Not for Cornish Hens

It seems when some people visit a pottery everything in the room has to be used for something. It can't just have a visual function!!! A woman asked if she could cook a Cornish hen in one of Sheila's boxes. I said do you really want to pay $175 for a single Cornish hen cooker? They are treasure boxes. They are to look at or to maybe keep something special in but they are not kitchen pots. At least not in our mind.
Here is how the process starts with bottomless cylinders, bowls for lids and she is always sure to roll out the slab and dry it on drywall while the thrown parts set up. These boxes are a labour of love and I'd say from start to finish are three days work so that works out to a box a day. Of course, other studio responsibilities are included but the focus is on these boxes. They mostly sell to potters or collectors of Sheila's work. Here are a couple of wood fired ones and a dry ash glazed one. Let me know if you'd like one. I gotta keep her gainfully employed so I can take up fly fishing.