odds and ends...

a sushi plate (only one that survived, was a set of four) and a mask...

Major Bowls!

ya, what I said... Bowls... yay Empty Bowls & El Pueblo!

the start of sets...

so here are the mugs and tea cups.  The saucers and cookie plates are missing (awaiting a glaze fire).

Porcelain

Porcelain pix as promised but first... some bitching.
It was hard to throw, it all warps out too easily due to a lack of grog.  I tried to do some slab work but have nothing to show for it as it all crack horribly.  Not sure what went wrong there.
I have not yet done porcelain in paper clay, but will do so.
What is here is all the porcelain projects that survived. I was not happy with it, but after glazing I am ok.  All of it will go to the empty bowls project but the smallest bowl which is basically a damned ashtray.

Adventures with Chickens...

So our chicken's are free range like no other. They have the run of the entire backyard. But when bored they jump the fence into Paul's yard (buddy of mine that moved next door).  And a few times have simply taken off.  I have found them chillin the front yard of our house as well as the neighbors.

Anyway, we have found eggs!.. and I mean FOUND.  They are not "nesting" and not laying in the chicken coop.  We aren't sure if the Rooster has done his thing so they may or may not be fertilized but if they are, and we don't find them in time... well the chicks will never hatch as the chickens are not "brooding".

I haven't made us anything yet but I gave Paul some since the chickens visit him so often.

Zeke's work

Some older pieces of Zeke's.  I fixed Pikachu's hole on the one and the other one was just fine.  I thought it was porcelain based on how that small chalice came out then I remembered he was using B-mix.  that was a Celedon glaze.

Quote Worth Sharing...

A quote worth sharing in thinking about creativity, creating and art.  Ira Glass is talking about writing, but it applies...

"Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know its normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story. It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take awhile. It’s normal to take awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through." — Ira Glass