KilnNote Owning Your Data: A Guide to Pottery Record Backups and Portability
Why Data Portability Matters for a Recording ToolWhen managing a pottery practice, the value of a record lies in its lon...
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KilnNote That Glaze Combo You Can’t Reproduce: A Recording System for Potters
The glaze combo you can't reproduceEvery potter knows the feeling of opening a kiln to find a "happy accident"—a piece w...
KilnNote Beyond “That Bowl I Made”: Building a Useful Work Record
Why "that bowl I made" isn't a recordFor many potters, the initial stages of a project are filled with tactile focus: th...
KilnNote Beyond a Jar Label: Recording Your Glazes as Data
The glaze jar that looks like every other glaze jarIn the daily operations of a pottery studio, a significant challenge ...
KilnNote What Actually Happened in the Kiln? A Firing Log System
Why a single "fired it" note misses the storyIn the lifecycle of a pottery piece, the moment it leaves the potter's whee...
KilnNote You Don’t Set the Status — Your Kiln Does
The problem with manually maintained status fieldsWhen we looked at the core fields of a work record, we mentioned in pa...
KilnNote Tags, Search, and Filters: Making a Growing Studio Archive Usable
Why a growing archive needs to be searchable, not just completeIn the initial years of a pottery practice, it is relativ...
KilnNote The Reverse Lookup: From Glaze to Every Work That Used It
The question a work-first view can't answerIn the standard workflow of a pottery studio, most records are naturally "wor...
KilnNote Two Photos, One Slider: Spotting Subtle Glaze Variations
Why a side-by-side view beats flipping between two photosIn the practice of recording pottery results, the primary goal ...
KilnNote How Many Pieces Are You Juggling Right Now?
Two different problems, two different toolsIn the lifecycle of a pottery studio, a potter eventually moves from managing...