New Pieces, New Shop Space... Busy Week

Well I have have a fairly busy week. I took advantage of last weekends nice weather and got another glaze load fired. It was kind of a mixed bag. Several pieces didn't come out as nice as I would have liked, in addition not only did my pyrometer decide to fail on me, I realized that the box of cones that I had bought last time which not only are used in cone packs but also in the kiln sitter on the kiln are not cone 1 like they ought to be. There are some that are cone 06 a few cone 04 and some that I am not sure about because I can't read them. Needless to say that this makes firing a serious challenge.

I did mange to get a couple of pictures before I boxed them up.

As much as I like this green slipped bowl it ended up with a crack most of the way around the outside.

In other news I have been hard at work setting up new shop space. I got the opportunity to have a small space next to the used book store that I have been displaying my work at. I have spent much of the week working on getting it set up and displaying not only my work but that of local artists as well.

It is in serious need of TLC but it is getting there. I have spent a good portion of the time bleaching the walls, and have decided that I am just going to take the plunge and paint over them. The years of various uses that the space has seen have left a permanent mark on them.

Not sure if you can make it out but I found a good use for all of those pottery videos that I made and uploaded.