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Lower back has been nagging, trying more rest; cycling, construction and maintenance projects on hold, hence, more chatty on the Forum!
...yesterday, a few careful hours in the Studio went ok, heading out to try that again now. -
We closed today!
We have keys and remotes; tomorrow we'll start moving things from storage.
The garage space has one big "two car" door and a one car door.
The one car space will become ...Studio!
My plans include putting up a wall to close off the one car space, with a person door near the back - door with a big window in it, to catch some of the light from that North facing window.
We'll run wiring in the new wall, separate the overhead lighting from the rest of the garage, and add several flat mount LED lights up there.
The heat pump thing will go on that far wall somewhere, the kiln in the corner by the rollup door.It's a nice space. The window isn't as big as the prior Studio's, but it will bring it a lot of light, being Westerly.
The space is a bit bigger.
The roll about shelving we negotiated for from the sellers.
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Thank you to all who reached out about how we are doing from the big earthquake. I only lost 5 cereal bowls at my xmas booth and zero breakage at studio. Our home is fine as we are prepared for quakes and have out styff bolted to wall and our water heater and solar tanks are straped to walls. Yes we had stuff fall but it all made it fine. This was my best earthquake as pottery damage was so light.Our house is bolted to foundation as well so its fine to.
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Thanks for the report, Mark! Was worried about you but it sounds like you are as prepared as possible.
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Kiln arrived yesterday, and is now in the shop. I am in the process of reassembling, and have an electrician coming to do whatever needs done with the wiring into service. I am also getting ready to set the vent into the chimney at back corner.
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Hi All y’All…Just wanted to let you know that I’m going in for hand surgery in a couple of hours to fix a trigger finger and maybe another potential problem call Dupuytrens Contracture…I’m expecting all to go well, but may not be at the keyboard for a couple of days and the clay for about a month...we’ll see…
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wishing you a speedy recovery!
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Well, hot diggity dog--I have received an invite from the Ceramics Art Network's magazine, Ceramics Monthly, to write a short article w/pics for the Quick Tip series. It will be about my simple "works for me" inventory/storage system.
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Dying inside a little every day, wishing I could make this happen faster...
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This is a race that the tortoise always wins.
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Got half a kiln load. "Time to make the donuts!" (I wonder how many members are too young to remember that fun commercial?)
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I say “time to make the donuts” to myself almost every day!
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A great auction! KVIE sold the trio of pots for $350...way more than the retail of $120!
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Have to cancel my next weekend art fair due to broken elbow 1st canceled show ever
(cracked radius bone)
I was in my old apple tree when a 5 inch limb broke and I fell about 7 feet.1st ever broken bone.Two weeks in sling no clay for at least a month. kiln is firing last glaze fire now.just coming to terms with this setback
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Sorry to hear this! You will be back and better than ever soon. Are those kids big enough to climb the tree next year?
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Nicest customer at my market today. She invited us to a bbq dinner at her place after the market today. Total sweetheart.
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How nice! Pottery customers are maybe the best among the whole retail world. Sometimes I see the types of people buying other things, like high-end jewelry, and I think “thank goodness that person is not in my booth talking about herself for an hour.”
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How is everyone? It has been a while. Just wanted to check in and say I love and miss you all! Fired my kiln today. First time in 8 months I have even touched a pot. Made me realize how much I miss this community. Hope everyone's pots are great and their glazes are perfection!
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Crazy things happen. . . another tip to be published in Ceramics Monthly this next month.
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- Roberta12, PotterPutter and Benzine
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Congrats, and I’m looking forward to reading it! I’m working on one too, to be published in a few months.
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Need to dry out and launder my entire display, after a rain-soaked weekend show.
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I just finished moving everything into the basement, so it can dry while it continues to rain outside. Happily my next show is indoors! Penn State had exceptionally nice weather, so all things considered summer shows are going well. Congrats on all the orders!
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Summer must be here as the board is slow with less posts these days
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Visiting and reading traffic is normal, just not as much posting.
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Successfully test fired the new kiln last night.
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I have chosen an electrician. ***confetti***
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Doing income tax, such fun. April 30 deadline.
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Just got mine back from my accountant. I’m happy to let somebody else be the expert. He told me to make extra estimated payments at the end of last year, so the amounts due now are not too bad.
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The aggravating week continues. Now fedex has lost my shipment of custom-printed shopping bags. If they can’t find it, I won’t have time to get them reprinted before my next show.
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The aggravating week continues. Now fedex has lost my shipment of custom-printed shopping bags. If they can’t find it, I won’t have time to get them reprinted before my next show.
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The aggravating week continues. Now fedex has lost my shipment of custom-printed shopping bags. If they can’t find it, I won’t have time to get them reprinted before my next show.
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They are currently “investigating” whatever that means. If they can’t find the shipment, I will file a claim. The bags are worth $1k so I bet they will try not to pay it. So I’m stressed about the money. Meanwhile, I think I have enough blank bags to get through the show. It’s not what I planned for, but I can live with blank bags for one more show.
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Ack! My kiln with brand new elements just misfired. Now I have to wait until it cools down before I can start to investigate. Aggravation.
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No need, it’s not a time crunch situation. Thank you for the nice offer!
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