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Pottery shaped by hand,
fired in Tacoma.

Functional and sculptural ceramics
from Updraft Pottery Studio.

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Aaron Filson standing in front of the open soda kiln — At the soda kiln

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Aaron Filson on a Puget Sound beach at low tide

Meet the potter

I'm Aaron Filson. I discovered pottery in my last semester at the University of Puget Sound, drawn in by the wheel and the tangible results. Updraft Pottery Studio is my studio in Tacoma.

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The soda kiln at Elinor Maroney's studio in Covington

Kiln projects

The soda kiln I built at Elinor Maroney's studio in Covington, and my evolving propane kiln at my studio in Tacoma.

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Recent work

Bisque-fired terracotta-colored planters and white porcelain bowls on a folding table, with a small scruffy white dog sitting on a rug in front — Bisque day, with supervisor

Four large dark brown glazed planters with combed sides inside an open electric kiln — Dark stoneware planters

A tall brown vase, a ribbed jar, a ribbed bowl and three bowls with a blue brushed lantern motif inside a kiln — Lightened stoneware body with lantern motif, mystery glaze with soda flashing, plus a bonus porcelain bowl.

Eight pale green plates and dishes with blue brushed lantern motifs and letters, viewed from above inside a kiln — Lantern plates

A table of brown stoneware vases, bowls and cups with blue lantern motifs, with celadon plates and bowls on a table behind — Fresh out of the glaze firing

Two bowls from above on a paisley tablecloth, one pale porcelain and one brown stoneware, each with a blue lantern motif — Lantern bowl pair

Two crackled green vases, a celadon bowl with a blue lantern, a brown bowl and two round letter tiles inside a kiln — Crackle and cobalt

An outdoor table display of lantern-motif vases, bowls, plates and cups, T-O-P letter tiles and small textured ornaments — Summer table

Four unglazed buff dinner plates with wide rims on a kiln shelf, viewed from above — Loaded for bisque

A table of bisque-fired terracotta-colored dinner plates, a planter and small honeycomb-textured pieces outdoors — Bisqued dinnerware

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