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I am thrilled to be turning down my first commission request! I am not going to do orders to specifications, but I will accommodate the person  by offering a few "close to/very similar" objects based on the desired attributes. 

I did get some help w/prep for this weekend's firing, which is about to be programmed. But I am still absolutely sold on getting lighter shelves!! 

I guess it would help to add the photo.

I have made a section on my Pinterest Clay board on Kilns & Firing, specific to the anagama kiln that John Baymore "made happen" for the New Hampshire Intute of Art. Check it out https://www.pinterest.com/LeeUstinich/clay-kilns-and-firing/fushigigama-nhia-wonder-kiln-at-sharon-art-center-/

I like the "banner" up top--the graphic affect & pallet is kinda "soothing" and intriguing simultaneously-nice vibe.

I love my logo, if  do say so myself! It makes me feel good-it is cheery. I am not cheery, so it's cool that I am represented in a way that great graphics can do! I used Fivver to aid in design & produce-for less than $50!!!

I posted an announcement for the NH Potters Guild exhibition for March in the Events of Interest forum.  I have two pieces on display.  Both bowls are pushing 2 lbs and are roughly in the 7" x 2" range.  Stoneware (stamped) and porcelain (incised). 

I posted my copper tape results in Clay & Glaze Chemistry (search metal tape).

I put a few items from my recent fire in the Gallery. Happy happy. 

I put a pic of my most recent "hidden mask" in the gallery.  It was fired in an anagama kiln, and I am thrilled with how it came out. Coincidently--serendipity--it was titled "Emerging" before I submitted it to the fire.   

I'm into the last round of making pieces for the anagama firing in the fall. (I get in through public access to the Community Education Program, providing space available. This is the gorgeous large kiln that John Baymore built w/ NHIA students..it is such a rush to see it in action! )

I've been largly out of commission due to having my work table break and having to save up and wait for a new one to arrive. I got it today and it is great--5' instead of 4, and much stronger.  Yee haw! 

Is this "personal feed" the new  "status/on your mind" thing??? Testing, testing!!

It is snowing hard for 2 days in the US NE and more tomorrow.  NH people trying to get to NCECA are facing cancelled and sold out flights--bummer. I'm not going-my good news is I got my computer back.

Just a thank you to whoever mentioned American Science &  Surplus as a source for many cool & useful gizmos for ceramics--maybe Pres?--anyway,  got this great little manual spinner whisk to bring my glazes & wax back to life!!  Finds like this really make my day. ..no excuse now to not keep glazing the current batch! 

Just sent out my first "web site is live" notice. Maybe should not have, since the store is not active yet, but everything else is done and I figured I best begin to get it "out there". Feels good! Lot of work, but i did it all myself.

Kiln is cooling under 300, but I'm going to bed now....so "Christmas " will come tomorrow morning

Lee is feeling rejuvenated----freakin' about time!! When the art center w/the anagama kiln suddenly closed, it  threw me for a loop--didn't see quite how much until I realized I was doing much of nothing!  

Look what I found! They were in a box in my storage shed-been there for 15 years-I thought they were long gone. Gas-fired masks made from a plaster mold that I made of face-pressed clay (the form of a friend' face). The top right one was made by my daughter, age 6 at the time.   

Made it another year......now, into the bleak midwinter--oh, relax, it's  just a song, not a prediction.   Hope everyone has a good one! 

Man in checkered shirt looking at one of MY bowls (shelf right) at the reception for the NHPG Once Upon the Earth exhibit. The photo is manipulated for a retro look. I was glad I went-I usually don't...just not my thing, but it was fun to watch people cruising my stuff.  

May 1st is the "soft" launch of my online shop at Lee U Ceramics website. My store collections have enough items to "go live".  More to come, of course!  

My update is more about self-reflective accountability that any news worth sharing. I am (really, really I am) working on my web site, using Old Lady's suggestion to put pics in my inventory spreadsheet (didn't know how--now I know how) and making some gifts for Christmas-porcelain trays, mostly. 

Need fast input on a shelves purchase please-in Equip/Repair now. Thx.

Oh well...I submitted two of my "Hidden Masks" (that reference domestic violence and suicide)  for a juried exhibit,  but got notice I was not accepted. Phooey. ..maybe shoulda gone with the bowls!