Weiss makes functional pottery from wild clay that she digs from her land in northwest Arkansas. She makes a custom-blended stoneware from this clay, fires to Cone 10 in a gas-fueled reduction-atmosphere kiln and, using wood as fuel, reduction-cools her kiln. Weiss has recently written a book, The Handbuilt Potter, which will be released in January 2019, and is available for preorder wherever books are sold.  Follow her on social media @melissaweisspottery.