Today I paid a visit to a clay supplier in in the nearby town of Ureshino. They make a clay body that I am hoping will be suitable for large work in the front of the kiln. I picked up five 17kg pugs to make some tests with.

Two of the six filter presses.

Cakes fresh out of the press waiting for the pugmill.

A very small sample of their bagged clay.

Crushing, mixing, and blunging equipment.

Piles of Toseki (porcelain) waiting for the stamp mill.

After getting clay, I dropped by my favorite tea store for a good deal on seasonal tea, and to talk about having one of their certified tea instructors give a presentation during the biannual Workshop in Taku next fall.