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My workbench is full of ugly bisque again. I really is my least favourite stage. But a week and a half ago, I decided it would be a good idea to document some new compost buckets before I was packing them up to go to a sale. These are much nicer pictures!
Before you make fun of me for my product staging, I was legit making soup stock with the Easter turkey.

A kiln load has been waiting for a month to be glazed and single-fired. 
After work and weekends have been building a chicken coop with double chicken run. Been raining so much have really put construction behind. Chicks arrive May 8.

(Waster donuts, take less clay than cookies) 
Mugs were my last thing on the bench today

 

On my workbench today ... an experimental bowl with an exaggerated footring/pedestal. How the heck do I fire this thing, on a waster cookie?

On my workbench today ... an experimental bowl with an exaggerated footring/pedestal. How the heck do I fire this thing, on a waster cookie?

On my workbench today ... an experimental bowl with an exaggerated footring/pedestal. How the heck do I fire this thing, on a waster cookie?

Busy day glazing today! These are all waxed and ready to dip.
 

Elephants!

Raw Glazing.  And in the background a first attempt at throwing a double walled vessel and then carving it.

Winter tea bowls in red clay, part of a series I call "Wild Heart." They will all have a red accent somewhere on the bowl.
 I have hand-built some using a simple template that gives them a squared shape at the base above the foot ring, and I threw a couple this morning.
But it is too cold, really, to go very long at all. Today I threw wearing a thermal shirt, thermal pants, and a down vest.
 

Elephants!

working on pieces for Invitational at one gallery, a wood firing in June, and seasonal gallery opening in Nye, Mt. 
 

Good question for a Monday morning!
I have a kiln load of bisque that needs washing and waxing. I’ve got samples for a mug re-design for an existing client and a big pile of test tiles in the bin to go along with that, I have 18 mugs for a new client, and serving bowls, sugar jars and more mugs for upcoming spring shows. And I have weekly scheduling, and homework for an online business course on the go. 
 
Yes, this is my kitchen. Washing and waxing bisque is the only job I really do outside of my studio this time of year. It’s still too cold to take it outside yet. 

Working  on found object texture tiles to be raku fired and assembled for a wall hanging.

Elephants!

Elephants!

Tupperware containers of glaze and slip, vintage mustard jar packed with brushes, trays of tools for throwing/trimming. Studio isn't sectioned off for different things but everything is in reach by the wheel. 

A nice size coiled bowl  with black stylized Anazai designs on white clay.  Didn't quite get in finished today.   Sorry no photo.   Denice

making a combination of things.  big pieces with leaves and birds and small, about 3 inches across lace impressed bowl shaped "containers".  the small items will sell if i can get a nice glaze in several colors.  the bigger ones also sell, depending on the venue.  but the small stuff is my version of mark's sponge holder bread and butter item.  not that they hold sponges, just that they sell quickly and bring in cash.


got to make some glazes!

Elephants!

Elephants!

Mea, I just love those ears!!!  
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i did not realize, mea, that your studio was big enough to hold 20 ELEPHANTS!

Thanks for posting my question Pres. 
hanging planters for succulents

 

Elephants!