Trimmed the mugs thrown yesterday and threw another half dozen this afternoon. The JG clay is like cream cheese -- seems to have nicely survived its year in a box. The plan was to start pulling and attaching handles tonight, but it seemed to make more sense to finish throwing the block of clay, so trimming and handles will happen tomorrow. Have made a commitment to make 75 mugs, so need to move forward with creating those. Sure hope to become a more efficient potter during the process! Guess it's good to know they already have a gift shop placement once completed. Would like to put a dozen in the kiln I'm about to fire so they can be "test" mugs in the next glaze firing; that means removing some large pieces from the top shelves to make room for mugs.
The news today focused on Lance Armstrong's admission of doping, Manti Te'o's girlfriend hoax, endless ranting and raving over proposed gun laws, etc.; maybe it's a good evening to listen to music, rather than news, in the studio. Light snow fell throughout the day so operators of snow machines and drivers of dog teams should be smiling again. Temp tonight is 14 degrees.
On to the clay...
The news today focused on Lance Armstrong's admission of doping, Manti Te'o's girlfriend hoax, endless ranting and raving over proposed gun laws, etc.; maybe it's a good evening to listen to music, rather than news, in the studio. Light snow fell throughout the day so operators of snow machines and drivers of dog teams should be smiling again. Temp tonight is 14 degrees.
On to the clay...