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It feels rural just south of East Atlanta Village. At Lori's there's a nice pre-Depression era house on a half acre, a gravel and grass drive, and an outbuilding workshop. Our southern grandparents, aunts and uncles lived in places like this. They worked in the city but preferred living in the country. Many still do. I went to <a href="http://www.futurerelicsgallery.com/">Lori Buff's Future Relics Gallery</a> yesterday. Lori is a clayworker. She's having her holiday sale. I was already charmed by Lori and her work, We have one of her raku horsehair pieces. Yesterday I got to see the studio. You can keep up with her on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FutureRelicsPottery" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/FutureRelicsGal" target="_blank">@FutureRelicsGal</a>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_UVICE7MM0x0A4r6AQBx9VKrmWLdau4sCYsbgqyyxGp0roiA2btcByqMb78NczlPqVth0ETUvgmdpyjRklJ9IbEY3pzxiuP0mWq5lLQoHt65Wts-xnQr5SmtX9ADIFURZrR8P16wL30Gx/s1600/2013-11-30+Lori+Buff+at+Future+Relics+Gallery+Pottery.jpg"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_UVICE7MM0x0A4r6AQBx9VKrmWLdau4sCYsbgqyyxGp0roiA2btcByqMb78NczlPqVth0ETUvgmdpyjRklJ9IbEY3pzxiuP0mWq5lLQoHt65Wts-xnQr5SmtX9ADIFURZrR8P16wL30Gx/s640/2013-11-30+Lori+Buff+at+Future+Relics+Gallery+Pottery.jpg" width="640" /> </a> Who doesn't love a crisp sign, a grass drive, and a perky outbuilding.   <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145960595/" title="IMG_8091-2013-11-30-Future-Relics-Gallery-Linda-Starr-TK-Lori-Buff-East-Atlanta-Pottery by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8091-2013-11-30-Future-Relics-Gallery-Linda-Starr-TK-Lori-Buff-East-Atlanta-Pottery" height="616" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7365/11145960595_9700c2404b_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> Three bloggers, two clayworkers: Left is <a href="http://bluestarrgallery.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Linda Starr, also a clayworker and blogger at Blue Starr Gallery</a>. Right is <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FutureRelicsPottery" target="_blank">Lori Buff, the one-person total package at Future Relics</a>. If you go out much, go out to where the artists, artisans, crafterers are, you'll run into her. <a href="http://futurerelicsstudio.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Lori blogs at Future Relics Pottery</a>. Now I'll just show you. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145796635/" title="IMG_8062 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8062" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7413/11145796635_d327a597b7_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> It feels country but she has neighbors and this great yard sink. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145850226/" title="IMG_8081 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8081" height="480" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3832/11145850226_ba988713e6_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> This is so cool. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145862064/" title="IMG_8063 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8063" height="480" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5512/11145862064_20e0086845_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> These round things are "bats."  You put the bat on the wheel, the clay on the bat, then you throw, like on <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099653/" target="_blank">Ghost</a>. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145798045/" title="IMG_8064 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8064" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7329/11145798045_574f946fd6_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> You take the bat off the wheel and let the pot harden just enough. Then you use a cut-off string with handles to cut the pot off the bat. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145798675/" title="IMG_8065 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8065" height="480" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2808/11145798675_5375546739_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> Depending on how you pull the cut-off string, you get very cool patterns like this. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145995843/" title="IMG_8085 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8085" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7414/11145995843_eea594cd46_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> Handles have their own production line. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145803825/" title="IMG_8071 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8071" height="480" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3785/11145803825_7d8e2b9aa6_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> There a wheel with a metal pedal. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145807105/" title="IMG_8074 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8074" height="480" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5480/11145807105_2a50f2c713_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> There's a kick-wheel with a collection of clay tailings. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145810275/" title="IMG_8078 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8078" height="640" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5496/11145810275_1ee678ff89_z.jpg" width="480" /></a> There's orangestone clay. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145810945/" title="IMG_8079 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8079" height="480" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5482/11145810945_f1ea95acc6_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> Phoenix clay in clay lingo: "... It has a good amount of tooth without being rough on beginners hands. Fine mullite grog has excellent thermal shock properties ..." <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145882714/" title="IMG_8086 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8086" height="480" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5520/11145882714_8ae01101f2_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> Loafer's clay is just my style. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145840756/" title="IMG_8072 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8072" height="640" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3688/11145840756_6f22d17dba_z.jpg" width="480" /></a> Straightforward tools everywhere, You'll need this to make sure your lids fit. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145806185/" title="IMG_8073 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8073" height="480" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3704/11145806185_aac813a4d8_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> I'm rather ham-handed but I love the tools. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145829735/" title="IMG_8096 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8096" height="640" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7441/11145829735_d3ae86c118_z.jpg" width="480" /></a> For big curves and striations. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145977953/" title="IMG_8066 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8066" height="480" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3666/11145977953_232ae6049a_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> There will be mud but not today. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145800005/" title="IMG_8067 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8067" height="480" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3810/11145800005_6fa643850a_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> Humble sponges. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145800675/" title="IMG_8068 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8068" height="480" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3810/11145800675_82b5549de3_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> A stick for every season. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145880114/" title="IMG_8083 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8083" height="480" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3739/11145880114_6c8d0b0837_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> I like the lamp a lot. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145896414/" title="IMG_8098 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8098" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7319/11145896414_7f6a7dd1cc_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> Do the clayworkers bond like the printmakers? I think so. Time to go. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145895524/" title="IMG_8097 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8097" height="480" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2873/11145895524_34eea3841c_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> This is a rural scene. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145814555/" title="IMG_8082 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8082" height="480" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3740/11145814555_fee9aa3d3f_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> Some of Lori's handmades. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11146001293/" title="IMG_8089 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8089" height="480" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5513/11146001293_c31c022f80_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> A neighbor took a picture of us. You can just see the back of the house. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145999583/" title="IMG_8088 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8088" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7294/11145999583_95fc48fece_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> A look at the seconds table, they look like firsts to me. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/11145869566/" title="IMG_8099 by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_8099" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7293/11145869566_d73331e362_z.jpg" width="640" /></a> Bye. <a href="http://bluestarrgallery.blogspot.com/2013/12/lori-buff-open-studio.html" target="_blank">Linda Starr blogged it too at "Lori Buff Open Studio." </a>

Lori's East Atlanta Pottery Studio is "Out in the Country"

It feels rural just south of East Atlanta Village. At Lori's there's a nice pre-Depression era house on a half acre, a gravel and gr...

There will be more blogging about this. To the Atlanta bloggers who missed out: Double secret probation. This is the roof top of the Historical Concepts Glenwood Park office. We were there. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1EdeAFadmpQ4ycpDZjQWttu9gllrIuY-81O9_TzyjEK7vZ4GPn1TADbnagWt0ZOZWVlXVuGA63kE18EQdm-yXkjF2QqzPauQKPlny4Z6LqamqD1rsYy9Mpryl0jHUR1xc-DnxI9lIEHEO/s1600/P1020685-2010-06-22-Glenwood-Park-Historical-Concepts-End-Unit-Townhouse-RooftopRoom.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486098250756753778" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1EdeAFadmpQ4ycpDZjQWttu9gllrIuY-81O9_TzyjEK7vZ4GPn1TADbnagWt0ZOZWVlXVuGA63kE18EQdm-yXkjF2QqzPauQKPlny4Z6LqamqD1rsYy9Mpryl0jHUR1xc-DnxI9lIEHEO/s400/P1020685-2010-06-22-Glenwood-Park-Historical-Concepts-End-Unit-Townhouse-RooftopRoom.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 232px;" /></a> Hello Dawn, Beth, Domenick, and Bruce, Thanks so much for showing us around Glenwood Park yesterday and for helping us put it together. We appreciate that y'all took time out of your day to help us enjoy this beautiful place. <a href="http://www.tphblog.com/touring-glenwood-park-atlanta/">Angela did the first post or at The Painted House.</a> There will be some more. Domenick explains real stucco over real masonry. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/4725034789/" title="P1020683-2010-06-22-Glenwood-Park-Historical-Concepts-On-Left-Of-Row-Domenick-Treschitta-Explains-Detail by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1020683-2010-06-22-Glenwood-Park-Historical-Concepts-On-Left-Of-Row-Domenick-Treschitta-Explains-Detail" height="375" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1436/4725034789_e932f29871.jpg" width="500" /></a> Thanks: to Dawn Fritz and Todd Strickland who humored me at the CNU and to Kevin Clark for letting us run amok in the studio, and to Domenick Treschitta who nearly melted into the sidewalk showing us around in the heat and who enjoyed it as much as we did. <a href="http://www.historicalconcepts.com/">Historical Concepts</a> to Beth Fore who endured several of my out of-the-blue phone calls inviting myself into the Cablik offices. We don't really see much in the blogs about builders of these one of a kind modern houses. Thanks to Alan Cablik whom I met at the Barksdale house at MA 10. <a href="http://cablikenterprises.com/">Cablik Enterprises/</a> and <a href="http://www.dwellmodern.com/">Dwell Modern, Cablik Enterprises’ residential division</a> to Bruce Gaunt, my longtime neighbor who found a variety of homes to visit. Somehow Bruce manged to have the air conditioning turned on in every one. You had to be there. <a href="http://brucesellsatlanta.com/">http:Brucke Gaunt, Keller Williams Intown/</a> Bruce, Domenick, Emmie, Angela, Ally <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/4725035365/" title="P1020693-2010-06-22-Glenwood-Park-Bruce-Domenick-Emmie-Angela-Ally by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1020693-2010-06-22-Glenwood-Park-Bruce-Domenick-Emmie-Angela-Ally" height="291" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1173/4725035365_97d76d79ed.jpg" width="500" /></a> Here are the bloggers. <ul><li><a href="http://www.tphblog.com/" style="font-weight: bold;">Angela </a><a href="http://www.tphblog.com/">at</a><a href="http://www.tphblog.com/" style="font-weight: bold;"> The Painted House</a></li><li><a href="http://www.fromtherightbank.com/"> Ally at From the Right Bank to the Left Coast to the Deep South</a></li><li><a href="http://southernaspirations.blogspot.com/">Emmie at Aspirations of a Southern Housewife</a></li><li><a href="http://architecturetourist.blogspot.com/">Terry at Architecture Tourist</a></li></ul>Thanks again, Terry P.S. Once is not enough for me. I'll work towards doing this again so we can to return the favor to out hosts. Angela, Terry, Emmie ready for a cold beverage. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrykearns/4725035479/" title="P1020698-2010-06-22-Glenwood-Park-Emmie-Terry-Angela-Detail by clambake444, on Flickr"><img alt="P1020698-2010-06-22-Glenwood-Park-Emmie-Terry-Angela-Detail" height="385" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1331/4725035479_7ff330698d.jpg" width="500" /></a>

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