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FACTBOOK 2010
MARIETTA DAILY JOURNAL
SUNDAY, JULY 25, 2010
Just Kiln’ Time Show your creative side at pottery shop By Kathryn Dobies
Davis puts a turnover time of one week on every customer’s receipt, but the pieces are often MARIETTA — The dog done before then. In those days of summer are upon Cobb cases she calls customers to let County, and more likely than them know their piece is ready not the novelty of vacation has for pickup. worn off. If a day at the pool is At Glazy Dazy, a new potno longer exciting for the little tery store in Smyrna, owner ones, then help them express Shea Wootan offers the same their creativity through paint types of services, also in a your own potrelaxed familytery at a local oriented atmosCobb shop phere. Glazy such as Just Dazy, at 999 Kiln’ Time, off Concord Road, the Marietta has been in busiSquare, or ness since Glazy Dazy in November 2009, Smyrna. during which time A paintword of her cozy your-own-potstore has grown tery store for far and wide, more than 20 Wootan said. years, Just “It’s amazing, Kiln’ Time’s everyday I still get owner of three calls from new years Cindy people that just Owner Cindy Davis Davis, gives found out about applies a glaze before aspiring artists me,” Wootan said. firing a finished piece. a warm wel“I don’t really come and have the finances offers a variety for big advertising, so it’s just of reasonably priced ceramic been really guerilla and wordpieces to decorate. Everything of-mouth advertising.” from plates to vases to Disney A former graphics designer, figurines and even dog bowls, the store’s pieces range from $6 to $40, and include the paint, firing and the experience. Some other paint your own pottery stores, Davis points out, may have cheaper piece prices, but also charge sitting fees. Along with colorful walls, floors, tables and chairs in the studio, Davis plays music and talks to customers if they need advice painting or just want to chat. “Most people, if they’ve painted here before, I know your name, I know what you’ve painted, I know your children’s names, because I take it very personally,” Davis said. The process to paint a piece at Just Kiln’ Time begins with a customer’s choice of bisque, or piece of unglazed pottery. From there, customers choose their favorite colors of glaze and begin the painting process. Once the painting is finished, Davis lets the artwork dry and then dips it in a clear glaze. After that the piece spends about 24 to 36 hours baking in a kiln at up to 2,000 degrees. kdobies@mdjonline.com
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Berkeley Lynch, 2, of Kennesaw works on her clay figurine for a father’s day gift from Just Kiln’ Time, a paint your own pottery studio located off of the Marietta Square. Wootan found herself out of work in the spring of 2009 and decided to pursue her passion in pottery. She began teaching paint your own pottery classes at nearby Rev Coffee in Smyrna on a monthly basis, and then took to the road to conduct classes throughout Atlanta. “I tried to book at other cof-
fee shops around Atlanta and what I founds out was that other Smyrna folks were following me around,” Wootan said. “I knew that there was another store that used to be in the Smyrna (downtown) … they closed down, so I kind of knew there was a niche that people missed.”
So Wootan found the small house on Concord Road and worked out a lease to start her store. Much like Wootan, Davis, a native of Cobb, found herself without a job in 2007, and then See Pottery, Page 91