Addition to my Cupboard

I purchased this awesome tumbler from Joy Tanner recently. She always does interesting carving on her pieces before putting them through a wood/soda firing. It will work great for milk at dinner tonight.

Relaxing

We received about 8 inches of snow today so it felt like a good evening to enjoy a cup of hot chocolate in my favorite Colleen Riley mug. I picked this one up a few weeks ago during the South Central Minnesota Art Tour.

I got most of my to-do list done today with the exception of shoveling the driveway. I'm hoping it will all melt tomorrow. Tomorrow's got a much shorter list so if need be I can add cleaning the driveway (still hoping it all melts!!)

Now - back to my hot chocolate. Have a great evening.

Good Morning

The Upper Midwest woke up this morning to a beautiful covering of snow. It's a little late here in Minnesota for our first snow, but we've had some unseasonable warm weather in it's stead and I'm all for that too. But a snowy, dark day is an excellent day to spend in the studio.


I started the morning by unloading a glaze load from the kiln. This load included several bowls, wine bottle coasters, butter keepers and a couple mugs for a custom order. Since I'll be spending a week in Rome with my kids, I'm trying to get some things done for my sale (The Goldsmith Reunion Fine Art Festival in Mankato) in December.


Also on the agenda for today is throwing more wine bottle coasters, mugs and miscellaneous pieces, mixing a small batch of Nuka and Amber Celadon, and mixing up the clay for wadding for a yet unscheduled woodfiring. Closer to the firing, I'll mix in the organic matter, but for now I'll just mix up the clays so that part will be ready. That's just one more thing checked off my list of things to do before firing. The pots are made, my old glazes have been checked and tested, new glazes made, wadding for shelves and pots will get done today - one step at a time.

Have a great weekend.

Art Tour Blog Feature

I'm the featured artist on the Bluff Country Studio Art Tour Blog. Click here to read the interview (must have been feeling a little chatty when I was writing the answers).



The 2011 Bluff Country Studio Art Tour will be held April 29 - May 1, 2011 and I can be found at the quaint stone school house called Grubtown School on Co Rd 12 southeast of Lanesboro. Check out the brochure and save the date on your calendar. I'd love to see you there.

:-(

With a Minnesota winter arriving any day now, I needed to give up some of my studio space so it could go back to being the middle stall of our garage. Stupid winter!!

Just yesterday this space was taken up with glaze buckets and a work table covered with glaze drips and glazed pots.

I'm sure I'll appreciate getting into a warm truck when it's cold and snowy, but it was so nice to have the extra space to spread my mess out a bit. OK - bring on the snow... I'm ready.