February is the month
Feb. 13th, 2011 09:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
morgainaI am spending all the time I can in the studio. I'm going to be gone so much in March, April & May, that I'm trying hard to get ahead.
I finally came down with a head cold that a lot of people around me had been hacking my way. But thanks to the beloved![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
elfreda who suggested 10,000 IUs of Vitamin D3, it was gone in a day!! Seriously. I'm still amazed.
the University's Jazz Festival is about to happen and they are bringing visual arts as well as musical arts this year. So there is a smaller "Art Walk" which they say isn't an Art Walk which means they don't have to have Openings for us :-p The Potter's Guild is showing in one store and the PWA has a show in the Hospital. I have plenty of work for both settings.
The kiln is firing and I hope the kiln gods are smiling. I have been working on maiolica apothecary/abarellos for Eduardo. It was wonderful fun to make them, but now it's up to higher forces.
Before firing, all dry and chalky. You can see the pencil marks where I drew the design on first. (Naughty potter, it should have been ponced)
This holds a little more than a quart. I mixed a low-fire maiolica glaze without the lead base.
The smaller jar is the other side of the jar above. The larger abarello holds a bit less than 2qts. You can see it is intended for Strutto.
These are earthenware, to stay closer to period. I have been doing more firing of period dish and cook ware at earthenware temperatures. Because of the porosity there has to be a difference in how foods store and how earthenware pipkins, cauldrons, etc. cook foods differently than higher fired ware.
I finally came down with a head cold that a lot of people around me had been hacking my way. But thanks to the beloved
elfreda who suggested 10,000 IUs of Vitamin D3, it was gone in a day!! Seriously. I'm still amazed.the University's Jazz Festival is about to happen and they are bringing visual arts as well as musical arts this year. So there is a smaller "Art Walk" which they say isn't an Art Walk which means they don't have to have Openings for us :-p The Potter's Guild is showing in one store and the PWA has a show in the Hospital. I have plenty of work for both settings.
The kiln is firing and I hope the kiln gods are smiling. I have been working on maiolica apothecary/abarellos for Eduardo. It was wonderful fun to make them, but now it's up to higher forces.
Before firing, all dry and chalky. You can see the pencil marks where I drew the design on first. (Naughty potter, it should have been ponced)
This holds a little more than a quart. I mixed a low-fire maiolica glaze without the lead base.
The smaller jar is the other side of the jar above. The larger abarello holds a bit less than 2qts. You can see it is intended for Strutto.
These are earthenware, to stay closer to period. I have been doing more firing of period dish and cook ware at earthenware temperatures. Because of the porosity there has to be a difference in how foods store and how earthenware pipkins, cauldrons, etc. cook foods differently than higher fired ware.
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Date: 2011-02-13 05:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-13 05:20 pm (UTC)They were so much fun, now I have 36 hours of waiting to see how they turn out.
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Date: 2011-02-13 05:25 pm (UTC)Are you going to make it to June Faire this year?
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Date: 2011-02-13 05:32 pm (UTC)I would like to go to June Fair again. Do similar to what we did last year? (Other than I would plan to practice more on my kickwheel in anticipation.)
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Date: 2011-02-13 06:48 pm (UTC)We've made some improvements on the wheel. Added a bit more weight to the fly wheel, and there are now texture stips (roofing tiles) on the surface for better grip when kicking. It should work better.
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Date: 2011-02-13 07:12 pm (UTC)I have a modern tent and my period pavilion, I could bring either.
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Date: 2011-02-13 05:34 pm (UTC)Aside from that, WOW. Gorgeous!
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Date: 2011-02-13 05:58 pm (UTC)I was speaking in general of Medieval/Renaissance Western Pottery. I will clarify what I wrote.
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Date: 2011-02-13 09:00 pm (UTC)What is "Strutt"?
Please, please, to be coming to June Faire, if you can! I
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Date: 2011-02-14 12:16 am (UTC)I plan to be at June Fair.
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Date: 2011-02-14 02:32 am (UTC)There is just no way of saying "Ham fat" without thinking of a character from
Lil Abner ;-)
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Date: 2011-02-14 10:56 pm (UTC)With the symposium the month after I'll possibly get to see you two months in a ROW! Squee!
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Date: 2011-02-15 01:09 am (UTC)The notice hasn't gone out about the Empty Bowl painting quite yet. Chatting to be accomplished soon.
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