Marko

Had a great day firing foil saggars. Posting in my gallery a few of these beauties

Drove 800 miles today only 400 left to go. Best spring show ever

You know its all about that glaze, 'bout that glaze...no bubbles (earwig for today, with apologies to Meghan Trainor)

Packing for Barcelona leaving tomorrow. Bringing a foil saggar fired pot for a show at Etorn in September.

Packing for Barcelona leaving tomorrow. Bringing a foil saggar fired pot for a show at Etorn in September.

cooling a glaze and bisque fire-firing a glaze fire as well.

cooling a glaze and bisque fire-firing a glaze fire as well.

cooling a glaze and bisque fire-firing a glaze fire as well.

cooling a glaze and bisque fire-firing a glaze fire as well.

Finally cleaned my much needed to be cleaned studio. I think there was more pollen on the floor then clay dust.

unpacking from three weeks on the road which included wood firing and a sod firing with Lorna Meaden, NCECA in Kansas City, and Taping an e-course in Saltillo , MS. My new used van made it in comfort.

unpacking from three weeks on the road which included wood firing and a sod firing with Lorna Meaden, NCECA in Kansas City, and Taping an e-course in Saltillo , MS. My new used van made it in comfort.

New pieces do not photograph themselves *sigh*. I'll get right on that...perhaps tomorrow

Enjoying the building excitement of waiting for the kiln to cool down.

In the middle of wood firing extravaganza. Loaded 2 of the 4 wood kilns , anagama and soda/wood kiln. Fired off the soda wood kiln with a great team under Lorna Meaden. We rocked!Anagama is still going. Our last shift for that is tomorrow 10-4.Then Tues we move into Kansas City for NCECA. We loved Lawrence and Kansas University.

Packed up and delivered about 350 pots.

almost completely packed up for a complicated journey North. Looking forward to seeing friends along the way. See you at NCECA

With about 90 minutes left in a glaze firing we had a neighborhood power failure that lasted 2 1/2 hours. I just restarted the kiln and crossing my fingers.

Firing some new glazes and combinations, designed for a slow cool schedule. Looking for that elusive semi matte with some variation. Pretty excited.

Got my kiln going after a near two week of the flu. Feeling good about it.

Got my kiln going after a near two week of the flu. Feeling good about it.

Flu's been getting me down all week, but feeling positive it's gonna end, hehe.

Flu's been getting me down all week, but feeling positive it's gonna end, hehe.

That moment when the cone 10 glaze firing is well underway, you are cleaning up the glazing table, and suddenly there is an out-of-place container of low-fire glaze sitting in front of you...

A couple of yahoos were racing on the highway at 2:30am, crashed, and knocked out the power in three small towns. My Fred was firing when the power was cut, hnnngh... He got back online, though.