Point Breeze Ceramics
Serving schools and industry for over 30 years
For over 30 years, the family of Point Breeze Ceramics has been the premier provider of kilns, ceramics equipment and kiln services in Pittsburgh and its surrounding areas.
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About Point Breeze Ceramics
Joseph A. Burns joined Shenango in March of 1951 as a process engineer and has since been named general foreman of the Refractories Division. He's a Pittsburgh boy and graduated from Iowa State College in 1947. Following graduation he joined the Sterling China Co. Next he went to Harbison-Walker in 1950 and it was from there he moved to Shenango.
-Ceramic Industry Magazine, 1952
This excerpt about my father marked the beginning of a long career in the industry. I grew up around clay slip being mixed up in an old washing machine in the basement. I helped pour the mixture into molds secured with inner tube rubber bands, pouring the slip out and waiting to see what emerged a few hours later. He took me to a clay mine in Kentucky when I was nine, explaining the geological forces that came to bear this special earth. After years in his own business he worked for Westinghouse. My Dad retired from Westinghouse Nuclear in 1974 and founded American Ceramic Equipment in Mercer, Pennsylvania.
Our Continuing Mission
I have spent a great deal of time over the past 34 years with potters, art teachers and hobbyists. We have repaired all types of kilns, potters wheels and related equipment electric and gas kilns. We have represented Alpine, Amaco and Brent in new equipment sales.
Joe Burns Sr. has now really retired. My name is Joe Burns Jr., and I would like to continue my Dad's legacy. I began Point Breeze Ceramics with my partner Tibby Canfield on November 1st, 2007. We intend to continue the business with my Dad's help and advice. He is available as a consultant and still makes our electric kiln elements in his Mercer shop.