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Follow the link for roughly 2/3’s of what I made for the wood kiln. Sadly, a lot of my stuff was put in the very back of the kiln and ended up being under fired by a cone or two. Now, I need to wait until I can get them into a gas reduction kiln. Oh well. My tea bowls and these cups came out very well.
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This was from when we started to unload the kiln yesterday. A few of my items came out great. A few items where under fired, but I can always retire those to get the correct amount of heat work on the glaze.
Recent text conversation with a friend #1
- Jason: Admit it, Mike. You just got a pottery wheel so you could have torrid love scenes with Patrick Swayze.
- Me: LIKE Patrick Swayze not with him.
- Jason: Ain't no shame in it, sir. Man was in Road House. Seriously, that's really cool about the pottery wheel.
- Me: Thanks.
- Jason: You going to try to sell any of your pieces at the farmers market this year? (the one in Easley)
- Me: Maybe, I went once and my dad set up a small table a couple of times with his hot sauces. I only sold one item.
- Jason: That sucks. You need to develop your artistic mystique, draw people in. Get a crazy lady to shoot you.
- Me: Yes. The Simmons Fun Factory will be up and running soon.
- Jason: It's a shame but if you want fame in the art world, you have to give up a limb or maybe and ear. The reason Thomas Kinkade is so popular? He allowed himself to be run over by a wheat thresher.
- Me: Really? I did not know that.
- Jason: His actual title is "The Painter of Light Who Is Just a Head and Torso" But that's hard to fit on coffee cups and stationary sets.
- Me: True.
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Five new cups trimmed, decorated, and drying out. These were drying faster out in the garage than I thought they would, so I decided to go ahead and trim them. I have a minimum of twenty pounds of clay I need to throw this afternoon. I am about to make a four more cups, three tea bowls, three small bottles, and one vase. I made a list what I wanted to make and how much clay it takes so that I could maximize the fifty pounds of clay I recently purchased. I still need to make three vases, one water jar, and one double necked vase. I made one cup too thin the other day, so I am letting that clay dry out a little. I haven’t yet decided if I will make another cup or a small bottle with that clay.
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I just finished throwing my first piece on my new pottery wheel. My great love affair has picked up where it ended. ;)
Incase you wanted to know more about my creative process, I will be working on the wheel for the next couple hours while listening to Black Eyes, A Frames, Shellac, The Mountain Goats, Aa, and Ty Segall on random play.
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