Saturday was Muddy Fun day. We had a small class, but they were a lot of fun. Vince and Dorothy helped me out with it and we all had some laughs.
Three of the five students were there on their Mother's Day celebration. Wow, what good daughters!
Since Saturday marked the five year anniversary of the day Clayworks moved to this building I brought cookies to help celebrate. I think Harris Teeter cookies are the traditional five year anniversary gift.
Wednesday night in class I made another two-piece pot while Greg fired the kiln. I watched him tweak the flue and gas pressure every hour or so to keep the temperature rising while keeping it in reduction. That is an art and a science.
This was the flame licking out of the flue when he put it in a few minutes of heavy reduction near the end. That flame was seeking oxygen all the way up the flue. Quite impressive.
On the way home at around 2:15 I finally stopped to take a few photos of one of my favorite buildings. I really like the way this building is lit at night.
While I was sitting there in my van shooting photos a police officer pulled up along side me to make sure everything was alright. I assured him that I was ok and just stopped to snap a few photos because I like the building. I'm sure I sounded like a nervous teenager because he caught me by surprise. I had my eye glued to the camera and when I lowered it and he was suddenly there.
