Weather, I still haz it

[morgaina]

This morning I awoke to a cold bedroom, this caused me to leap out of bed in fear. A cold house means it got unexpectedly cold overnight and there was the possibility that all the work I had done over the past few days had been ruined by freezing. I spent Friday thawing out everything and re-wedging clay, then the next days were spent throwing and trimming bowls for the Palouse Potters Guild Empty Bowls project. I was particularly careful to remove throw lines & make both the interior and exterior smooth and a gradual slope for underglazes & maiolica. I hope to have several small workshops for people to decorate the bowls intended for donation.

Luckily, there was no freezing in the studio, so all was well there, if nippy.



For Empty Bowls


I also got stuck in the driveway again. Because the walls of snow are so close I have no turn-around area and have to back up the 1/8th of a mile to my house. But for the first time I got wedged in and instantly created ice-fishing quality ice under the tires. This is undoubtedly because at the time I was congratulating myself at my mad driving skillz. I will never congratulate myself again! grrrr. dancing_guru and Adam had to come and help me get out.

Comments

Big Beautiful Bowls!

[redbowofdl.livejournal.com]

My Goodness, you had a productive weekend! I am impressed with all the big, beautiful bowls. Pernell and I now know how hard it is to throw big bowls with uniform thickness walls. Thanks for posting the picture. Very inspiring!

Re: Big Beautiful Bowls!

[copper-oxide.livejournal.com]

Thank you. They are actually only soup or pasta size.
As with so many skills, nothing can take the place of practice.

[gwen-the-potter.livejournal.com]

I miss my wheel! I wanna throw! But I have to clean house first.

[copper-oxide.livejournal.com]

Cleaning house is kind of down....way down on my list of priorities. ;-)

[freewaydiva.livejournal.com]

::sigh::

I wanna come paint them. :( Stoopid weather. And job. And stuff. :(

[copper-oxide.livejournal.com]

Could you come over to Daedin's, if we have an evening of glaze painting there?:-)

[freewaydiva.livejournal.com]

YES!!!