This collection of oblong vases just receive their handles and decorative details. They are so fun to make and I can't wait to see them glazed. I also made some oblong shallow baking dishes.
Tomorrow morning I can unload the glaze load that is cooling right now. Patience is hard.
Just short of a month before the Bluff Country Studio Art Tour, I'm busy getting inventory ready for the tour which is my first show of the year. I never feel like I have enough inventory for upcoming shows, and this one is no different. So I'll continue my cycle of throwing, trimming, firing and glazing right up until I have to pack things up to go to the show. On a completely different note, I bought three metal chickens this weekend to have in the garden at the farm. My hubby won't let me get any real chickens so this was the next best thing. (I total get not really having chickens, but I don't want to let him know I'm letting it go that easily)
In April I'll be participating in the 10th Annual Bluff Country Studio Arts Tour in SE Minnesota. The brochures have been printed and will be mailed soon so if you're on my mailing list, know you'll receive one in the mail soon. But for those of you not on my mailing list, here are images of the front and back of the brochure. The tour has a link to a brochure on their web site, but to date, it is not working. So rather than direct you to the site for info, I hope these images are helpful. Since the brochure is printed 17" x 22" it's a little difficult to reduce it to the size of these images, but you should be able to get a good idea of the artists locations and work. If you'd like to receive a brochure, please feel free to contact me and I'll get one in the mail to you.
All the artists participating would love to see you pay us a visit. Please join us in the hills for Minnesota's Historic Bluff Country April 23 - 25, 2010.
I've got a number of things in progress right now which is a little unusual for me. I usually work through the process one step at a time, but right now I've got a little bit of stuff in each phase of the process. Shelves full of leatherhard stuff drying, greenware waiting to be bisqued, bisqued ware to be glazed and glazed waiting to be fired. Definitely not my normal process.
Anyway, today the kiln is running with a glaze load. And I've thrown some vases from raku clay to used as samples for an upcoming horsehair raku project I'm working on.
Here's what I was listening to while working today. I love this Twin Cities group.
I'm usually not one to pay attention to many milestones in life. I rarely remember how old I am. I spent nearly an entire year saying I was 46 only to find out at my birthday that I was then turning 46.
This post is something of a milestone and I debated about how I should recognize/celebrate my 100th blog post. I thought I'd post about something special, but didn't have anything special come to mind. Ponder it some more, a week went by. Still nothing special popped into my head. Must be writer's block or something but I've got nothing.
So - here it is. My 100th post. A little lacking in substance but a milestone just the same. I've got a glaze load running in the kiln so maybe the next post will have some wonderful new pieces to share.
I think I'll go toast my 100th blog post with an adult beverage. Have a great week.
