Opening Weekend for North Carolina

The NC Renaissance Festival opens this weekend!

I'm excited about selling pottery in North Carolina. For a lot of potters, NC is a pottery Mecca. NC has a multi-generation tradition of pottery. Much of the state comes pre-educated about the handmade fine craft traditions. I've been hoping for the opportunity to see if North Carolinians would like my work well enough to support us. Rowan and I have talked about possibly moving there eventually. So the next few weeks will tell me a little something. The weather looks good. There is plenty of stock. If the fair has good attendance we should have good sales.and if you happen to be in the area, stop by and enjoy the faire. Ren Faires are seriously silly places, a good time will be had by all!

Goblets and Tankards and Kilns!

A successful day overall. I managed most of the day without pain in my hand, though I think there will be some Aleve tonight.





I threw goblet tops and stems earlier, then wedged for tankards and threw 22. Still trying not to overburden myself :)







I think next week will see an explosion of pottery making. After the throwing I cleaned greenware, signed pieces and loaded a bisc kiln.



Today's entertainment was NPR Morning Edition, All things Considered and then Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-long Blog. Which is hilarious and if you haven't already seen it on You Tube, is available streaming on Netflix. Only 42 minutes and very funny!

starting to look good!

I've been working diligently to finish some special orders and ease my hand back into regular use. Today was pretty marvelous, no Aleve, no ice and I got everything I had started finished. Tomorrow morning we'll load the kiln and get it started on low heat for about 12 hours and then we'll fire it up.







Here are the pictures of what will be inside, PLUS some bonus tiles from Rowan. We got some new underglazes and some black waxline underglaze and she has been busy drawing intricate Henna based patterns on tiles all evening. Check her page for pictures later..as of this writing I don't have any.






Tomorrow I have some goblets planned and then I think some Tankards from the 181 white clay. The color response is amazing on it.