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Zoom-In! One of A Kind Pottery & Shipping Sale

April 29, 2020 By Morgan

Join us this Friday for our first ever ZOOM-IN pottery sale. First come, first serve! May day! May day! We’ll have all our one-of-a-kinds on sale and discounted shipping!

How stuff works:
– Log in to Zoom
– We’ll show you any items you might be interested in (Flameware cooking items, baking dishes, trays, vases, little dipper bowls, mugs, and more)
– Ask questions about the pots
– See a 3D view
– Shop our 35% off “not-quite-perfects”
– First come First serve
– Private chat us your email and shipping address, we’ll send you a link to complete your order
– Everything will ship out on Monday 5/4 and arrive in time for Mother’s Day (hint, hint)
– Curbside pick up or FREE drop off delivery in Hutchinson City Limits
– FREE Shipping over $100 (or flat rate $10 shipping for under $100 … not valid for HI, AK, or international orders)

Zoom Information:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83162898100

Meeting ID: 831 6289 8100
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Mikutowski Woodoworking

January 5, 2018 By Kylie Lawson

Beautiful new wooden keepsake boxes from Mikutowski Woodworking at the Clay Coyote Gallery. It might be cold outside but we’re warm in here. We’re open everyday 10am-5pm Monday-Saturday and noon-4pm on Sunday.

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February 5, 2013 By Ann

At Clay Coyote Gallery, we have an amazing selection of functional wood pieces.. from rolling pins and clipboards to exquisite jewelry boxes. Check it out!

FOREST CITY STOCKADE

August 18, 2008 By Vivid Image

THE FOREST CITY STOCKADE

Every year for the last 10 or so, we (Betsy and Tom) head for a weekend at the Forest City Stockade. This is a recreation of the 1860’s Stockade built near Forest City, MN, during the Sioux uprising of 1862. The Stockade was rebuilt in 1976 and has been added to over the years until now it contains a main cabin and trading post inside the fort, and nearly a whole town outside.

Above is the front door of the main cabin during this years’ stockade on August 16 & 17. Each year we make a commemorative piece of pottery for collectors and supporters. Below is the side porch with Tom’s favorite thing…homemade ice cream in the largest hand-cranked freezer you’ll ever see.

The Stockade is staffed for the two day summer and one day winter events by many volunteers serving food, giving demonstrations of 1860’s crafts and skills. The key people are Bob and Betty Hermann (immediately below), Chuck and Ann Fuller (further down) and Dale and Mary Root and lots of volunteers. Paul White (of Paul and Pam fame) is shown with his bees and some visitors who get to try fresh honey from the comb.

Chuck and Dale direct and do most of the building at the stockade and, to me, one of the most amazing pieces is a handbuilt watertower and windmill that Chuck built. Clik on this one to take a closer look.

A few scenes around the stockade outside in the village show wagons, a new chapel where Greg Matthews gives a talk on the history that led to the stockade. Chuck and Dale add a building or two (or 3) each year, many of the rebuilt from log cabins that area folks donate (the unfinished one below will be the largest operating newspaper print shop in Minnesota.)

Tom does his little pottery thing on a foot powered Leach Treadle wheel throwing bowls, plates, pitchers, whickey jugs, mugs and other items that might have been used on the frontier. While this wheel itself is only about 50 years old, the treadle wheel concept goes back into the 1800’s in Germany. They were brought into the US in production potteries in North Carolina.

Outside the stockade to the east is a full-blown rendezvous gathering you can also wander.

The Stockade makes a fabulous day for kids as well as adults. Plenty of food, interesting exhibits and demonstrations, history, music and family fun.

It’s always the 3rd weekend of August and the first Saturday of December (the 6th in 2008).

Forest City Stockade