What is Hot Mud?
Hot (HAHT) adj. Very warm.
Mud (MUD) n. Wet, sticky earth.
Hot Mud (HAHT MUD) n. Wet, sticky earth formed, then made very warm in a kiln.
Hot Mud Studio (HAHT MUD STOO-dee-oh) n.
- A place where artists form wet, sticky earth and make it very warm in a kiln.
- A teaching pottery studio in Dobbs Ferry. Founded on the auspicious date of 9-9-99, by Susan Whelan, it was turned over to capable hands in 2004 and became Pottery-on-Hudson.
- Currently a basement studio on Washington Avenue in Kingston where Susan Whelan forms beautiful things out of wet, sticky earth and make them very, very hot in an electric kiln.