Pres

FLOODING?  What happened?

Don't really know, Walked into the shop after the snow and ice we had, it was thawing outside. The shop had 4" of ice on the floor covering the foot pedal, the extension socket on the floor, and some of the bisqueware on the floor along with many other items. All thawed out, but the damage to the foot pedal and the extension socket. Easy enough to fix, As to where the water came from 3 possibilities: drain in the floor that leads to an underground river, brick walls that are worn after the last century, and the garage door that does not have a lip, just a rubber seal on the door itself. Who knows!! First time it ever happened in over 20 years.

OMG well maybe set the foot pedal and extension thingy up on the wheel when not in use?  Of course I'm an abnormally clean potter and I always leave my station shiny.  Wouldn't work for someone who cleans Simon Leach style.  I mean I love the guy but his work space makes me shudder ...

Glad the damage wasn't worse.

Living the dream Pres... Minus the grinding I would imagine.

Oh yeah, but grinding is even easier now. Got a diamond disc a few conferences ago, glued it onto a bat, attached to wheel with sponge of water, grinding is actually fine!

Then indeed, living the dream.

Congrats, and I’m looking forward to reading it! I’m working on one too, to be published in a few months. 

Mine is really so simple, posted it here a while back.

Congrats to both of you.

Looking good.

A wonderful commission! Beautiful work!

I hope you have a good time.  One summer I took a three day tile course at a junior college.  We slept in a dorm at night and found our own meals during the day.   I had been making tile for several years and thought maybe I  could increase my knowledge on the subject.   At the beginning of the first day I realized that I was mistaken.  Most of the people there had never worked with clay.  The class was doubled book and one of the teachers was sick. A overwhelmed teacher asked me if I would help with the class.  I really enjoyed helping the students,  I think I would have been bored out of my mind  with the elementary presentations.  Denice

I taught in this position for 36 yrs, started the adult class. The new teacher 2nd after my retirement, treats me like a king. Great guy, and has kids coming in for the class along with adults. Lots of fun, and the interaction that I miss is marvelous. Teaching can be so rewarding, and often you learn something by teaching others.

best,

Pres

Have a safe weekend. Don't need something like that happening twice in a lifetime. My husband worked in a mill years ago where a lot of fine sawdust was generated. There was a fire by one of the machines and the operator shut the big fans off. This caused the fuel to oxygen ratio to increase which resulted in an explosion. Running a fan while firing the kiln might be an idea so any remaining gas doesn't accumulate. 

As my thinking follows never assume, I went to mayor's office on Wednesday, asking about firing the kiln. Mayor told me to go down to the guys working on the street from the gas company, and ask. Top guy there told me that there was no problem with the gas now at my side of the block evidenced by the road being opened and that their testing showed that the soil was no longer saturated. I explained that I was in a garage in back of the house with the firing and the garage was over the river tunnel. He said all of that had been cleared. Fired the kiln that day. The cone adjustment of -35 is not quite right. Next firing will be with cone adjustment of -30. Getting there.

It is going to be in the mid 50's this week but cold is moving our way this weekend.   The weatherman said it could get down to 10 degrees,   my husband will have to finish my Century plant cover before that happens.   I would rather have snow  and not so cold.    Denice

temps are running mid 20's during the day. Snow was about 10" still lightly snowing, but am dug out.

Do you have photos on your blog? I don't know what a Communion Presentation set is.

They are the chalice and paten sets. They are used as a presentation to ordinands into the ministry with high community service, academic achievement and religious commitment. It is called the Hickman award. I have them posted in last years blog postings. My sets are completed with the Order of St. Luke logo, stamped on the plates which are actually larger than the standard paten that was used with the wafers for communion, but of late the churches are going to the broken bread communion and intinction. Intinction requires a wider bowl on the chalice to allow for dipping of the wafer or bread. Almost too wide to be drinkable, but not quite.

best,

Pres

Hopefully your last storm,  it suppose to be 77 today.  We have gotten a total of 1 inch of snow this year, still in a drought.    Denice

11 inches yesterday, will probably all be melted off by the end of the week. I would not want to be in a drought, but at the same time, some warmer weather will allow me to get into the frozen shop!

Tower of Power

Yeah it is i7 8700K processor 16gig of RAM and a new Mobo to handle it all.

grey matter is all thats left

Can never remember English, or American spelling!

best,

Pres

Lions, Tigers and Bears, oh my.

Have fun Pres

It's been 90-100 degrees here. I might have an hour or two in the mornings of 70's in the garage.

been 80s to 90s here, but then I like the heat more than the cold. Humidity is high though!

Tough one for me Prez- I have not read many pottery books.

Every week, different book. This book is a must for most libraries in Ceramics.

Sounds like you enjoyed it more than the students- a good thing.

Your students are so fortunate to have you at the helm.

Very wise decision. I buried my dad 5 years ago.

My Dad is 90, and still does most of the driving-for those of you that are hunters.

We have been bouncing between 50-70% humidity for over 2 weeks. soggy!

It's only humid in Tucson for maybe 15 minutes after it rains. Then the ground soaks it up and it's back to a dry heat.

and I thought I was the only one who stood over my kiln during firing.

I went the other way and got bit

see you there Pres!

Looking forward to seeing you too!

EIGHT teapots?! Wow... you have been busy!

Nice. Firing a bisque right now myself. Full of bowls.

Load finished at 3:30am. Going to take a nap!

And post pics!

They can do that? Yikes.

Yeah, if not properly dried and firing too quick. My fault, but then it happens.

I'm glad you're doing better.

Get well soon Pres!

Your entering my neck of the woods, hope you have a great time.

jury duty starts today. may be gone for a while.