The East Fork Journal The Journal

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The Key to Ending Homelessness

An introduction to our Q2 Community Partner, Homeward Bound

A black and white photo of Alex Matisse kneeling in front of large ceramic pieces in a wood kiln

Why Is It Called East Fork?

Alex Matisse, East Fork’s founder, on how the company got its name and why it represents a “little private victory” for him.

Various sizes of ceramic plates and tiny bowls in a rainbow of earthy colors are artfully laid out together against a white background.

Color Theory: Core Colors

Our Head of Design, Nicole Lissenden, shares the details of how we built our core color palette.

A person wearing a black sweatshirt is holding a ceramic terracotta mug with 2 hands.

How We Make The Mug

Want to know everything there is to know about how we make The Mug? It’s your lucky day. Get the behind-the-scenes on how we make our iconic ceramic mug.

A ceramic pottery factory with large kiln carts filled with pots, assembly lines, and two people working in the center.

Update on How Our Pots Get Made

East Fork’s manufacturing floor stands on the precipice of a big change. We’re preparing to move to a new clay body and glaze recipe that’s been three years in the making.

Recipe: Saffron Rice Pudding

To me, rice pudding is the most comforting dessert - rice kernels swollen full of milk and sugar. I love...
South Comes North

All of our astrologically sensitive friends gave us due warning of April's encroaching, energetic thunderstorm, so we had our feet...
Where We Are

I have to admit: I'm experiencing the same mild anxiety I feel when I wait two weeks too long to...
An Interview with Alex Matisse on Being a Father

C: Happy first Father’s Day, Alex! What’s your favorite part about being a father so far? A: [Without pause] The...
Friday Update

Kiln Sale We had such a great time at our Kiln Sale and we hope you did too! It was...
Where We Come From

5 years ago, when I started East Fork Pottery, all I wanted was a place to make pots in the...
Clay Like Ripe Fruit

There's a sensuality about summer that's so heavy, so carnal, as to feel desperate in its urgency. Peaches, plums, tomatoes...
Lucky Thirteen

Please Join Us Next Weekend Saturday, June 14th & Sunday, June 15th for our Spring Kiln Sale The 13th Firing at...
Pitchers, Pictures, & Pictures of Pitchers

Alex Glazes a Rebecca Pitcher with a Slip-Trailed Floret, Destined, perhaps, for the Baptismal Chapel at Holy Innocents Episcopal Church...
October

I start getting excited for October in April or May and start to lament its impending departure in August or...
EFP Doin’ Work

It happens the same way each throwing cycle: about four weeks before loading & firing, we start worrying that there...
The Blaauw

For those of you who have been following along with us for a while, you’ll know that Alex and John...
You’re Invited to Dinner

You are invited to a 5-course farm-to-pottery dinner with East Fork Pottery & Table Restaurant Saturday, September 14 at 6:30 pm on the...
A Feast Fit for Kings

Thank you so much to all who came to our first pottery dinner last weekend! Alex and I had such...