Marcia Selsor

Looks like it was just hewn and polished, fresh from the quarry. One of the more exceptional examples of minimalism I have seen. Well done!

Thanks.

I love seeing what happens with various things like grasses and seaweed.

Marcia

I just want to reach through the screen and touch them.  Great job  Denice

how deep is the snow?

Hoping for some rain today to wash away the yellow snow (pollen) that's covering everything in central NC right now.  Azaleas and dogwoods are in full bloom - daffodils and lily magnolia blooms are a distant memory.  Although expecting a low of 34F tonight.......

depends where. drifts are3-4'. got about 3" then 8" last week.

m

Hi Marcia,

We are looking into adding the link to the Ceramic Arts Network homepage to the navigation bar at the top. From there you can access Ceramics Monthly, Pottery Making Illus., ICAN etc. Hope to have it up there in the next day or so. For now, here is the link: https://ceramicartsnetwork.org/

Thanks,

Jen

Actually, it is already up there!  That was fast!

Yay! This is really getting the kinks out fast. Amazing!

I re-fired slightly less than golden brown cranberry orange nut bread. Then I made pecan bars like my grandmother's..Fun to taste a childhood memory. Sort of a pecan laden toffee on a crumbly crust.

What cone did you refire the cranberry nut bread to?

350F  eating some right now!

Must go trim my saggers that I threw yesterday. Just finished shoveling snow off the walks.

Looking forward to reading them! 

me too!

One will be in Spanish in Revista Ceramica Internacional!

The  other will be in PMI and is due Nov 1.

That's awesome Marcia!

In regards to the snowy walkway, just have a dedicate snowblower ready at the beginning of the path, and you can just easily clear the way, as you walk to the shed.

No need to pull a muscle, or tire yourself out, before you even start working.

finally got an electric I can carry thru the house from back to front. ..after losing 20 pounds from shoveling. We had 200% normal snowfall last winter beginning with 22" in Sept.

I do not envy those, in the Northern US, and obviously places North of that.

We get a decent amount of snow here, but nothing like that.  I got my current snow blower at the end of a record setting Winter, in terms of snowfall.  

So I did my driveway, by hand all season, then got the snow blower.  We haven't had a season like that since...

Congrats on the article. I know you spent many many hours researching and developing.

almost as much time trying to send it thru dropbox!!!

Much like last Winter, we have been lacking with the snow.  Last February, my wife and I expected to have to drive to the hospital, in a blizzard, while she was in labor.  Instead, it was in the 70s that week...  Thus far, this Winter we have had some accumulating snow, but after numerous days above freezing, it is all but gone.

Weird weather...

I spent 2 hours today chopping ice off the driveway. Snow is melting and freezing.We've had a total of about 40 inches this year. Where shoveled off the pavement dries. I have my kiln on the patio covered with a big metal basin over a plastic wrap. 

Very nice .

just started firing tonight. Thought tomorrow was going to be nice. Wrong. Wind and snow. So while it is nice today, I got it loaded and firing. Should be done turning it up by 9...my bedtime.  Timer and cone setter should take care of the rest. I'll check it about 5 am. 

Firing espresso cups for Matt to take back to DC, mugs for a friend and tea bowls for another friend. The back to show pieces.

Will be glad when winter is over. 

there was a really strong wind last night as well as my motion detector light on the kiln shed going on and off. Checked the kiln at midnight. It was off. Shut off security light and went back to sleep.

Will unload after I walk the dog.

My  extension to old wooden kiln shed weill have all metal clear story with windows and exhaust fans 2 barn doors and 14 ft ceiling slanting down to10 or 12'. I already have 4 kilns to go inside. My tiny demo kiln I built for taping my online courses. I have a sawed -ed oil drum with the tope third removed, a 2' high x 2'wide chamber to sit on brick plus my large pulley or topcoat kiln. Very excite to be able to fire in winter. BUT I do regret not being able to fire much this summer.

maybe we should have a raku fest at my place before my husband retires and comes home permanently!

Can't wait to see the photos!

Sorry to hear you sprained your ankle! looking forward to your photos as well

Jet lag. I may get to it tomorrow.

not many here would understand that!

Is that C or F?

C but the wind chill dropped it down another 10 degrees of course

but on our last day of -20 I tried out the wood skis and they're fast! I had to re-camber them with a clothes steamer and wooden blocks, get pine tar on them then polar kick wax as glide wax! So different that modern xc skis!!!

My studio in the basement is unheated.  I use a small room heater when the temp drops, but I don't like the fan blowing.  So I was thinking of getting one of the radiant wall heaters....But my space is very small....10x11.  In the shop where I glaze/spray booth/kiln is unheated and very well insulated.  So a small space heater will take the chill off quickly.  I found those radiant wall heaters on Amazon.  Very reasonable.

Google 400 w ceramic panel heater. No fan. Convection. No noise.nice steady heavy. You can find them for 39.95 and up on eBay. 

Thanks!

Since you have no place to go: let it glaze, let it glaze.     Okay, so I slightly twisted the old version.

mother-in-law visiting til tomorrow. 120 miles rt to airport. maybe we'll see the new star wars movie while we're in town!

Marcia

found it. changed it.

It has been a pleasure watching you develop this new firing technique. Hopefully you will submit an article on the technical requirements required to produce this very unique glaze effect. I will catch up with you at NCECA soon.

it's not a glaze but salts and water on an absorbent surface of terra sig. great fun.

Hope you feel better soon 

thanks, Min. I am working on it.