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A Little History In 1987, I took a step in another direction. V.R. Hood Clays, the ceramic supply business in San Antonio, was on the market. Its name, sake V.R. Hood, started the company. He was notoriously grumpy. Years later, I found out that he and another man his age had a competition between them […]
Monthly Archives: April 2021
I get by with a little help from friends As far as the Papal Mass pottery was concerned, two fellow potters in San Antonio came to my aid. Bob Fromme, an expert at making large pieces, threw the large covered jars needed to hold any host that might be leftover after everyone at the Mass […]
At The New Hospital things had been arranged. It was 7:30 or 8:00 in the evening when we arrived at the new hospital and the nurse in charge of pre-op had been on a choir trip recently with my wife. She was able to help my wife feel more assured about what was happening. As […]
The accident That evening about five or six, I went out to the studio to change out the kiln car and start the next firing. I put on a pair of Kanthal gloves and opened the kiln door. Kanthal is a fire and heat resistant material that is good at lower temperatures. As I pulled […]
For the next couple of weeks, I will take a break from the Marketing and Selling theme and focus on some significant events that occurred during the 1980s Making Pottery for the Papal Mass in 1987 Several things happened in the 1980s that challenged me; one of those nearly killed me. In 1987, the Catholic […]