Denice

Forming mosaic tiles in low-fire clay today. Did a sketch for a gourd vase. 

Mark I was wondering if you had ever used the Wonderbat system.   I tried it out today, and it didn't want to stay seated in the opening, kept moving up and down.  This is my first time throwing in about 2 years and I have never thrown much on a electric wheel.  The next pot I got out a regular  bat and didn't have any problems centering it.   Does the square need some clay underneath it?  The wheel I got off of E-Bay came with two sets,  it would be a shame not to use them.   By the way I sold my kickwheel so we were able to set up the Brent this weekend.   I also bought a 3 cu. ft. Blue Diamond kiln,  I paid $250 for it.   It has a manufacture date of 1969 on it but has never been used,  it also came with $100 worth of shelves and stilts.   My small Paragon finally bit the dust,  it is around the same age but it is well used.   I like having a kiln that size for special jobs.   Denice

Working on a wedding jar for a nephew in June.

Waiting to open my first real (not just tests) glaze firing in my own kiln. Now I understand. 

My cat left me a lizard on the porch for mother's day.  

87F. Yesterday.. .  . weather is nice, and presently I do not need it! Next week when I get back from GA I have more chalices and patens to do, and some funerary urns to do. Working on cleanup and try working with the white clay.

Successfully test fired the new kiln last night. 

Packing up for Cherokee Triangle art fair! First big show of the season, and first big show with the new work. Super nervous!

Gas prices are crazy here, $1.57 / litre, works out to $5.97 a US gallon. Expected to go up again later in the week. Glad I don't have to drive to work!!!

I'd like to inform the group that potter/author Richard Zakin has passed away. 

Information at 

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/richard-zakin-obituary?pid=188704596

sleet , high winds and snow last night. Rain this afternoon and then more snow tomorrow. Planning to fire obvara on Tuesday.

sleet , high winds and snow last night. Rain this afternoon and then more snow tomorrow. Planning to fire obvara on Tuesday.

In the process of designing and building a portable Raku kiln. Will be doing a bisque firing of the blanket buttons as well as some pots to fire when the kiln is done...

sleet , high winds and snow last night. Rain this afternoon and then more snow tomorrow. Planning to fire obvara on Tuesday.

Sun and rain sun and rain-up to 34 inches for the year for rain less for the sun

sleet , high winds and snow last night. Rain this afternoon and then more snow tomorrow. Planning to fire obvara on Tuesday.

just checking to see where you are. Great falls was colder than here 27 F right now. Yesterday it was 45 and the day before with snow was 9-12 F 3 inches but disappeared by afternoon.

Never got over 50 degrees at home today and raining and we are freezing after a month in Molokai 

Snow, Snow, Snow, Oh NO!

salt fire came out really nice .

Leaving for NCECA early to visit my husband of the East Coast before going to Pittsburgh. Giving shoveling snow a rest.

Firing the kiln tonight. Extending my firing to 20 hours from 18. I have pretty much settled on my glazes so I am now just trying to fine tune my single firing schedule. I have 4 glazes total and 2 wood ash pastes. All of the glazes are white. How hilarious is that? The last white glaze I added forms a lot of crystallization so I wanted to hold longer at the right temps and I also slowed down my cooling from cone 6 to 1800G at 125F per hour. I am firing two platters that I can barely fit in my kiln, so I am excited that they come out good so I can give them away.

snowed last night-winter wonderland here this morning.Very rare for us indeed-into the 20's tonight

snowed last night-winter wonderland here this morning.Very rare for us indeed-into the 20's tonight

snow storm yesterday and today. I will quit shoveling until it stops except for  path for my dog.