Today's work seemed to take forever. This morning I packed up a bunch of Etsy Orders and sent them out, had a lovely visit with Baby Ella and Laura and Gretchen at Webster's on Aaron.
When I finally made it home I got to work.I trimmed the medium jars, lids and added the handles, then trimmed and handled the soup mugs. It doesn't take up much room in the paragraph, but there were 8 jars and 24 soup mugs. By the end I was beat. Then Ro, bless her dedicated heart came down and added Oak Leaves and Acorns to some of them!
As a last act of dedication to my craft and production I took the last three 5lb balls I had wedged up and threw the first of the large jars I wanted to do. Tomorrow I'll face the wedging for the rest and the plates. Then there will be glazing too. I anticipate being very tired tomorrow night.
The very last picture is a prototype of a Greenman Mortar and Pestle I'm working on. I still need to make the pestle, but it will be easy.
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Monday, November 8, 2010
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Still working hard!
The sale is next weekend and I can't make anything else for it, but after our studio sale will be fall Etsy Sales and I want to have a good jump on that. Here is what we have done and have in progress right now.
House Ro damn near finished all the sorting of stuff that has been cluttering our living room. A combination of items brought home from the storage unit we cleared out and personal items from the Creative Oasis. All have found a space in the attic. She as done 98% of this on her own, only using me occasionally for muscle and more often using Morgan for muscle. In anycase we were able to comfortably have Catherine and her boyfriend over for dinner tonight. She made Escarole soup and Pasta. It was delicious and RO made the escarole soup vegetarian so I could experience it. No little meatballs in mine :)
Still do do is her glass studio which will have to go to the scary side of the basement for storage. I am guessing that I'll be helping with some of that tomorrow. We also need to scrub down the kitchen and bathroom. Then we will be more or less ready for company.
In the studio I have 74 round mugs to glaze, 20 of which are a special order. 16 Rice Bowls, no notches and about 40 Tankards to glaze too. I finished up 8 small canister pots, and made 8 medium sized ones today. I also threw 24 bowls for soup mugs and 32 cereal bowls. Most of this is in the bisc kiln now. It's been a very good production week and I plan of continuing to produce like this right through until Christmas when I plan on a mini vacation.
Tomorrow will be trimming the medium jars and adding handles to the lids, then throwing the large jars and some plates, maybe some butter keepers too. Then I think there will be glazing for a couple days and while the basement is so damn hot, I'll head upstairs to help clean. Usually the bathroom scrubbing is mine.
House Ro damn near finished all the sorting of stuff that has been cluttering our living room. A combination of items brought home from the storage unit we cleared out and personal items from the Creative Oasis. All have found a space in the attic. She as done 98% of this on her own, only using me occasionally for muscle and more often using Morgan for muscle. In anycase we were able to comfortably have Catherine and her boyfriend over for dinner tonight. She made Escarole soup and Pasta. It was delicious and RO made the escarole soup vegetarian so I could experience it. No little meatballs in mine :)
Still do do is her glass studio which will have to go to the scary side of the basement for storage. I am guessing that I'll be helping with some of that tomorrow. We also need to scrub down the kitchen and bathroom. Then we will be more or less ready for company.
In the studio I have 74 round mugs to glaze, 20 of which are a special order. 16 Rice Bowls, no notches and about 40 Tankards to glaze too. I finished up 8 small canister pots, and made 8 medium sized ones today. I also threw 24 bowls for soup mugs and 32 cereal bowls. Most of this is in the bisc kiln now. It's been a very good production week and I plan of continuing to produce like this right through until Christmas when I plan on a mini vacation.
Tomorrow will be trimming the medium jars and adding handles to the lids, then throwing the large jars and some plates, maybe some butter keepers too. Then I think there will be glazing for a couple days and while the basement is so damn hot, I'll head upstairs to help clean. Usually the bathroom scrubbing is mine.
Friday, November 5, 2010
Feeling Good in High Production
Our annual Fall Studio Sale is next weekend. Nov 13 and 14. I've been worried about how much stock I would have for it with all the other things going on in our lives. Over the last couple days with Rowan's help, I've made a lot of the pieces I was worried about not having. 56 mugs, 40 tankards, 8 bowls and 8 Apple bakers. Tomorrow will be some Canister sets, some more bowls and some soup mugs. We still have considerable stock that came home from the PA Renaissance Faire, so I think the tables will be full enough to satisfy our visitors. I sure hope so...although without a doubt someone will ask for a piece I just don't have.
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