Marcia Selsor

Looking forward to spend some time with you in Spain in 2016! All the best for the c.r.e.t.a workshop Marci!

I wish I could go. Well I glad you had a great time Marcia.

I don't get to travel with my husband very often. We do have fun together.

so much nicer to fire in the winter, especially if its snowing outside & you can sit in the kiln shed with a nice cup of coffee!

agree totally!

My 6.5 top loader is custom built 3" brick and 2" fiber. Anymore I just turn it off when done firing and check it two days later.

Congrats!!!! That's fabulous!!!

Terrific news, Marcia. Well deserved congratulations!!

Great news and my congratulations on your award. Well Done!

So great! We need pictures!!

Wow that was fast, it took me a year to find a lot to build on. Pictures please!

May your dreams come true!!

I am back but having a slow time reconfiguring how the new format works and where things are located. My class went very well. Had people from Italy, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Canada, Scotland, and US.

We were joined by 2 brasilians for our short post workshop trip to Faenza and the International  Museum of Ceramic Art , studio visits and Ravenna mosaics.

I also went for a fast visit to Venice to see the Biennale. Quite a few ceramics pieces there.

Welcome back friend. Looking forward to new pictures. Then again,  with the new forum it might take me a few days to find them.

What were they thinking?

Marcia

agree but so much easier said than done isn't it?

can you still work with a cast or brace on? maybe handbuilding?

from one who knows, thanks mark. I have a class in Italy ab a huge event, ceramics Invitational next year. Will go gently.

The long journey is now officially over.

Matt will be working in DC for the next couple of years at the NSF Nat'l Science Foundation

Drive careful.

Drive safely Marcia!

Snow in NM, Colorado, Wyoming, MT.!

looking good! I bet there are good trails around that hill for walks in the summer too!

absolutely. And also lots of Bears, Moose, and occasional Mountain lion.

That is so smart! Good plan Marcia.

How's the snow there? We have a bit over a foot here, an hour west of Spokane. The roads are so gnarly!! D:

fortunately, no rain. Heavy snow, several inches by 9. More overnight and tomorrow

Made chicken soup. Have lots of food. Got one heater in the studio. Will put the others in tomorrow. Hope to get slab roller and extruder together tomorrow too..Organize those chemicals I brought on this first trip.

rivers are at flood stage here

30 inches so far since OCT1st

even snowed once

do not overdo it! so easy when you are near the end of a huge job. enjoy!

my big bale kiln is in place. I can relax. Yay!

Congratulations and best wishes.

Everything will be all right Marcia! I am so excited for you. Montana is a dream come true, isn't it?!

yes. And downsizing is really a good thing.

We did that nine years ago and I often feel like we need to do it again.

Good luck with the move Marcia, after the years there I am certain it is a lot to overhall. best of luck!

Good luck! I know searching for a home with ceramic-friendly grounds has been fun for me. Glad you are making the move!

I know, why do we have so much JUNK?

Hacker: "So... Who should I go after? Defense Department? Political Organizations? Big Banks? Naw, I'll go after the Potters!!!"...

No they weren't going after potters. This was an attack on core internet infrastructure which put hundreds of sites out of action.

bad boys out there! Why can't they just leave us alone....

Plan to do some smaller trips this fall, Christmas and be in the house by end of Jan.

with dogs and cats.

Husband is staying behind til the house sells and he retires. He'll visit as often as he can.

will start selling off library on Potters attic on Facebook.

I literally moved a ton of books down here 10 years ago. The ones that have not been opened in 10 years are going.

I hope you enjoy your last days in South Texas and make the very most of your new home.

Quit teasing me Marcia. LOL

Do you need an oven to bake cookies or just leave them outside?

Outside, works, but the birds get em before I do. LOL.

Thank you both. I enjoy playing with seaweed, copper wool, and chips of hard wood in with the sawdust.

Whow! Humbling! Inspiring!

they are all so beautiful!

Monterrey, MX is 200 miles from my house in Brownsville Tx. I think it is more likely the chemicals from factories in Matamoros.

I think what JT said is right: you have a highly acid environment. Sulfur/ salt, and God knows what else. Time to move.

I couldn't agree more.

yes. will be here until road trip to Montana in Aug. followed by symposium.

Captivated by the pictures and the background scenic beauty!!

It was really a beautiful location. Hard to believe Trident submarines are out in the Clyde.

Im so glad you got my Raku kiln done.. Im so happy to have a friend like you ~ ---- They turned out nice, I like the burner holder...

I saw the kilns on fb. Looking good!

I can take one to my workshop on South Padre Island on Feb 13th.

I love what I am doing. Very happy even with aches and pains that happen sometimes.

I am going to Kansas in 2 days for a workshop at Brackers. Then, I am going with matt to his conference in Spain in the mountains NW of Sevilla. I hope to visit a friend in Sevilla where I taught a raku workshop in 1995. Then in Nov. I go to Rome for 6 weeks for a residency, workshop and exhibition.

If you haven't left, and if you aren't in a rush, can you send me your book or dro it off. I could send you a payment via PayPal, if you have an account with them.

*drop, hehe.

What an international group. Happy for you!

wow i bet you had some serious fun..

I can't find the pictures. I get lost in here.

have fun and take a billion pictures for us..

You got #3 tonight.

yay! someone has joined the forum.

will have a look. I have plenty of reptiles in my yard. cats love them. The only two ways to Austin are either cross a big fracking development with huge trucks and crazy drivers in 2 lane blacktops or go through San Antonio up the most congested interstate I always try to avoid. It is a long haul either way. Not West texas.

aprox. drive time on that is about 5hr 35 minutes.. give the big trucks the room they need and make sure when you pass them up you can see both headlights in your rear view mirror... I always hated to drive through Dallas, Ft. Worth, there are some idiots who must have gotten their drivers license out of a cracker jack box "prize" lol

Austin is about 5 1/2 Houston 6 hours. And the same part from here to Corpus is B-o-r-i-n-g..not like Montana.

I think it's more of a case of,not knowing how to do it.

I don't know about that. And the bizarre names are very weird.

I had a avatar but it was lost when they changed the forum a while back. To busy to mess with it again. Denice