Normally the work happens in phases: Kate throws and trims pots until she has a kiln load to bisque fire. When the pots have been fired for the first time (bisque fired) she enters the glazing phase. Kate's glazes are recipes of powdered rocks that she mixes herself, stored in 5 gallon buckets, that do not look at all like they will look when they've been fired. She dips and pours glazes to coat the pots, then fires them in an electric kiln. During the tour Kate will be forming (throwing) pots or glazing them, depending on which phase she's in when the tour happens. She will have examples of the work at each phase of the making process to show people.