LeeU

Feeling good...almost have enough to fill my kiln-main purpose is to bisque mold forms for smalls-and wow, I love my slab roller!

Finally got the table top slab roller assembled; now I have to tackle all those compressor fittings and learn to use it, and the guns. Slow going, but better than not being in motion at all!

Gave my daughter the Starfish tray (in my gallery/smalls) for her birthday and she loved it - she's persnickety and likes "pretty", which is not my style at all, usually. So "mom did good"

Getting back into the swing of things, finally! Did a bunch of small treat trays, using my new slab roller-felt good to do "something--anything" LOL.

Getting ready for my next fire, around mid-month. So far, I have managed not to break any greenware except one pendant. I got every piece finished and glazed, and I completed glazing “No Secretsâ€- a porcelain piece in the Hidden Mask Series. I have addressed it with color and thoroughly enjoyed planning and placing the palette.

Getting ready to test some underglazes in a cone 05 fire; the completed studio reorg is downright inspiring-I can find everything and have more working space!

Happily adding underglazes to pieces I am going to refire in my next bisque load.

Happy with my last fire-enough testing, now I can get on with refining my vision. I'm looking to do some semi-commercial functional sculptures (my term...table pieces, basically, that either do or do not serve a specific purpose.

Happy with my recent fire; just put a few pendants in my gallery-more to come.

Happy with recent firing-highlights for me that I want to repeat/expand were making a rattle, matching spoons to trays, and finding a lighter palette that I like a lot. Also, the pics of my pieces are getting done!

Honey JAR is finally coming together!

I am putting my Bailey table top slab roller together and have to rearrange my studio to accommodate it, which is energizing me out of the tail end of a slump I have been plagued with. Clay is good for the health!

I made an album in my gallery with the logo/avatar-proper size-the only photo in it...now how do I get it from there onto the profile? I know nothing about linking to a url..how?

I may get to put some smalls in the Discover Portsmouth gift shop during the summer exhibition (have 2 pieces in the show-both from the Hidden Mask Series-wall portraits). I'm going to submit a couple of catch-alls, some tea light holders, and business card holders. Pics in my gallery.

I put some pics of the honey jar (for my sister) in my gallery.

I tookout my URL for now because I am moving my web site and don't want to put a prolonged "under construction" thing out there.

I tweaked my web site a bit more-a lot of of work, need descriptions, a shopping cart, and much more stuff. Probably shouldn't have published it yet, but oh well!

I've been largely offline due to two surgeries and recovery time I think the whole world should know that it took me the equivalent of over 3 days to cull through -- judiciously picking and choosing only some things to check on -- CAD forums, Facebook, and LinkedIn! I empathize w/Evelyn..my studio is essentially shut down for now-just can't do it yet.

Just did a reorg of my studio space, with the help of some hired muscle. Same amount of stuff, but now a good bit more of working space and room for me to move around better. Yee haw!

Just posted an album in Gallery -- LeeU June 2016 -- It has some pieces from my recent firing.

Just put a few newly fired (cone 6) pieces in my gallery.

Love this part where there's only a hundred degrees or so until I can lift the lid on the kiln!

Made a step toward the second Community Challenge...it is good for me to have a focus, something I had been finding fuzzy lately.

Made my cottle boards, and instead of watching Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, made my damp box. Yee haw!

Mixed bag on the bisque--molds came out well, but stuff with underglazes, not so much. Getting ready to full fire--no pics until/unless I see something worth showing LOL