People ask why I came back from Austin. The honest answer is money and a spare room in my mom's place in Downey. The less honest but still true answer is light.
Commerce happened because a friend of a friend had a unit opening in a warehouse off Atlantic. Unit 14. Roll-up door, concrete floor, enough electrical for a small kiln.
Most of my orders still ship to Austin. That's not a strategy. It's just who has my mugs so far.
Winter is slow. I fix things — the door track, a shelf bracket, the way the glaze bucket shelf leans.
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