We have been working on a Nuka glaze during the past few firing cycles. We mixed up larger batches of our two favorites this time. One fired to bland boring-ness, and the other was unexpectedly lovely. #glazing #stoneware #woodfiredpots #artsonpoint #fallarttour #windyridgepottery #mineralpoint

Everyone works hard during a firing. #pottery #piakids #sharpen #makingpies #childhoodunplugged #windyridgepottery

Loading for our little firing is underway. #windyridgepottery #lotsofhelp #pottery #pots #woodfiring #dontforgetdads

Artfully Mashed Bouquets By Cleo. If you've got flowers, she will happily fit ALL of them in a vase for you. #summertime #windyridgepottery #cosmos #sunflower #gallery #artsonpoint #fallarttour #wisconsin #flowers #handmade #homegrown

We don't have much time before our next firing, so Joe is working extra fast. 🔥🔥🔥 He will be showing his speedy skillz from 4-8 on Friday and Saturday at our Downtown Gallery during @artsonpointmp Gallery Night Weekend. #windyridgepottery #speedy #throwingpots #artsonpoint #pottery #atthewheel

Joe took off for a weekend with friends from @cornellcollege leaving a pile of pots to finish next week. #bix7 #wip #pottery #handmade #mineralpointwisconsin #artsonpoint

We are in the studio for a quick-turnaround firing cycle. We are testing several @starworksceramics clays and expanding on the glaze tests we had in the last firing. Joe and Cleo gave New Catawba a spin today. Joe threw diner mugs and Cleo made a bunny. #familytime #windyridgepottery #mineralpoint #wemakeit #mineralpoint #starworks #pottery #atthewheel

Because Joe is quiet and considerate, I have to toot his horn for him. 🎉🎉🎉 He also rarely worries, so I have to fret twice as hard and buy expensive lotions to counteract all the wrinkles. But I digress... Joe has built many smooth-firing and efficient kilns, and he is mixing his special sauce of technical knowledge, experience, and intuition on a firebox rebuild in Spooner this weekend. #kiln #pottery #woodfired #woodkiln #brick #wisconsinlife #ceramics

🌟P L A T E S 🌟

We are full-time artists, but not always in clay. Joe is finishing a custom table today for our friends Keith and @decibelleslie . They are amazing supporters of our Mineral Point art community. We are excited to dine at Buttonhill sometime and see our pots on Joe's table. #woodworking #selfemployed #table #blue #dovetail

Introducing our newest bowl shape: Fresh Rabbit Stew! Just pullin' your leg, Internet. This little one is Cleo's birthday surprise, tentatively named Fumdy-Mumdy. Or Cute-uhh. Stay tuned for the final verdict. I have been in an Instagram funk lately. My photos don't look good or curated enough, the world is too chaotic and sad for gratuitous pottery shots, my phone is quickly becoming a relic, blah, blah, blah. But what Joe and I really love about Instagram is seeing what is important and beautiful in the lives of our friends, fellow makers, and world changers. Big or small, pottery or personal. We don't want our presence on your small screen to be marketing thinly disguised as genuine sharing. So I am shaking off the dust of doubt, starting with Fumdy-Mumdy and a dazzling sunset. There are plenty of places to find perfectly curated content online, but only one to find our story. We hope you will stick around to be part of it. #pottery #handmade #mineralpoint #lionhead #wisconsinlife #sunset

Brittany of @reveriehomecollective will be doing the drawing in the morning for our Diner Mug, so scoot to our previous post for entry details.

We are collaborating with our friends at Reverie Home Collective to bring you a sweet giveaway: one of our Everyday Diner Mugs! ***TO ENTER*** 1. Follow @windyridgepottery & @reveriehomecollective (please don't follow to unfollow, it's such a bummer). 2. Like this photo and answer this: "Coffee or tea?", also, feel free to share how enthusiastically you love your fave one. 3. BONUS: Tag as many friends as you want for a bonus entry per person. 4. Winner will be announced on Monday evening!

We are getting on @coleypierce 's 🔺️ craze. #betterlatethannever #thestrongestshape #pottery #handbuiltpottery

Hope all of you fathers and father figures were celebrated, remembered, and loved today. We are sure glad to have this handsome flower growing here on Windy Ridge. #fathersday