morgaina | Augusty subjects (Reply)

Lots of smoke in the air today the sky isn‘t visible and the surrounding hills are almost visually obliterated. The wind is blowing from the West. Forest fires, field fires or a combination I suppose. A little fire smells great, this is getting overwhelming though, kaf, kaf. On one side of my place the farmer plowed a fire line around the field after he harvested, but on another side they let the field grow fallow, and thus remains ignored, dried, and weedy. I’m not really all that worried though, I haven’t heard nor seen the rural fire trucks nor the typical warnings.

I threw with red clay and used all that I had up. Did some glazing, some trimming, made another cloche, a couple of pipkins, a table braiser and a few miscellaneous Byzantine style mugs. I could finish the day with the white body, but I want to continue with red. I use red for pots that I don’t completely glaze because it’s such a handsome color when fired. A couple of my Modern Guild friends make pizza/baking stones out of unglazed white and their things look very nice indeed. But am set on the red.

I am trying to decide if I want to drive to Spokane Saturday to pick some up and if I do decide to do I have to take the gas guzzler that is a tougher rig for hauling?

There are only a few days until my school session starts again and I want to spend all my time in the studio or here at the house enjoying the….whatever it is I am enjoying.