Back at it

After a late start I did manage to 'spin' out 8 mugs today. (fyi - my husband still calls what I do 'spinning' not throwing; sometimes its a joke, sometimes he just forgets! And if you knew me and saw me it would be pretty obvious that I'm not 'spinning' at all) :) More than likely my kids will want a few of these mugs for teacher's gifts since we are at the end of the school year. I try to stay stocked up. Hope I get them done in time.

Also - got that kiln going as soon as I got in this morning. So pit-fire here we come! As is so typical - Diana wants to be prepared for the workshop so she has been studying up, sending me links about pit fires and techniques and she called to see if we should prepare some of our pots ahead of time. She is a very meticulous student! She wants results, where as I'm looking at it as a day of lawnchairs, wine coolers and, oh yeah, fun with fire! Thats why we are such a good balance! Don't get me wrong, she's just as into the fun as I am....we just define it slightly differently. :) ( lets face it, I would never have survived the Stone Age - While I would be sitting there looking at the 'pretty colors' in the fire, she would have been off inventing the wheel, or something!) She is great - thank goodness for her attention to the details!

Today's mug is one of mine. I think I made this one for Casey (my 14 yr old daughter) Orange was her 'thing' for a bit. I hate handles! I think I rolled this one out (cheater, I know).

Up to 800 degrees now. Doing my first cone 04 bisque so this will be a little different. Normally I do a 05 - but since these will be in the pitfire, and they are low fire clays I think this is the way to go. We'll see.

Ta ta for now!