More Time

This was the best part of the day.... time in the studio, trimming the tops of chalices that I'll assemble tomorrow. Also made some tumblers. It was peaceful- a good part of the day!
I also stopped by the Barn Sale. Didn't stay long because in my time there, I was missing being in the studio, so I left soon. I did visit all of the booths and saw these interesting leaves. More than 50 booths in all. Lots of pottery!

I liked the black glaze in this, using the indentations from the leaves.

Lots of booths. I missed being a part. It's just too expensive for me these days. It takes awhile to recover after being out of work for several months. To participate in the Barn Sale, one needs to join the NC Guild ($60 a year, I think) and then pay for a booth. :( Oh well.... maybe next year.

It was great to see Elaine, Becky, and John in their booth. All seemed quite busy with sales.

Tomorrow's a busy day of work and I'm ready for it!

Gotta put some pots up on my etsy site. Maybe I'll do that tomorrow evening.

Onto reading other pottery blogs... :)

Barn Sale

The Barn Sale is this Saturday here in Charlotte-- I'm going for sure! Hope it doesn't rain. If you're in the area, please be sure to stop by. Perhaps next spring, I'll have some pots to sell at it. For now, it's too expensive to enter. Address: McAlpine Business Park: 8300 Monroe Rd. 10 am- 4 pm.

Jar Handles

Put handles on these two jars tonight. It's much harder than it looks to make the handles... and then attach them! One will be a gift; the other I will keep, I think...
Jar handles. Adrienne did demos for almost two hours tonight and it was amazing to watch her make lids and handles for various forms. Above is a casserole dish.

Here she's finally taking it off of the bat.. and the wheel.

Then she put a handle on a teapot and a spout too, plus trimmed the teapot. She does it all so fast, it's a bit hard to remember at times.

The finished casserole dish... The picture doesn't show it, but there are two handles on the sides... it's all pretty incredible.

Meanwhile, I made this jar before class-- and it has a flange (a ledge on the top to hold a lid), so it will get a lid at some point. :) A great class, except that I was hungry and tired towards the end and it is harder to make handles than I thought! I finally was able to make two sets of handles that I like. It's always good to escape to the pottery world. How I wish I spent more time in the studio...

Tumblers!

I've decided to work on a new form. Tumblers! Made the one on the left today and I really like the shape. Each has one indentation for one's thumb. I am certain that I'll experiment with this form more. I was tired, so I didn't stay at the studio for long.
Today we celebrated the life of St. Francis, one who cared for all God's creatures! Blessed a bunch of animals--- dogs to hamsters, to cats... it was all quite a zoo! :)

Ended the day with breakfast for dinner! Bacon from my uncle's business near my parent's house, good southern grits, homegrown potatoes (fingerlings and reds from my parent's garden!), and eggs with blue cheese. A good way to end the day.

Tomorrow it's back to work. How I wish there were more clay days!