I wasn’t thrilled with a few bowls from the last firing. I would have preferred a lighter spray with the ash glaze. Jeff kept saying they were fine and beautiful. I decided to take some photographs and after looking at them in a different light, they began to grow on me.
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Staying Home Today
Carolina Claymatters Pottery Festival won’t be happening today. Early yesterday they decided to cancel. Two days of rain means the grounds will be very wet. We are happy to not drive to Charlotte in the pouring rain, never mind setting up a booth and spending the day in it.
The show is postponed until next Saturday, October 15th. Sadly, Jeff and I won’t be able to participate. We are committed to the “American Craft Week” celebration, here in Seagrove, as well as an appointment with a customer for a vessel sink.
We have had some beautiful weather here, leading up to the storm. Comfortably warm days with cooler nights. Great weather for doing all types of activities. In the studio, Jeff and I collaborated on a couple of vases as well as some larger cheese stones. I think the stones are going to look awesome with Jeff’s texture on them.
Ash glaze, Tenmoku, Ginkgo Leaves, and Hurricanes
Jeff and I unloaded the kiln yesterday. Overall it was a very good firing. I had a few ash glaze pots that I sprayed a little heavier than I wanted too… but that was my error, no fault of the kiln. They are still fine pots, just not what I was expecting.
I made these last winter. I put a couple in the first firing of our new kiln and they got some kiln crud chunks in the bottom. I set a couple more aside and they finally went in this firing. This one made me do the happy dance!
Shallow bowls
I really like to use small shallow bowls. They are so versatile, small salad, ice cream, yogurt and berries…
This weekend I decided to make some and carve them up with the ginkgo leaves. I see sprayed ash glaze in their future…
Pottery Buddy
The New Pig
Putting the Parts Together
Throwing, Handling, Carving
I had one mug that was very distorted after coming off the wheel. I decided to try creating a version of Jeff’s squared mug. This is definitely not my forte but I had fun trying!
Ginkgo Leaf Bowl with Ash Glaze
We unloaded the kiln yesterday. I wanted to do a quick post and share this photo of one of the bowls sprayed with ash glaze. Jeff and I have lots of pots to pack and ship today. It’s seems to be our usual Monday routine.
Have a happy day!
P.S. Dad was doing a little better yesterday. Thanks to all for the well wishes. Check out yesterday’s post for the whole scoop.
Anniversaries
While we all remember the tragic events of September 11, 2001, I would like to recognize a very happy event that happened on September 11, 1954. The day my parents were married.
They planned a small wedding and when the day arrived it was to be even smaller than planned. September 11, 1954 was the day hurricane Edna made landfall in Massachusetts. My parents were in Dover, NH which is near the coast in southern New Hampshire. Some of the guests weren’t not going to be able to travel to the wedding. Hurricane Carol had struck the area just 11 days before Edna. It was an active hurricane season in 1954! Despite the weather, my parents were married on schedule and left for their honeymoon in Niagara Falls.
Forty seven years later they decided to take an anniversary road trip to Burlington, VT. They left on the morning of September 11, popped some CD’s into the cars player, and off they went. When they arrived in Burlington they wanted to walk around town and visit the shops and galleries. They were surprised to find most of them closed and very few people out and about. They were perplexed to read a sign on one of the shop doors, “Due to the tragic events of the day, we have closed early.” Having not listened to the radio during the trip, they were clueless as to what had happened. They decided to check into their hotel. It was then, that the hotel clerk apprised them of the chaos that was happening in the United States.
Since 2001, I have never forgotten my parents anniversary.
Fast forward to 2016. If Mom were still with us, my parents would be celebrating 62 years today. Yesterday my Dad was not feeling well and my sister Anita took him to the emergency room. His heart rate was very low and they had a hard time regulating it. At the end of the day they decided to admit him. He may need a pacemaker. Before Anita left for the night they needed to clarify his advance directives with the hospital. Dad then said, “Maybe I’ll die on my anniversary.” It was heartbreaking to hear that he said that. After all he went through in the last two years, I hope that he won’t have to have another surgery. We will know more today.
It’s times like these that living 800 miles away sucks.