One wheel, one kiln, no shortcuts
Kiln & Clay is June Park's one-woman studio by the French Broad River. Every piece is thrown on the wheel, glazed by hand, and fired in a kiln she built with her father. No molds, no outsourcing, about sixty pieces a month.
The studio sits by the French Broad River, in a converted garage with one wheel, one kiln, and a wall of test tiles. June throws in runs of a dozen: enough to keep a rhythm, few enough that every piece gets finished by hand.
The glazes are mixed in-studio from recipes chased over years: a fog white that breaks warm at the rim, a speckled buff that shows the clay underneath. Nothing is bought in a bucket.
Pots are meant to be used. Chips, patina, glaze wearing thin at the lip of a favorite mug: that is the work doing its job.
How it's made
- Thrown. On the wheel, in runs of a dozen. No molds.
- Glazed. Dipped and brushed by hand; every batch mixed in-studio.
- Fired. Cone 6 in the kiln June built. Two days to cool before the lid opens.
