2015-04-02 - Thursday - Yard, pots, and moving

I found some more fiddle heads rising in the front yard. We have several different varieties of ferns and they all look different. These are autumn ferns. I like the rust-colored fiddle heads on these.

Thursday a crew showed up to repair a broken water line down the street. They spent most of the day and several hours into the evening getting it finished.

Thursday night I went to Clayworks and threw a couple of pots that I plan on modifying more later. Not sure exactly what I want these pots to do yet.

I retrieved the two pots I had in the salt kiln and was pleased with the results although I thought they were going to be a bit more toasty. I have not figured out the salt kiln and do better with the gas reduction firings.

Bored pots.

Later I moved my stuff off the student shelf and put it all back on my new artist shelves. It took four cartloads and I've almost filled my shelves already. It's amazing how much stuff I had on that small shelf. On to the next adventure.

New name tag.

It looks so empty.

They look so full.

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February Muddy Fun!

Saturday was February Muddy Fun Day at Clayworks.

For the uninitiated, Muddy Fun is a two hour instructed class that allows folks to try throwing pottery for a very reasonable $10.  If you or anyone you know would like to try getting their hands dirty, just click here and sign up.  It's "Muddy Fun!".

Our friend Angela has volunteered to teach the classes and she does a great job.  She makes me think about my basics every time I listen to her step the students through the process.  We assistants have a great time helping out in the classes too.  It's like the old adage: "If you want to learn something, teach it."

The morning class.

Angela demoing.

I just like this picture.

The afternoon class.

Our wonderful leader.

While standing on the table to take the group photos

I realized I really need to clean up my shelf.

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