Throw
something.
— a class for hands-on people,
twice a week, in southeast Portland.
Twelve wheels. Three kilns. One quiet morning a week for members. We teach the slow way because the short way doesn’t work — and because the slow part is the best part.
Beginner classes start at zero. You will leave with a finished mug, fired and glazed, two weeks after your last session.
cohort 13, last firingWhat’s on this fortnight.
most things sell out two to three weeks ahead — grab a seat while we still have one.
- 12JunWed
Centering & First Pulls
with June Park · 6:30 – 9:00 pm · Beginner
3 seats leftReserve → - 15JunSat
Four-Week Wheel Series — Cohort 14
with June Park · 10:00 am – 12:30 pm · Beginner
1 seat leftReserve → - 16JunSun
Slab-Built Vessels
with Hideo Tanaka · 1:00 – 4:00 pm · All levels
5 seats leftReserve → - 18JunTue
Glaze Chemistry — Iron & Ash
with Sasha Reyes · 6:00 – 9:00 pm · Intermediate
waitlist only— - 22JunSat
Pinch & Coil for Beginners
with Hideo Tanaka · 10:30 am – 1:00 pm · Beginner
6 seats leftReserve → - 23JunSun
Open Studio Sunday (Members)
with Robin Lee · 11:00 am – 5:00 pm · Members
4 seats leftReserve →
Members who shape
the studio.
Twenty-two resident artists rent shelf space at Kiln House. These four anchor the studio — they teach, they fire the kilns, they wedge clay on a Tuesday morning before anyone else has shown up. Their work fills the front shop.
June Park
Founder, wheel-throwing
Hideo Tanaka
Hand-building, sculpture
Sasha Reyes
Glaze room, reduction firing
Robin Lee
Studio manager, kilns
Small pieces, made here.
A rotating selection from the front shop. One-of-a-kind, by the hands above. We restock on Fridays and on Sundays after the kiln cools — what’s here is what’s here.
No. 01Breakfast Mug
$42by June Park
Stoneware · 12 oz · oatmeal satin
No. 02Slab Vase, No. 7
$185by Hideo Tanaka
Hand-built · ash glaze · cone 10
No. 03Studio Tumbler (set of 2)
$58by Open Studio members
Wheel-thrown · varied glazes
No. 04Tenmoku Test Cup
$36by Sasha Reyes
Reduction-fired · one of fourteen
No. 05Garden Planter, Med.
$74by Robin Lee
Brushed slip · drainage hole
No. 06Serving Bowl, Wide
$96by June Park
11 in. · cream + iron rim
Three fires.
One long week.
Every piece you throw passes through our kilns twice. Once at cone 06 to harden it; once at cone 10 — twenty-three hundred degrees — to vitrify the glaze. Robin runs them. You can watch them come up from the alley window if you want.
Loaded Sunday night. Cone 06, eight hours up, twenty hours down. The first fire takes the chemical water out and makes the work strong enough to hold glaze.
Three dip-buckets on the cart: oatmeal, tenmoku, iron-red. Brushed wax on the foot. Lined up on the kiln carts on a Tuesday afternoon.
Reduction starts at ⌀06. We close the damper, drop the air, and let the kiln pull color out of the iron. Cracked open Thursday morning — never the same twice.
“The kiln decides the last ten percent. We just try to show up to the unloading with a steady hand and an open mind.”
— Robin Lee, Studio Manager— Robin, studio manager
blue garage door,
next to the bakery
Come throw
with us.
— or just come by, say hi, and watch a kiln.
220 Maker Lane
Portland, Oregon 97215
Wed – Fri · 10a — 7p
Saturday · 10a — 7p
Sunday · 11a — 5p
closed Mondays for kiln loading
(555) 555-3456
hello@kilnhouse.com