Good Morning...

This is one of my favorite sites. Loading the kiln is like putting a puzzle together - each piece needs to fit just right or the whole thing doesn't work. And you can't force the work together (I've learned the hard way, more times than I want to admit) - baaaaad things can happen at 2000 +degrees! But when you do it correctly, have patience (another not-so- strong personality trait of mine) and open that lid.....oh man its Xmas morning! I love it! Hopefully I can fire this off tonite. This is actually a bisque fire for work that I will use in a pit fire workshop on Saturday (expect cool pics from that!). Still waiting for some stuff to dry - cutting it a bit short.....this is where the 'patience' thing is important. Don't push it Cheryl, don't push it!

Friday afternoon I played hookie with Tim (my husband) and he was sweet enough to spend some of that time with me visiting the gallery that I will be showing at in the fall. I hadn't seen it yet and was curious. The Different Path Gallery is located on Market Street in Brockport and it is just great! I reminds me of the stuff that is going on in the city. The shop is full of REAL artist made work (functional, wearable, and decorative). The gallery isn't done yet - but the plan is fantastic. I can't wait!

Today's mug is made by an RIT grad student - I purchased it at their annual holiday sale. I apologize for not knowing her name - but love her work with glazes - beautiful! And she turned me on to this white clay that I now get down in Avon, NY.

K - can't linger here - already having a late start to the day and I have to go to my OTHER job for a bit to get some stuff done. It pays the bills and keeps my clay 'habit' going! Wouldn't it be nice to be a self-sustaining artist? THAT is the dream .....isn't it? We do what we need to do....