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Wood fired, salt glazed pottery made in western N.C.

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Sunday funday! Handlin’ mugs on the back porch.

Sunday funday! Handlin’ mugs on the back porch. Can’t complain one bit.

#mugs #handles #sunday #backporchvibes #spring

I’m pretty smitten with this salty little casser

I’m pretty smitten with this salty little casserole dish. The bamboo shoots are just beginning to pop up here so I’m imagining it bubbling over with a wild variation of spinach artichoke dip (lambsquarters bamboo dip). SO good!! Looking so forward to summertime potlucks and dinners with friends. ✨
This casserole will be available at the @fairviewhandmademarket on May 9th!
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#casserolesandcobblers #potluck #dinnerwithfriends #ncpottery #saltglazed #woodfired #womenwhowoodfire #eatsomethingwildeveryday

My goodness it’s pretty out there!

My goodness it’s pretty out there!

There were lots of bowls in this firing, and some

There were lots of bowls in this firing, and some sweet ash deposits in the bottom of quite a few of ‘em. These are the pots that make all of those days of wood prep super worth while. ✨
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#woodfired #saltglazed #woodash #bowls #womenwhowoodfire #fairviewhandmademarket

Just standing out here in the spring breeze taking

Just standing out here in the spring breeze taking in this kiln load, thinking about what I like, what I love and what I could do better next time. All in all it was a great firing! I’ll be sanding and photographing each one of the keepers over the next few days and packing them all up for the @fairviewhandmademarket! <— give them a follow to see work by the incredible makers I’ll be out there with, and to hear about the upcoming raffles benefitting @rootcausefarm which you will not want to miss. ✨
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#woodfired #saltglazed #ncpottery #budvases #springflowers

One from yesterday. Matt got up at 4:30 this morni

One from yesterday. Matt got up at 4:30 this morning and lit the ‘campfire’ for me. I slept til 7, made some breakfast, fed the dogs and when I got to the kiln it was time to push the fire into the firebox. Now it’s just cruising along slowly. I’m sittin’ at about 700 degrees, listening to some John Lee Hooker in the sunshine with the pups. Happy Easter! ☀️
#woodkiln #leeroythehounddog #sundayfunday #happyeaster

For those of you whom I haven’t had the pleasure

For those of you whom I haven’t had the pleasure of meeting, I’m Lindsay West! My business name comes from my maiden name, Bostic, which was passed down from my grandpa George, who was from Bostic, N.C. He and my grandma Connie moved to the Asheville area when my dad was a kid, and my family has been here ever since.
My love for wood firing stems from a childhood of tending the woodstove with my mom, and watching my dad fell trees like a pro out in the woods on the weekends. The smell of fresh cut trees and 2 stroke oil makes me feel at home. To this day, wood prep is still something I truly enjoy.
After 10 years of working in the landscaping industry, I went to our local tech school and took a pottery class. I was hooked! After gradation I enrolled at UNC Asheville where there was a big Japanese style kiln called an Anagama. This kiln was something special. It took 3 days to load, 3 days to fire, and was very much the center point of the most wonderful happenings! Students came and stoked the fire in 4 hour shifts (some of us stayed longer). It was a magical time. I knew then that I’d fire my pots with wood.
Last year my husband Matt and I made that dream come true. We built this little kiln in the back yard made from mostly used brick we collected since my graduation. I’m getting ready to load it up on Friday and fire it over the weekend for the second time! I’m excited!
Thanks so much for following, and I hope I get to meet you out in the world one fine day.
#pleaseallowmetointroducemyself #ooohoooh #womenwhowoodfire #catenaryarch #crossdraft #woodkiln

The pots are stackin’ up and I’m feeling less

The pots are stackin’ up and I’m feeling less rushed for this upcoming firing than ever before. It feels so good to finally be gettin’ in a groove in the studio. Been a long time coming.
#grateful #studiogroove #bisqueware #forthewoodkiln #womenwhowoodfire #ncpottery #studiopottery #828isgreat

It was a beautiful day for drying pots on the porc

It was a beautiful day for drying pots on the porch! I’ve been making and assembling oval casseroles mostly, firing a bisque, and doing a little wood prep. Thankful for spring! ☀️
#spring #ovalcasseroles #wnc

Matt hooked my electric kiln up on the back porch

Matt hooked my electric kiln up on the back porch (it used to be inside), and although I picked a chilly morning to load it for the first time, it sure was pretty out there. Now I’ll be able to work in my studio while the kiln fires without having to open all of the doors and windows for the fumes. Good stuff!
#electrickiln #bisquefiring #forthewoodkiln

Loading a bisque with LeeRoy. #thebestdog

Loading a bisque with LeeRoy.
#thebestdog

Humans have been making pottery for over 20,000 ye

Humans have been making pottery for over 20,000 years with the simplest of tools. I love that. I had to laugh as I just caught myself using all of the most modern tools at once! We are so spoiled. Now that I’m finished trimming, I’ll dip this bowl in an iron rich slip, bisque fire it, and apply a nice, quiet glaze on the inside. Then it and many friends will be ready for the wood kiln!
#trimmingbowls #slippinpots #forthewoodkiln #mudtools #redrib #giffingrip #ipad #electricwheel #newagepotters #wearespoiled

Imagining the flowers who might occupy each of the

Imagining the flowers who might occupy each of these vessels has driven me to make the next. Bouquets of Daffodils, Sweet Peas and Snapdragons, Iris, Anemones and stems of Quince. So much to look forward to.
#springflowers

Woohoo! #snowday

Woohoo!
#snowday

I’m finally repainting my studio space (farewell

I’m finally repainting my studio space (farewell bad sponge paint job!!) so my wheel and tools are all packed away until February. I was itchin’ to get creative yesterday so I finally assembled these sweet little wood fired earrings 😍 They will be photographed and listed on my Etsy page this Monday at 8pm. For anyone with skin sensitivities, they have surgical steel posts! ✨
#ceramicearrings #woodfired #saltglazed #earrings

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