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Showroom, Studio & Kiln


Showroom Hours: August 4th - 10th

.......Monday: 4th  CLOSED
......Tuesday:  CLOSED
Wednesday:  11:30pm - 5:30pm
....Thursday:  11:30pm - 5:30pm
..........Friday:  11:30pm - 5:30pm
.....Saturday:  11:30pm - 5:30pm
.......Sunday:  CLOSED
The showroom hours are being reconsidered

NMS Storefront
North Main Studio is located at the North end of Stillwater in the historic Isaac Staples Sawmill building. I'm bracketed by The Supreme Bean Coffee Shop (You can pick up a nice lunch and a great cup of coffee) and the Stillwater Art Guild Gallery.

    Call me and make an appointment if you are making a special trip to the showroom & studio to make sure I'm not on the road at an art fair or running errands.

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Visitors are welcome to watch me at work in the studio.

A typical cycle of potting starts by throwing simple forms and lots of mugs. More complex forms like teapots and ginger jars, as well as assembled forms, follow. Large platters and tall cylindrical vases and pitchers are created at the end of my throwing cycle. I also enjoy working on pieces in a series. This allows me to continually refine my forms. It also helps the work to continually evolve. New items are added to each kiln load of pots.

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 Time to Glaze

Kiln Loading
The Kiln is located five miles from the studio. Glazed pots are carefully crated, loaded into the pick-up and delivered. Loading the kiln takes about four hours. Once the kiln door is bricked up the burners are started. Ten hours and forty gallons of propane later, the kiln will reach cone 10 or 2345 degrees. Halfway through the firing, the damper is partialy closed and air to the burners is restricted. This burns off all the oxygen (creating a reduction atmosphere) resulting in a wonderful range of glaze colors. At cone 10 the kiln is closed up and left to cool for 48 hours before unloading. The kiln holds approximately 250 pots.


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North Main Studio LLC
402 North Main Street
Stillwater, MN 55082-5059
Phone: (651) 351-1379