Ted has worked at L&R for a total of almost ten years.  In that time, he has mixed over seven million pounds of clay, mixed and tested thousands of glazes, stolen a few ponies, rustled a few alpaca, and has managed to make a few drums and fountains in the process.  Although Ted may never be considered a master potter, or even wants to be, he has achieved legendary Claydog status which, as everyone knows, secures him much nicer accommodations and amenities in the afterlife.

For the drums and fountains, Ted slab builds them using L&R's A-1 Sculpture Body.  To texture and shape his pieces, he uses heavily grogged, colored slips and various tools of questionable legality, including a matched set of Dolan 400's with carved and inlaid ivory handles rumored to be stolen and smuggled out of the Arizona desert in the belly of a Saguaro cactus.  After bisque firing, he uses a soda ash and copper wash fired to cone 6 in an electric kiln to deepen and enhance the colors of the textured clay.  Ted works in his studio at home located just over the south ridge of the Finley River in the Ozark Mountains, where the neighbors often complain about late night drumming and howling.  He can be reached most days at L&R.  Other days, there is just no reaching him.