Huberhaus Pottery (Contlniwd from Pago B 16) case of terminal roots.” he said. It took some conjuring to con vince his Panama-bom wife to move into the area, but she now loves the area as much as he does. When he returned to the area, he had no intentions of becoming a potter. However, his Uncle Charles Huber, who was the local historian and who had painstakingly deve loped a unique, traditional approach to redware pottery, asked him to buy his business. “I seemed to have an inclination for doing it I liked doing it and I liked the rustic redware style that’s my uncle’s trademark,” said Hub er, who purchased his uncle’s busi ness in 1991. According to Huber, each potter has a certain style or technique that identifies his pottery. 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Ahesston I AGCO I Now’s The Time To Buy! See Dealers For Company Programs, Financing And Warranty Information be used. It’s more than “just for nice," Huber said as he fingered a pie plate. The redware has a doily imprint in it a trademark car ryover from his uncle. He does some sponge painting on redware, popular today and also centuries earlier. Almost every size of pie plates, bowl. jug. crock, cup, pot pitcher, candlestick, dog dish, bird house, and serving dish is part of Huber’s stock. What he doesn’t have, he will custom-make. The Hubers like to search for original redware. Most pottery is unmarked. Because the early pot ters were often in a hurry, they sel dom cleaned off the bottom of the clay pot and fingerprints are often evident. Although most pottery was not decorated, slip trailing was some times used on plates and then glazed. The clear glaze turned yel low after Bring. A few pieces show elaborate designs and have humorous say ings slip-trailed on them. 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After the pottery is formed on the wheel, it is fired in a kiln at 1,900 to 2,000 degrees. “Other clays take higher temper atures, but redware will melt if fire d at a higher temperature.” Huber said. Redware pottery is dishwasher, microwave, and oven safe. In the colonial period, potters often had dual occupations, such as farming and pottery making. Throughout the winter, they work ed on their pottery. A few pieces were made in advance but most were special orders from settlers’ wives who had broken a crock or bowl and needed a replacement or for additional kitchen ware. The colonists often needed to wait several months until the potter had enough pieces to fill a walk-in, beehive kiln. It was a slow process that took three days to start a fire and reach the high temperature. JrVhen the fire reached the right temperature, it sounded like a train whistle. “There are instances of potters The shelves are filled with redware ready to be trans ported to a show. 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