Sore.

This past weekend went well. Click on the picture to see more.

I finally got most of my glaze materials from Laguna this week. Yesterday, I picked up two loads of wood from Sugar River Hardwoods, and today (my birthday) I'm pretty sore. I didn't realize how much work I was doing until I was done.

Well, before I can enjoy my delicious carrot cake, I have some work to do.

Busy weekend ahead

I'll be demonstrating at the Brodhead Covered Bridge Days tomorrow from 9am to about 1pm in front of the Artisans on the Square gallery. Then, it's back home to unload the wheel and load up the pottery and tent for the Tallman Art Festival. I've never even been to the Tallman House, so we will see how it goes.

I spent the day trimming plates and putting handles on mugs today. I want to throw enough stuff to fill the kiln by the end of the month. It would be nice to have a couple weeks to glaze and fix up the kiln some before the next planned firing of September 16-17.

Busy, busy, busy!

First firing

Well, the kiln has been fired, and was mostly a success. There were some problems - stalling, no draft, exploding pots, exhaustion - but we got through it. I have pictures up for all to see:

Firing:















Results:


























I need to make some changes for the next firing, and hopefully it doesn't take 34 hours again, but all-in-all I am happy.