Stoneware thrown and fired in Hudson, New York
Quiet pots for loud tables.
Bowls, bottles and pitchers in speckled white clay. Each piece is thrown by hand, trimmed the next morning and fired twice. Most of them go to people who ask first.
On the shelf this month
Thirteen pieces out of the September kiln. Tap ask about this piece and it goes on your tray. One message covers the whole tray.
Six days from a bag of clay to your table
Nothing is cast or pressed. The speckles are iron in the clay body, they rise through the glaze in the second firing, and no two bowls land the same way.
- WedgeDay one. The clay is kneaded to push out air and line up the particles, about eighty turns per ball.
- ThrowDay one. Centered on the wheel and pulled up in three passes. A bowl takes six minutes, a tall bottle closer to twenty.
- TrimDay two. Leather-hard pieces go back on the wheel upside down to carve the foot ring.
- BisqueDay four. First firing to 1,800°F turns clay into porous ceramic that can hold glaze.
- GlazeDay five. Dipped by hand in a satin white. Rims are wiped back to show the raw iron edge.
- Glaze fireDay six. Twelve hours up to 2,230°F and a full day to cool. Opening the kiln is still the best part.
Come by the studio
The studio is a converted garage behind 214 Union Street. Kiln warm, coffee on, seconds shelf at half price.
- Open studio, 10 am to 4 pmNo booking needed
- Kiln opening and seconds saleDoors at 9 am
- Winter open studioGift wrapping on site
Private visit
Weekday afternoons, up to four people, 45 minutes. See work in progress and pick from the shelf.
Wheel morning
Two hours at the wheel for two, $140. Your best piece is trimmed, glazed and mailed to you.
Write to the studio
Questions about a piece, a set for a restaurant, a commission for a wedding table or a studio visit. Oda answers every message within two days.