Roger's Love for Old Things

The balance above belonged to Roger's Mom's Dad. He used this balance to weight medicine in his medical practice. Roger's mom has kept it in mint condition and asked if we would have use for it. We thought we could use it in our glaze room for weighting fine oxides, but it is such a beautiful object. We end up keeping it on display in the showroom.

Roger loves old tools and old machinery. He would get them from places like auction. Often, he would be bidding against people who want to get for scrap metal. Those tools are still functional and just need new owners who would take care of them and make the best out of them. Roger would get them and take them apart and refurbish them. We use most of the old tools in his collection in making our work here. Yes, they are not just collectible; they are functional and essential to our studio.