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Jonathan Cross

Jonathan Cross

American ceramicist known for wood-fired sculpture, furniture, and vessels made at his studio in Twentynine Palms, California's High Desert.

Sep 24, 2026

Unearthing

Unearthing

Unearthing: Clay with Jonathan Cross

Sep 24 · 24m

Molly SedlacekHOST
1:52
Can you tell me a little bit about your kiln setup?
Jonathan Cross
Jonathan CrossGUEST
1:56
Yeah, so I've had a wood kiln out here since I started.
Jonathan Cross
Jonathan CrossGUEST
2:00
That's kind of the reason why I came to this property.
Jonathan Cross
Jonathan CrossGUEST
2:03
My brother-in-law owned it for a while.
Jonathan Cross
Jonathan CrossGUEST
2:06
And he let me use it and pay rent.
Jonathan Cross
Jonathan CrossGUEST
2:08
And I brought this, this custom built kiln that a guy in LA had made.
Jonathan Cross
Jonathan CrossGUEST
2:15
And he obviously couldn't, he tried to fire it in LA and the fire department showed up and we're like, Hey, this is super cool, but you can't do this.

14 MINS LATER

Molly SedlacekHOST
16:20
Where does, where does your work ethic come from?

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