Cavy Fire Studios

You rock, girl!!! Hope you'll post some pictures of the pieces going into the gallery!

Thanks for helping the animals and a big congratulations.

Thanks, everyone! Underglazing my second piece!

do you get periods of remission?

I'm so sorry to hear about your health. It's hard to cope with a body that's not up to the strain but a mind that wants to push you to do more than you are up to.

I wish I'd go into remission! :'( That would be a godsend! Stupid immune system, anyway... *grumble grumble*

Yay! May it continue!

awesome considering a guinea only weighs about 2 lbs!

Woooohoooo!

Rakukuku: hahaha!

A former teacher, my High School Art Teacher as a matter of fact, once told me, "Don't spend time worrying about things you can't control." There are a lot of things in life we can't control. Two of the biggest are weather and people. We just have to find an alternative, when either thing presents an obstacle.

many, many very bad words!!!!

I'm with Old Lady.

Hahaha! I keep saying I gotta hire a studio monkey to wedge clay for me, but now the job apparently includes cleaning up after my derpy moments.

Like I said. Intern;)

GOBLINS!

Sweet score indeed!

Dayum girl! Which thrift shop was this? I'd love to make a find like that!!! <3 Nice score!

It was way up in Newport. David and I were in the mood to travel, so we went up north through Newport, then Sandpoint, then to CDA, then home. We found such treasures!!

yay fred has mojo back.

All good things come in time. And if you have a handy uncle.

I don't have an uncle but we have a friend that is a electrician, master plumber and heating and air repairman.

Gorgeous as always! If you don't mind, I'd like to show my students pictures of your work, to show them what's possible with underglaze.

Also, I too like the black and white, with terracotta showing through. I figured it took less time, as you verified. That would be a great time saver for you.

Beautiful work

Absolutely beautiful.

I think I injured my shoulders (well, I KNOW I did) cleaning my humongous rabbit's poopybutt nightmare, and wedging just took the taco.If I'm not better by Monday, I'm calling the doctor. I have an ice pack on it and am sitting on my bum, totally bored. It hurts to even slightly move my arm; I'm typing with my phone. Argh! >.<

I'm sorry, I hope you get better. Ouch.

Feel better soon!!

So sorry to hear this...sounds like you and the artworld have lost an important light.

You can be sad but also thankful that he is no longer trapped in his body. I have had nine relative die of ALS and we are always grateful when they have been set free.

Denice ... nine? Ohhhh. :*( It's a prison at the end. I can't imagine. My grandmother had dementia and my mom basically lost her ten years before she died. But at least my grandma had no idea.

Missed you and I'm sure your creations will be worth waiting to see!

Can't wait to see new work from you Cavvy!

♥♥♥♥♥

Lucky Day, keep this fella

We've been together a year and a half, and no way his butt is takin' off on me. He's an artist, too! ♥

In a couple of more weeks; wife and I are coming up on 35 years.Just to remind you- it can be done!

I know that Fred is insulated, but one of the windows is broken out, so it's 0F in the garage. It got down to -4F last night... Thankfully, this cold snap is abating. I'm just gonna wait!!

Yep, I'm safe. I'm a big fat rodent with plenty of insulation and lots of layers!!

Ditto...deleted

It was spam -i sent 5 k to italy?

Hahaha!! I wish I had 5k, period!

No idea! Maaybe the little avatar hasn't totally updated yet? Awww dang...what do you see? The old one?

It has swapped now, think it just took a while for servers to update.

Yay!! Try hitting "refresh" and see if it works.

We've been in the mid to upper 90's. Heat index here has been 105 to 110. Lots of stomach cramps.

Drink lots of water! I was in Santa Maria for the day a couple weeks ago. It was only about 101 but we were driving around shopping for clothes so we were constantly in and out of the car. I wasn't drinking enough water at all, and I ended up with heat exhaustion. I didn't feel that bad until the next day and then I was laid out. Not fun and I cannot recommend it. I do think it hit me worse than normal because I had just gotten over the flu. But man, drink water by the gallon.

Indeed, GiselleNo5. I drink about 8 to 16 glasses a day. It's after 10am right now and I'm soaking wet. It's a good sauna. Thanks for your advice.

I've had two root canals and they both had to be redone. The first one I was allergic to the silver points used in it. The second one was just a curvy tooth that was difficult.

Ouch Man! That cool water bucket is gonna feel good.

Ouch! hope you get well soon.

good deal. pays to scrounge. our gallery gets bubble wrap from another business that needs to get rid of it when they receive stuff.

"Peanut Scrounging"...Why not ask the forum for ideas on where best to get free packing materials?

It's always a plus. Good for you.

Yes, please call me Guinea. And my logo is totally going to have pottery in it, and a peeg. Must have peeg. Not many people know what a cavy is, but a picture will help. A cavy is a guinea!

I hope your logo is a guinea pig going super saiyan

Hahaha! I was thinking a peeg poking out of a pot with a graphic fire symbol behind him. Maybe the name will be on the pot. :3

I love your little cutie. My wife said awwww, how cute.

Such a sweet photo! And I missed you!

Awww, gee! Thanks, guys! ♥

Pbfth! I let them think that. I DID remember to change my pants before going to Safeway, though. On the pooper side, I woke up with my right hand stuck in a fist. Hnghhhh....

Ohhhh your poor hand!

In response to the other comments: once I had been scraping shelves and painting them with kiln wash. I forgot about it and went to the store because the next day I was making some desserts for a party. The cashier looked at me and then said, "Oh, have you already been baking?" I said no and was so confused until I got home and saw what my shirt and pants looked like in the mirror. She must have thought it was flour and sugar. I was a MESS. LOL

Usually the indicator of how much fun I've had is the amount of clay in my hair! I throw with a big towel over my legs. But yeah, you get the odd looks from the other Moms when you pick up the kid from school...

I wedged about 3/4 a 25lb bag before calling it a day. Putting the pride in a bucket was hard, but I gotta start being nice to myself. Tomorrow's 71 and sunny in Davenport, so I'm gonna throw in the sun. 'Tis good for the joints and the mud. :3

Glad to hear you are getting yourself set up again.

Thankies. :3 Waiting a few hours for the weather to warm a little today (it's just before 9am) so I can throw outside in the sun. :3

Thanks, guys... he was such a sweet bunny. :'(

your friend will always have the bunny's spirit because of your art. our pets are pure joy.

I'll take your weird over normal any day, sweetie! <3

hmmm guinea, its good to get off the hamster wheel once in awhile. drawing is good.

You have a great spirit..maybe I could shore myself up better with some drawing-thanks for the inspiration.

It's been frustrating as heck... even painting is exhausting to me nowadays. But, we just gotta keep trying, I suppose. :3

I went to a workshop with Akira who does all his production ware in slabs. Talking about amazing work. Don't discount slabware.

hey slab pots are great. go for it.

BTW, I saw some real Cavy's at the zoo the other day. Thought of you

Heehee! Cavies are the bestest! As for slabs...I was thinkin' tryptich wall art. Pres gave me the idea to do wall hangings. Now, to figure out a backing for hanging...hmm. ♥