We cracked open the kiln last night- the only major casualty was a off center bowl I shattered with a log- a fair sacrifice. A lot of stuff turned out really nice, I tried some new things this time, making "tiles," using plaster molds, hand building with "spring cut slabs" (this requires a picture, but it turned out pretty great) and not glazing everything. Some of the unglazed stuff looks great! Also some of it looks just mediocre. I think I am partial to the glazed look, but it is amazing what plain old ash and reduction can do.
I brought in the first round of very extraneous pieces today to share at work. I had 4 boxes of modest size to bring home, so I brought the smallest box of pieces I could part with in. Actually, we do have plenty of bowls at my hour already. I picked and attractive mug and walked it up to Dr. Rockstar, who I imagined would politely accept my childish looking craft. He was actually really thrilled that I would think of him. Which is weird, considering I think of him in almost everything I do, as in- would this be good enough for Dr. Rockstar?
My in-laws are coming tomorrow for a long weekend. I hope they've enjoyed their train trip and are energetic enough to see a bit of the city while they are here. I'll be photographically in debt to the blog by mid next week, so I'll endeavor to get that under control asap.
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