A bonsai enthusiast and strictly amateur potter, Ittel has been making pots off and on for about five years. Nonetheless, since he runs this web site, his pots are included. In his pottery class, he is known as the "Crack Pot" because of frequent events during the firing process. All pots are bisque-fired in an electric oven and high-fired in a gas oven. Because the work is done in a class, there is little control over whether a firing will be reducing or oxidizing.
Steve maintained a website about potters in North America for many years. It was finally abandoned because it was too much work, but this was his page from the site. Most of these pots have been used or disappeared.
Steve Ittel
A bonsai enthusiast and strictly amateur potter, Ittel has been making pots off and on for about five years. Nonetheless, since he runs this web site, his pots are included. In his pottery class, he is known as the "Crack Pot" because of frequent events during the firing process. All pots are bisque-fired in an electric oven and high-fired in a gas oven. Because the work is done in a class, there is little control over whether a firing will be reducing or oxidizing.