Evelyne Schoenmann

Back in Switzerland with a rucksack full of great experiences.

Back in Switzerland with a rucksack full of great experiences.

On my way to NCECA,baby.Look for a guy with a big smile on his face!

Flying out at 5 am. looking forward to seeing many many old friends and some new ones. NCECAI is like a Rite of Spring...an infusion of creative energy in an assembly of like minded creative clay people. I am so looking forward to seeing everyone and as many shows and talks I can manage.

I will be on the road Saturday. From Italy back to Switzerland. See you soon again....

7:05 AM, Rock and ROLL!!!! Fired up a bisque load this morning. Countdown to 8+ hours, if this load goes anything like the last one. I iz a happy camper!

the cold front has reached us at the Southern tip of Texas. I have a raku firing workshop on Wed. I hope it isn't too blustery!

Preparing for a workshop next Wed. and throwing some new texture pieces. Hope to obvert fire in 4 days.

Back home and working.

Edited a new video as I didn't feel like making pots the past few days.

Edited a new video as I didn't feel like making pots the past few days.

I changed the elements and thermocouples in the kiln last night!!!! Pretty exciting. Firing a bisque load today!

I am back from my January trip ... if you would like to see images of my trip, follow this link ... http://www.ccpottery.com/tanzania-serengeti-safari--.html

Had a nice pre-workshop meeting on South Padre Island. People decided what types of firings we'll do in two raku kilns: raku, horse hair and feathers, obvara and saggars. I gave them sme terra sig to prepare the pieces after some demonstrating.

Any comments on the challenge? Post them on here, would like a bit of feedback. Never really tried to set up much like this before and I forgot I was at work tonight so may have missed something out while trying to multi-task.

There's a topic "Community Challenge Idea" in the Studio. If possible, everybody go there and give your input. Thanks.

got clay in San Antonio

Gone for a couple weeks ... Y'all behave! : > )

Cleaning the studio after the holidays and working on making a set of tongs for Obvara that won't damage the surface.

Now that winter is looking down on us (pretty bad here in so.cal. its 70 at 8:45am) what is your miracle hand cream for potters hands?

I need to stop trying the combo of glossy glaze over a semi-matt. They always come out rubbish no mater how many times I think it is going to work...

Chawans in the kiln....

show opens tonight. Old body feeling the strain of the past couple of weeks.

I have a friend visiting from Austin. We are fired foil and ceramic sag gars yesterday and raku today.

Off to the IAC conference in Dublin. Will meet John there (happy dance)