/central-block daily 0.75 2021-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1615745710117-F6XH3R1TBHD5MRCNT1I7/IMG_2071.JPG Central Block - 1884 Warren, Rockwell, and Baker's Central Hall Wooden Blocks Left to right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1615745685482-XD1OB3OOH9VOL8FI71AR/IMG_2072.JPG Central Block - 1884 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1615941663485-YGKW1SIUHY3GA5FT28G5/Press+1885_02_14+copy.jpg Central Block February 14, 1885 http://www.esp-pottery.com/park-tinker-house daily 0.75 2021-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1630975975311-CG1DXLTIOQ7GEOC3JU88/house.jpeg Park Tinker House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1630977938116-J9I3BF9W9ODZX1OR2O9A/IMG_8973.jpeg Park Tinker House - First Floor Foyer I can only say that the house wanted to be this color. Everyone agreed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1630977174737-DSTG2ZHOD5S16PYCWEJM/IMG_2984.jpeg Park Tinker House - "Gold" When gold is reproduced in non metallic paint, the result is a marigold/mustard yellow. discoveries of remnants of the original wallpaper showed burgundy and creams that would have worked with the built in bench upholstery. We don’t know the age of the carpet (yet). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1630978232087-D1PR6YD8GO2EB6F9KUJL/IMG_9838.jpeg Park Tinker House - Original Chandelier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1630978254539-KR7AEJDW7Z01TU8YBU8V/IMG_9837.jpeg Park Tinker House - Chameleon Pink/Cream https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1630979395519-AWF7HX54A1Y1L62UGS1Y/IMG_9830.jpeg Park Tinker House - Watson The architect’s initials were CAT, and with more than one set of stone lions on his houses, we’d like to think Watson would have been approved. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1630978092438-XWQU3UNGU40HWR9ZVP3Z/IMG_9719.jpeg Park Tinker House - Repair Age, very bad wallpaper scraping, and paint drips made this a great time to get my first oscillating sander with vacuum attachment. I didn’t mind the work, but each room took a long time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1630981564800-SFMHWD69Q74YGMHR43C0/IMG_4412.jpeg Park Tinker House - Buffalo History Museum See anything familiar? This room has been painted over the years as well, so I don’t know how color played into it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1630983683647-UDM6OCV8XO76Y3XTIMHX/IMG_4259.jpeg Park Tinker House - Phone Alcove When I painted, I took out some loose trim framing this nook, and discovered that it had been added. Shortly later, we found a bookcase in the garage that had covered this access for many, many years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1630983701547-31ZMHJOYYXR4Z8EDZ0EZ/IMG_4261.jpeg Park Tinker House - Hidden Ladder Slid into the attic, this ladder was made to be pulled out and fit this space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1630983717608-U453FHUFCA01DHEBUKEO/IMG_4263.jpeg Park Tinker House - A Small Attic Looking into the access door, there is a narrow attic space, like many of the other attics throughout the house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1630983764545-LLM2SOE1P09Z4LMKWHJF/IMG_4265.jpeg Park Tinker House - Access to Another Attic Not visible when looking in, the narrow first attic opens to the right to the attic over the vaulted living room ceiling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1630983787048-GSZXQ354P5AS4K2497S3/IMG_4266.jpeg Park Tinker House - The Second Attic An interesting somewhat diagonal flooring leads across this large unused space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1630983805685-77J1SYODL3AUK5H8O034/IMG_4268.jpeg Park Tinker House - A Third Attic? This very deliberate flooring leads to alongside the central living room chimney. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1630983835654-UX7FCSUNCIBOAA7M9TFK/IMG_4270.jpeg Park Tinker House - Secret Room A much less refined but built for this space ladder leads from the walkway to this room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1630983854881-JZE18LCAQFJ0SQPNEAHD/IMG_4274.jpeg Park Tinker House - No Power There was no electricity here, so Amazon supplied some solar lights for me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1630983872248-MQRDBDZLMIPKEA724X87/IMG_4275.jpeg Park Tinker House - Partially Floored Judging from the very neatly installed pathway through the second attic, I’m not entirely sure why these boards are sloppy and unfinished. I’ll check materials when I get more into it and see if they were re-purposed later or originally installed this way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/1630983891081-SVDQZH2UT110FQRACO8J/IMG_4277.jpeg Park Tinker House - Hidden in Plain Sight This dormer faces the active street. 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It was a beautiful September day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/0c6460b9-0eb0-4e23-ac42-0770fd246c4f/B08A77DA-7780-49D0-B0C9-B59A31AC8ABA.jpeg Street Piano - Make it stand out Plinky plinky… None of us can play. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/15188e3c-9479-4757-91f7-984f68cc9b59/0A98BBEA-AB95-4E55-9F0B-37B8845614BC.jpeg Street Piano - Make it stand out They made short work of that https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/0b48cf10-56f3-4deb-9a89-290ad78da495/E8530852-2DE0-445F-A6BD-D7E167E433F9.jpeg Street Piano - Make it stand out Back on Main Street https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/06b3f852-e81f-4d6a-b825-1b6f595d4cb5/F01ED5C0-F385-4E79-8DB8-7FEB1B6A0188.jpeg Street Piano - Make it stand out It’s an old 1940’s NYC spinet. They’re not worth very much, so we’re not doing a terrible thing by giving it a new Bohemian life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/16ce699f-7c6a-4318-ad07-c3edac24d4c9/4A88F57A-20C6-4838-B7A4-EC7F5FDBCB7F.jpeg Street Piano - Make it stand out This is just a doctored color sketch! I’ll start painting this week. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/10f31e6c-f9ab-4880-a942-8e4ceb29c34a/8DDBFC74-120E-4C8C-968E-59749C201F3E.jpeg Street Piano - Make it stand out It had some metal floor-digging original wheels that needed to be replaced. I’ll be flipping it back upright today, if I can find help. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/0488f50f-fc8d-4e9b-bf9f-20ae9143b305/IMG_2020.jpeg Street Piano - Make it stand out With the wheels finally screwed on (no small matter), it’s time to finish painting! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/02148c23-4ca1-4654-9ebf-b38fca22b710/IMG_2018.jpeg Street Piano - Make it stand out I suspect this is a part number, but it is close to the date. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/bce18521-e9c4-4fa0-b7c1-e1fd8550751e/IMG_2024.jpeg Street Piano - Make it stand out Made some decisions for the back soundboard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/538de88fe4b0e81c6f27b5cc/e57b40fa-6978-4437-ae0d-162ce0d1ea7e/IMG_2044.jpeg Street Piano - Make it stand out Gently unscrewing parts, vacuuming out former mice, and getting nice clean paint lines. 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