More pots

I took a 4 day long weekend due to Canada Day falling on a Tuesday this year and I spent most of it in the studio. These are just a few of the things I finished off. I did manage to throw some more mugs, a tall urn for a commission and some porcelain that Plainsman Clays is developing for cone 6. The porcelain was a chore to throw, but I knew it would be, they said it was no good for throwing, but I took that as a challenge. It sure was. These pics are just a few of the things I finished off...

This little 40lb lunatic also tried to kill me on Saturday... I took her for a walk around 8:00 pm, but it was windy and cold and starting to sprinkle so we turned around to go home. Half way there she wanted to run and jump and act like a jerk. She lunged in front of me, I tripped, she kept going and dragged me down to the sidewalk onto my knees and then immediately onto my face. The end result was skinned knees, both bruised, bruised upper left arm and sternum, strained muscles along my right side and hip, skinned and bruised palm and rattled brains. To top that all off, when I hit the ground, she kept running and the momentum of the fall dragged me forward, but not my pants....

First Etsy Sale

It may have taken 3 months, but I just made my first sale through Etsy. It was for a little stoneware jar thrown all in one and then the lid is seperated from the body at the trimming stage. It will be going to the Bronx in a few days. Now I just have to find a box...

Delinquent blogger

I have been a bit busy/lazy and have not posted since the layoff. I was unemployed for 3 weeks and 6 days but I am now gainfully employed. I have actually been working at my new job for just over 1 month and it is going very well. I actually managed to get a job that pays a whole lot more than my last one, but with waaaay less stress than the last one. So, I guess this cloud did have a silver lining after all. I was getting sick of Mac and cheese anyway.

Here is one of my latest videos. There are more coming but they take several hours to edit, about 7 hours to finalize and then a few hours to upload.

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqFewd00YRM&feature=youtube_gdata_player