Not so little lidded jars

Today's POTTERY! With a giant sleeping kitty overlooking. These pieces (and more!) are headed to Box Turtle in Hillcrest tomorrow. Birds, cats, dogs, owls, yippee!

Hipster mug

It takes a very steady hand......

an old friend returns

I was doing some treasure hunting this weekend and came upon one of MY OWN pieces! It was a little surprising I'll admit. AND underpriced! So I bought it, HA! If I recall correctly, I only made 2 of these little dome covered plate sets. Also, This is an OLD motif of mine; I haven't used it in at least 10 years.

a nice one for the archives!

Wanna see the other treasures I found? Hop over to my other blog here.

Some new work

These little dishes will be available at the AAC museum school holiday sale this weekend at the clear channel metroplex. Saturday is free and open to the public! 10-3pm! 

I'll also have ornaments, prints, paintings, platters, nativities, bowls....And more! Lots to see! Hope to see you!

back to the drawing board.

so. my daily painting yesterday was a little message to myself.

i have been working on a big commission the last 3 months and 2 days ago i put the piece in the kiln to fire. this was what went in:
(btw, they were dry, i just don't have a picture of them dry)

its is 3 large scale books with a base. anyhoo. i have been waiting FOREVER for it to dry. and then some just to be sure. ahem.

so, yesterday i opened the kiln (just a peek as is was still hot but i just HAD to know, though i had an uncertain feeling about it all along) and was NERVOUS to even look.

um, let's just say i knew immediately there was a problem with the base, which was on the top shelf. it was in shatters. i closed the lid and waited for it to cool completely and prayed the books were ok. sure, i can make another base. it won't be so bad, etc. etc. oh, sweet denial.

yea. i know. tears.


sigh.

i don't remember off hand the 7 stages of grief, but i'm pretty sure i went through them all this morning. ugh.

the worst part. is now i have to email the patron and tell them the bad news and hope they kindly give me more time to redo this. sheesh.

anyhow, normally i would like to wallow in the disappointment and give myself a week to recover, maybe go out with friends and cheer myself up, go shopping, generally avoiding anything to do with the entire issue. but, unfortunately, i have created an entirely too busy a life to indulge this. and being in a bad mood over it really is a drag. (but can i just say that "it's not fair!!" )

my mister reminded me that at least i'm not (fill in the blank) or don't have (fill in the blank). you know, i GET that, but even though i'm not starving in africa, i AM DISAPPIONTED!!!!!

OK. in the spirit of "pulling it together", though, i decided i have a choice:

1. i can wallow in the stink of professional failure (which i don't really have time for and is really boring for anyone around other than the wallower)

2. i can dust myself off (literally as you see it really made a mess), vacuum out my kiln, and start over. just writing this makes me a little tired. sniff sniff, but alas, it's the only thing to do.

so i pick #2. now i get to write a fun email and get back to work. after all, i have a daily painting to do. not to mention a giant sculpture. hm.

new bowls

i unloaded some new porcelain bowls from the kiln today today. some of these are bound for box turtle here in hillcrest.

a new look

been playing with glazes and underglazing in a different way. i think i like the more watercolor-y look. hmmmm.......

what's not to like about a bowl?

a small peek into what i have been working on.

this week:  bowls

oh, and do you see those little ears poking over the edge? they're next.

all while listening to this!