It’s been a great summer, handmade and homegrown. As the Stone Leaf staff enjoy late days in the studio, we hope you’re focusing the same creative energy into your own work!

Upcoming  Workshop

For first-time kiln owners or those transitioning to newer models, this hands-on intro workshop covers the ins and outs of electric kilns—perfect for beginners! We’ll walk through the basics of kiln use, including loading, programming, maintenance, and troubleshooting, with plenty of tips & tricks along the way.

CLAY OF THE MONTH
Laguna Maya Red Cone 10

Fantastic news, folks: Maya Red is back at Stone Leaf as a regular clay body! A cone 10 showboat and our GM Lara’s favorite clay body, this clay is incredibly versatile in the studio. A medium‑red stoneware containing 60‑mesh sand for added strength and texture, it’s great for throwing, handbuilding, and sculptural forms. With a balanced shrinkage (~12%), it stays strong against warping thanks to sand reinforcement—great for large or hollow pieces. This clay is perfect for potters looking for a robust, textured red clay body with versatile firing atmospheres and a solid structure. Grab a bag today!

Want to see an example of Maya Red?
Check out this cool Instagram post on Jonathan.yamakami’s account.

TOOL OF THE MONTH
Mudtool Edgies - 10% off

We’re buzzing about this one. A brand-new innovative tool from Mudtools, we bring you the Edgy! The Edgy is Mudtools’s latest polymer rib, designed in collaboration with GR Forms for precise edge rounding and burnishing. This rib is available in all four classic colors and flexibilities, and designed to be user-friendly, multi-purposeful and your new studio staple. Ideal for adding smoothness and definition along rims, seams, and fine details, this rib will bring your pieces to the next level. Grab one from our tool aisle this month before we run out!

Want more information on this neat new tool? Watch the video below or navigate to Mudtools Youtube video!

Add any Edgy to your cart to see the 10% discount until August 31st! They’re regularly $9 each and are on sale this month for only $8.10.

GLAZE OF THE MONTH
AMACO Crawl Glazes - 10% off

We’re hyped to bring you a wild and funky new option in our mid-fire glazes. The fresh line of Amaco Crawl Glazes has hit our shelves and we’re celebrating by discounting them for August! Bring your pieces to life with unique, spontaneous patterns every time. Engineered to intentionally pull back (crawl) during firing, creating dramatic texture and revealing the clay or underlying glazes, they can also be layered with other glazes to create fascinating effects (images of several combos below)! The creative potential is endless. Traditionally seen as a flaw, these glazes are bringing back the crawl.

Want a better visual of the new AMACO Crawl glazes?
Watch the video below or navigate to AMACO’s YouTube video.

Add  any pint of AMACO’s new Crawl Glazes to your cart to see the 10% discount until June 31st! They’re regularly $22 per pint and on sale this month for only $19.80.

Ingrid King’s Tip of the Month…

…involves glazing!

My guess is most, if not all of us, have mixed water colors searching for just the right shade of green, for a softer, lighter blue, grey, and so on. We learned in elementary school that red, yellow, and blue were the primary colors, and that mixing red and yellow = orange, mixing red and blue = purple, and mixing blue and yellow = green. Mix opposites, like yellow and purple, and some shade of brown appears. Yep, that’s water colors, pigments.

Confusingly, the ingredients used to create glaze products are not generally pigments, they are chemicals, generally found on the Periodic Table of Elements. Mix a blue glaze and a yellow glaze and chances are very low, you won’t achieve a grass green. You are far more likely to achieve an olive green. Mix a transparent, clear glaze with brown, and yes, you are likely to achieve another transparent glaze, but it might be a transparent ochre, not a lighter brown.

Layered and blended glazes can be very exciting, but also not produce what you are hoping for. Here we are again. Test, test, test!

Thank you, Ingrid!

Staff Interview: Lara Suenram

For our August Stone Leaf staff member interview, we have Lara! Lara is Stone Leaf’s treasured General Manager, mold-making and glaze-layering savant, and all-around beautiful soul. Skilled at making one-of-a-kind wall hangings, vases and a variety of other goods, if you’re able to catch any advice from her, you’re a lucky potter.

[SLP] How many years have you been making pottery?

[LARA]  Since 2019! I jumped in just before moving to Denver and haven’t looked back.

[SLP]  Have you had any jobs teaching?

[LARA] Yes! I taught a class on Amaco glazes—super fun. Loved sharing tips and geeking out with fellow glaze lovers.

[SLP] Kiss, marry, kill: throwing, hand-building, glazing?
[LARA] Kiss glazing, marry handbuilding, kill throwing. The wheel and I are in a love-hate saga—some days magic, other days chaos.

[SLP]  What’s your secret weapon of pottery tools?
[LARA] My new plastic mold housing setup for making plaster molds—small but mighty, and super handy for custom forms.

[SLP] What’s your favorite clay body recently?

[LARA] Calico! I’m obsessed with its gritty texture and earthy tone. It brings great character to my minimalist pieces.

[SLP]  Advice for a young grasshopper?

[LARA] Don’t box yourself in—explore everything! There’s so much more to pottery than just one path.

Thank you so much, Lara!

Store Notices

We’re officially in our busiest season!

To our schools, recreation centers and other establishments kicking off their semester: get your orders in as soon as you can! Our team is committed to filling your pottery supply needs, whether they be clay, glaze, tools or raw materials.

Coming into Stone Leaf after driving a ways, only to find out your clay is out of stock? Give us a ring ahead of time so we can confirm what we have on hand! We’re happy to place orders for our customers over the phone, email or via our website, and can hold longer than two weeks if we know when you’re swinging by.

Give a cheer, folks: Kiln Ice Glazes are now shipping from Amaco! We'll have them in stock very soon. Be sure to grab a pint when they come in! They’re on the website now if you want to see what they’re all about (they’re show “out of stock” until we get our shipment).

Have a pooch you’d like to bring with you next time you visit? We welcome all well-behaved, socialized dogs in our store, and our staff always appreciates saying hello! We have some studio dogs of our own (Peaches and Rocky, and occasionally Pepper, Nelly, and Daisy). These pups also love our customers, so feel free to give them some love back if you see them!

August Art Events

We have the Midsummer Arts Festival happening August 2-3 at E 8th Place and Colorado Blvd! Come experience a plethora of arts, handmade crafts, live music, food and more! Support your community, come check it out.

The 41st Sculpture in the Park Show and Sale is happening August 8-10 in the Benson Sculpture Garden, 2908 Aspen Drive, Loveland, Colorado 80538 (free shuttle buses available since parking is very limited near the show grounds) and features several artists creating impressive sculptural ceramic art in addition to art in a variety of other mediums.

We also have the Affordable Arts Festival happening 8/24 in Littleton! An awesome event focused on raising funds for ACC student scholarships, all artwork will be priced $150 or less. Scoop up incredible works of art for a pittance! Tickets are available online for $12. Don’t miss out on this awesome opportunity to see and purchase local art.

Any further questions about our specials? Inquire at our front desk during regular business hours, our staff are happy to help!

That’s all for now, folks! Happy potting, and we look forward to seeing you soon.

Elise and the Stone Leaf Pottery Crew

All Clay of the Month purchases are limited to 100# of clay. The sale price is valid only in August 2025 and not combinable with other discounts.

It's not uncommon for us to run out of the clay(s) of the Month, so we always suggest you shop early in the Month to ensure the clay is in stock. Also, when purchasing Glaze or Tool(s), or Equipment of the Month, again, it's limited to products on hand. So, if we don't have it when you shop, come shop with us again soon! We replenish our shelves constantly—we'll hopefully have more soon! Got more questions about how this works? Please, please reach out to us!

During the freezing months, we will not accept returns on clay or liquid chemical products such as wax resist. As much as we wish we could take back that half-frozen bag of B-Mix, we can’t repurpose it. Thank you for being mindful.