Darthe Hughes

Pottery Studio
For Sale

$10,000 for the complete studio

  • No partial sales
  • Pickup in Oceanside, CA. No shipping

Everything a potter needs to set up or expand a home studio, all in one place: two kilns, two wheels, a slab roller, an extruder, tools, glaze materials, clay, books, and years of tested glazes and test tiles.

Email darthe@darthe.comFull inventory (PDF)

The full inventory is 12 pages (3 MB) and lists each item with the price paid or the current price new.

The pottery studio with kilns, wheel, and work tables

What's included

L&L Easy Fire E28S-3 electric kiln with stainless steel jacket

Kilns

  • L&L Easy Fire E28S-3 kiln, Dynatrol controller and Sure Vent. 6.8 cu ft, 3" brick, cone 6–10
  • Shelves and posts for the L&L
  • Skutt GlazeTech test kiln with Genesis Mini touch screen. Nearly new, lightly used. 12" deep, 14.5" × 14.5", with 2 shelves
  • Bead racks and test tile holders
Pottery wheel set up in the studio

Potter's wheels

  • Shimpo VL-Whisper wheel, excellent condition
  • Vintage Shimpo wheel, about 50 years old. Works great and is especially useful for trimming
North Star slab roller with its large blue wheel

Slab roller and extruder

  • North Star 24" slab roller
  • Scott Creek 4" extruder with a 24-piece die set
Work table with a banding wheel, lamp, and tools

Tools and equipment

  • Giffin Grip trimming tool
  • Diamond grinding disc
  • OHAUS triple beam scale, plus a second scale
  • Sieves: 80 mesh, 100 mesh, and a mini 100 mesh test sieve
  • Banding wheels (CSI and Shimpo)
  • Boxes of cones: 018, 09, 08, 07, 5, 6, and 7
Shelves of labeled glaze materials and colorants in jars and buckets

Glaze materials and colorants

  • A large stock of cone 6 raw materials: feldspars, frits, kaolins, ball clays, silica, Gerstley borate, whiting, wollastonite, Zircopax, and more
  • Colorants including cobalt carbonate, copper carbonate, iron oxides, chrome oxide, and rutile
  • Mason stains in about 18 colors
  • Amaco Velvet underglazes, Laguna stains and engobes
  • Lusters: white gold, premium gold, and silver
Studio shelves with buckets of mixed glazes

Made and tested glazes

  • About 20 mixed and tested cone 6 glazes, including Chun Seafoam, Cranberry, Hanson Clear, Nutmeg, Licorice, Tenmoku, White Linen, and Val’s Turquoise
Boxes and bags of Laguna clay

Clay and kiln furniture

  • Bagged cone 5–6 Laguna clays: B-Mix, 393 stoneware, and porcelain
  • Kiln shelves, posts, and stilts
  • Bats and ware boards
Bookshelf of pottery and glaze books

Test tiles, books, and notebooks

  • Glaze test tiles from years of cone 6 testing
  • About 25 pottery and glaze books, including titles by Robin Hopper, John Britt, and Hesselberth and Roy
  • Studio logs and notebooks

The raw materials list isn't complete, but there's a whole lot of it. See the full inventory for item-by-item details.

More photos

The studio with kilns, wheel, and work tablesSkutt GlazeTech test kiln with Genesis Mini controllerInside the test kiln, loaded with test tilesShimpo VL-Whisper nameplateA kiln load of glazed cups and bowls

Interested?

Email me with any questions or to arrange a visit.

Email darthe@darthe.comFull inventory (PDF)