quick update - 9/10/10

We will finally be doing a first firing early next week. I will be cranking out work til then. And immediately after since we'll be firing again just a short time after that. I am hoping the larger pieces will help fill the kiln faster. We'll see.... it all depends on if I can manage to stop killing them. I require a high tolerance of abuse from my pieces... and the change in scale means a learning curve for just how much the new scale will take. and when. It's a learning curve I'm not fond of, but necessary. I'll deal with it and learn in the process. It'll improve when my throwing large skills improve too. They often coincide.

In the meantime, it's life as normal on the side of this small mountain. I see the same few people every day. Pluse a new resident who is kind, smart, and funny. The days blur together... weekends blending into weeks and on and on. I crave my routine back home, as chaotic as it is. It's familiar and maybe that's what I miss the most.

It's cool here. Fall has hit. and you can see the evidence in the tip top of the trees.... the beginning of some kick ass beauty.

Back to the studio....