Monday.

I don't have much to say.

New forms coming along.

And growing...

checkin' in

I can't believe my luck! I actually uploaded these pictures from HOME!

Below is a quick look at some cone 6 things I'm playing with. Cone 6 is really not my cup of tea.

I like the ashes and flashes and the magic of atmospheric firing. BUT. Cone six electric firing is currently available as the most reliable source for us, so we're just going for it. Those guys and more got glazed on Monday and will hopefully get in the kiln tomorrow. We'll see how disapointed I will be...

Here's one more "twistie" that came out of David Stuempfle's kiln. Haven't made those in a while. This one is much smaller than the older ones too...

Now that I've got my ear infection under control - will have more energy to push some clay around.

Peekaboo...

Sneak peek at a few keepers that came out of David Stuempfle's kiln.

I spent a few hours last night thinking about cups...

Maybe prompted by Erik Haagensens great blog entry?

I wish there was a way to record those middle of the night thoughts, when you're trying to go to sleep, and not wake your bed buddy, but can't stop the thoughts from going and going and going...

And the mornings are oh so pragmatic. With rituals to prepare one for being a productive member of society;).

Which I now must be. Off to pick veggies for today's CSA.

Breaking through

SO, breakdowns are occasionally good. You have to reevaluate your priorities, and do SOMETHING about the things that are not working in your life.

I decided to carve out more time for the studio, since it's been making me increasingly crazier that I have spent my whole life in pursuit of being an artist - and suddenly I no longer MAKE. Luckily I have a very understanding boss who realizes the importance of making personal work for all of us artists in this creative enterprise. Our jobs are incredibly creative and challenging, but still... I have not figured out a way to send my garden to a juried show for instance...

SO. I spent about 5 hours in the garage/studio (geez. - OK> from now on I will call it a workshop...) and made a "bunch of stuff".

Here are some boring pix of the "blanks" - the cups and plates and bowls - which will receive a coat of slip and then be drawn and painted on. I have some ideas up my sleeve... so if I can just keep this momentum going, the WhatNot Pottery may actually get rolling along finally...

Anticipating getting work out of David's kiln tonight or tomorrow also... this last firing was so smooth and physically the least demanding of the firings I've experienced with his kiln...

Stay tuned!

mental breakdowns

my life is overloaded right now. many questions need to be answered, choices to be made...

as for life in WhatNot Pottery - Hitomi and Takuro were gracious to put a few of my cups in their last firing, even tho I showed up when they were bricking up the door... Thank's guys! they turned out sweet... and I packed them up this morning to attempt a first sale in a LOOOOOOONG time... but not much more to say about that now, other than I didn't take any pictures...

these are some of the latest cups with line drawings. I'm stuck on the cup format. and drawing scribble scrabble...

this weekend we're helping David fire his big ol' kiln. it may be the last firing for that mama. I think Chad and David are loading it as I write this.

Life's hard to manage - especially for those of us who are control freaks. chaos ensues.

Some'o'my shapes

SO, the beautiful weather has kept me outside most of the days. Planting.

But we did move the wheel in to the workspace (somehow "studio" just doesn't ring right to my ears...) it took over a week to pull together the courage to slam some clay on it and give it a spin... There too - baby steps... the same old shapes and sizes are still in the hands...

Small steps at a time...

just keep working...just keep working...