Cool fast thrown teapot

Here's a lesson to all us potters that fret and stress over teapots. Keep it loose like David Cuzick of San Diego, CA. Check out his site here.

More moon shots

The moon was out while I was cooking on the grill tonight (yes, it was ~80 degrees here today. Sorry, folks in colder climes.) and I couldn't resist trying out a few shots. I couldn't capture the great colors and luminosity of the moon, but I got some decent shots. You can see the whole series here.

1/800 second shutter speed
109mm equivalent

1/100 second shutter speed
109mm equivalent

Surprise!

I apologize that I forgot to post this picture from February 24, 2009.

Ron brought one of Gary Rith's mugs to class that night and Amy took a picture of us admiring it. Ron was grateful and I was amazed. It's a great mug with a (wee) little pig on the handle.

"Look at that wee pig!"

Nice mug, Gary.
Thanks for the picture, Amy.

Saturday 2009-03-08

Saturday was Son of Glaze-a-thon II for me. I had a lot of bisqued pots that needed to be glazed before Tuesday's kiln loading. I counted twenty-three to glaze and six mugs to slip. I'm not as intimidated by glazing as I used to be, but it really takes a lot out of me. I spent hours glazing those twenty-three pots. Let's just hope they come out well.

Lots 'o pots.

Slippin' and Sippin'

All that work deserves a break and a nice cup of Earl Grey.

Me, Minke and Elaine.
(Thanks to Amy for the picture.)

Thursday night 2009-03-05

Thursday night Greg's class was making brushes. It looked like fun, but I would rather purchase them and spend more time on clay.

Makin' brushes.

On Wednesday night, I handled some mugs I had thrown in earthen red on Saturday. On Thursday night I threw some more and hope to handle them on Saturday.




During our afternoon Muddy Fun class on Saturday we were told of a developing sink hole in the parking lot and we had to move our cars to higher ground. I'm sure the monsoons we were having were responsible for it and it didn't look too bad when I left that day. Thursday night it was opened up and it was apparently larger than I thought. Good catch for the parking lot crew.

Our studio is right downtown.

Barricade city.

The main site.

It's actually quite deep.

Life is deeper than it looks.

Muddy Fun 2009-02-28

Saturday, February 28 was another Muddy Fun day at Clayworks! It was a rainy day and folks were happy to have a fun indoor activity. Did I mention it was Fun? Muddy Fun?

We had two good classes full of people that were not timid about working the clay as was evidenced by the amount we used.

The next Muddy Fun classes are on Saturday, March 28, 10 am to 12 pm and 1 pm to 3 pm.

Julie demos to the class.

I don't know what this person told Julie,
but it looks like lightning bolts
are going to shoot from her eyes.

Lots of learning going on.

Rick was helping out.

Ann giving instruction.

Did I mention Rick was helping?

Angela lends a hand.

Susan teaches technique.

Julie admires a pot.
(Rick's teaching in the background.)

Concentration.

More concentration.

Work, work, work.

Rick still helping...

Ju-Ian, Cindy, and Amy.
(Love those candid shots.)

Ju-Ian showing her pot.