Janet Greeson

I learned to throw functional pots on a kick wheel in the early 1970's at the U of A, Fayetteville. A kick wheel is just what it sounds like. You kick it with your foot to make it go and drag your other foot on it to make it stop. I learned how to wedge air bubbles out of clay, trim the bottom of a pot, mix glazes, decorate the surface of a pot, fire a kiln, how to make a well formed lightweight piece of pottery all under the watchful eyes of professor Don Curtis. My mother used to say ceramics and Don kept me in college long enough to graduate.

 I use an electric wheel now and work mainly with porcelain clay which is so smooth, soft, and limp that some people have compared it to working with cream cheese. I have an electric kiln, but I fire mostly at Double Springs Pottery which is owned by Mary Curtis in her gas reduction kiln. I enjoy hand building, and throwing, and as in the piggies combining the two techniques. All my work is lead free. It's dishwasher, microwave and oven safe, but don't set it on an open flame, or burner.

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