October 30 - Back to the studio

Sunday I was back at Clayworks glazing a bunch of pots that had been waiting a while.  I tried a couple of glazes that are completely new to me and am anxiously awaiting the kiln-loading to see what comes out.

Mine are on the foreground table.

Minke, Elaine, and Ro were working in the members area.

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2010-05-08 Saturday - Part 2: Barn Sale

After visiting Renfrow Hardware and the Matthews Farmers Market, we returned to the Spring Barn Sale.  It was a beautiful day and I understand sales were pretty good.

Sylvia Coppola of Duck Creek Pottery.

Becky checking out Verna Witt's work.

Rae and Becky in Rae's booth.

Ralph (right) in his booth.

Corrine in her booth in the barn.

Missy and Lib Moss.

Ron and Sarah watching the crowds.

Ron making a fashion statement.

Ron's SmartWool socks.

Becky helping birds fledge from her booth.

Lisa in the other half of the booth.

Ro, Ron, and Ju-Ian.

Light through shotgun holes in the barn roof.

2009-05-09 Saturday Barn Sale

Saturday was the barn sale and the weather co-operated nicely since there was a chance of thunderstorms and they didn't materialize. There was a wonderful display of everyone's work and it was beautiful. We are truly blessed with a lot of talented people in the Clay Matters Guild. I only got a chance to dash through the rest of the sale, so I don't have as many pictures as I normally would have taken.

I had the good fortune to be sharing a booth with Becky and Elaine. I couldn't have asked for better friends with which to share a space. We worked together and got along swimmingly --quite a feat in the withering heat. Thanks, you two!

I signed up for Andy Smith's workshop on June 6th and can't wait --it should be great since Andy is very creative and entertaining. I have enjoyed talking with him before at the ACC and Saturday I was amazed all over again.

I talked to Bob Hasselle again about running a barrel fire workshop. He gets some great results on his pit-fired pieces and a lot of us at Clayworks would love to learn some of his techniques. He has added some over-sized tea pots to his collection that I wish I had taken some pictures of since they were beautiful.

Unfortunately there is never enough time to see everyone you'd like to at the sale. There are several people I didn't get a chance to see. Hopefully I'll be seeing them at the meetings.

Ralph had quite a collection of work.
I never get to see his work all together at the studio.

Corine and Hal got a nice spot inside the barn.

Barbara Chadwick-Bland was there.

More of Barbara's work.

Ron Philbeck was there.
(He left his apron home.)

Ro and Ju-Ian had a booth together.

My two booth-mates, Elaine and Becky.

Yours truly.

Elaine's art shot.
(That guy looks scary.)

"I'm not going to look at you."

"Oh, ok."

(Proof that I was not the only one holding the umbrella.)

2009-05-05 Tuesday Clayworks

Tuesday at Clayworks people were hard at work, as usual. I had to glaze a pot for the gas kiln because Julie and Ro were loading it. I got the pot glazed and even had time to help load the kiln.

My craggy crunch pot with spotted shino,
Rick's shino, and Alfred blue.

Julie and Ro hard at work.

"No, this pot should go there."

"We're almost finished!"

Ron checking in.

Ron and his great apron.

Ta-da!

Rick's newest plate.
He draws great fish.

That building I always catch in different weather.

Kiln opening, lid trimming and pots

As always there was a lot happening in the studio Thursday night. After the regular classes, Julie, Greg, and Ro opened their kiln. Elaine, Becky, and Sunshine also showed up for the festivities. It was a fine firing and everyone was pretty pleased with their pots.

Becky and Elaine had some test tiles in the kiln to try out some of their new glazes.

With all the kiln opening festivities I didn't get a chance to throw any more pots tonight. Hopefully I will get some things made Friday night.

Sunshine, Elaine, Julie, and Ro
(doing her Vanna White impersonation).

Greg likes his cup
(and I do too!).

Julie had quite a large collection
in this firing and it came out great.

Greg's part of the firing.
Most of the larger pieces are a commission.

Somehow in all the hub-bub I missed getting a picture of Ro's work, which was wonderful. Sorry, Ro!

The folks firing the kiln were very kind to include a few of my pieces. We were anxious to see how the new underglazes worked out and they came out pretty well.

Spotted shino with red underglaze spiral.

Spotted shino, red and yellow
underglaze, and Tom's clear.

Spotted shino, yellow and red underglazes.

A couple of my juicers with
yanagahara white and Alfred blue.
These both have the same glazes
and were right next to each other
in the kiln. You just never know...

I trimmed up this lid tonight.
It's one of the new style ones that
are hollow from the bottom of the
interior flange to the top of the point.

This is a straight-on picture that shows
the way the line follows from the lid to the pot.
I am pleased with the dimensions on this one.

Turn on, tune in, throw pots.