Monte Young Pottery

10/06/2026

Sanding pots after the firing is great because you find so many gems you didn’t notice before. These beautues will be in Galena Illinois Twenty Dirty Hands in mid-October so come and take a look….

10/05/2026

10/02/2026

Here are some of my favorite pieces from this firing, we had at least a 95% success rate this time thankfully….

09/30/2026

We unloaded our woodkiln today with some great results, come see them October17-18 in Galena Illinois at .

09/30/2026

Looks like a great firing from what we can see tonight. Luke Verkamp led the firing on this one and by what I see should do so going forward. We will unload tomorrow morning with great expectations. The area by the door is usually the sketchy area but not this time!!

09/28/2026

09/26/2026

We just finished firing the 33rd (really 35th with two massive failures) of my 70 cubic foot cross draft wood kiln built in 2015 by Matthew - this was a 25 hour firing to cone 11-12. The firing was smooth and consistent and fired with only myself and Verkamp. Fingers crossed, unloading next Wednesday with pictures to come…

09/25/2026

We are 6 hours in and things are going great!

09/24/2026

Wish us luck, last firing until mid 2027…. 🔥🤞🏻🤞🏻🔥

09/19/2026

Finally loaded with around 325 Pcs. Most likely the tightest kiln we have we ever fired! This is our 33rd firing since 2015. Fingers crossed!