https://blackphoenixslo.github.io/leakscan-site/showcase/blog.html Notes from Orla Brennick's studio in Galway, Ireland: wheel-throwing, glazes and reduction firing, drying pots in the Atlantic damp, and how the work actually gets made. en-ie Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://blackphoenixslo.github.io/leakscan-site/showcase/imgs/og.webp https://blackphoenixslo.github.io/leakscan-site/showcase/blog.html https://blackphoenixslo.github.io/leakscan-site/showcase/blog/post-1.html https://blackphoenixslo.github.io/leakscan-site/showcase/blog/post-1.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 The Work Every mug I make begins on the scale, not the wheel: what weighing clay to the gram settles before the wheel turns, where the 420 grams go, and when I ignore the number. https://blackphoenixslo.github.io/leakscan-site/showcase/blog/post-2.html https://blackphoenixslo.github.io/leakscan-site/showcase/blog/post-2.html Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Kiln Notes On firing days I starve a gas kiln of oxygen on purpose. What that does to iron and copper, why my celadon only exists because of it, and why no two firings match. https://blackphoenixslo.github.io/leakscan-site/showcase/blog/post-3.html https://blackphoenixslo.github.io/leakscan-site/showcase/blog/post-3.html Wed, 09 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Galway Why a board of bowls can take a week to firm up in a Galway March, why slow drying is mostly kind to pots, and the plastic collars, damp cupboard and radiator that keep my handles on.