Interfaith Group

but potters world-wide have a custom of honoring a kiln god or goddess. My mentor made a little goddess figure--an archaeologist digging one up a couple thousand years from now would probably call her a fertility deity--for each of our big natural-gas fueled kilns. She sits above the door, where she can "oversee" a firing, make sure the glazes perform well, and protect the pots inside from thermal shock. We fired one this afternoon, and made offerings of rice and potato chips.

We'll know Monday what we've got.