08/23/2026
Back in the saddle. Haven't posted anything in a while - my days are so broken up and long that it's challenging to take the time.
Here's a little catch-up:
TUESDAY after getting home around 6PM from Pappy's funeral, I quickly glazed and loaded the test kiln for a late firing. Then threw 3 large six-pound bowls and then cleaned up tools and equipment while I waited for the kiln to shut down at 1AM.
WEDNESDAY's work started at 9AM. Bowls needed to flipped and rims covered in plastic (so that handles could be attached later).
Then 10 mug cylinders thrown before noon.
Afternoon was spent spin-trimming and mowing my brother's property (3 hrs).
Rest of the day: weighing-out clay, threw another dozen mugs and several jewelry bowls, altering rims on the bowls, then covering everything up for the evening. Finished at 12:30 AM.
THURSDAY, started work at 9:30 - Trimmed the large bowls and made handles for them.
Afternoon: Trip to the feedmill and then across the border to top-off the truck gas at 28 cents cheaper (only amounted to about a 3$ savings but felt like a win), finished off with attaching handles to the large bowls.
Evening: Made mug handles, smoothed up and marked mug bottoms, attached mug handles.
Finished at 1:15 AM.
I hope (if you've gotten this far!) that you'll have a better idea why I'm such a stranger to the socials- it's literally the last thing on my agenda.
Open this coming weekend! Aug.28/29
Friday 3 to 7
Saturday 10 to 5
