slow like a turtle

I'm not sure I will ever get used to this slow pace, but oh well, guess I'm in no hurry and it gives me time to think and rethink. (which is kinda a problem sometimes)


first the exciting part of this post








now, the ceramics.

So the last batch of test work that I wasn't excited about, still not excited about. I liked the imagery, but the feel/coloring not up to par or the feeling I want to get from them. They were kinda sterile for my taste.

I don't want to mess around with glazes since I feel weird about keeping so many dry chemicals in the garage with Hunter around plus.. I HAVE NO TIME to test glazes... unless I want to take a month to make 4 glazes. lol. Making a simple clear was disaster enough.

so now I am trying this.. mixing in mason stains to slip, simple enough. I'm not one for test tiles anymore (bad monica bad) so I just started to experiment on some bowls and tumblers.

SO i've got some light pink slip on the bottom and then blue over the top and then another blue on different spots. More painterly I suppose... and I have no idea what it's going to look like. awesome.



Next I will carve into the slip and add some fun commercial underglaze. I love this dark brown clay. The feet just look so yummy unglazed.

anyway.. wish me luck! This could be pretty neat or a big fat disaster.

6am ramblings

So it's 6am. Jake and Hunter are asleep and I'm all sorts of stuffy. blah.

I haven't been in the studio for about a week now. (also blah) Hunter was just teasing me with the few day consistent napping. Jake has been really busy so no time to watch the little man. Suppose if I were awesome I'd go in right now.

but instead i'm rocking out to The White Buffalo He is fantastic.

Anyway lots to think about in experimenting and changing my work to where I want it to be. It's definitely not there yet, but I'm hoping someday sooner than later I'll get there.

objects

with hunter around we just have a lot of stuff.

So i'm trying to find a way to work it into my imagery and visual vocabulary.

 

left to right
Hunters crib, car Pj's
Hunters room, bib
sleep sac and receiving blanket pile, unopened crib sheets
alligator centipede, bath towel
baby hawaiian shirt, baby blanket
tissue box (which reminds me of Jen Meccas work), crib sheets
Hunter, more crib sheets

blog roll update

It's nice to be back in the swing of reading blogs. :)

I've updated my blog roll to some of my new favorites. I know I'm late to the party on some of these

Emily Dyer- http://emilydyer.blogspot.com/

Heather Dahl- http://dahlhausart.blogspot.com/

Shawna Pincus- http://pinkkisspottery.blogspot.com/

Aaron Sober- http://welcometotheyard.blogspot.com/

Viki Hartman- http://these2words.blogspot.com/

Leah Bearce Guerin- http://www.leahguerin.com/blog/

etsy

man.. i am out of etsy shape.

taking pictures (not even good pictures) cropping, uploading, writing a blurb, tagging takes a lot of time. And time is a precious thing :) Hopefully I get faster at this.

but this post gives me another chance to talk about my favorite subject: Hunter!

We had epic tummy time, he lifted his head so high and kept it up!



don't mind the bugger :)

pictures

I think one of my favorite times is the time I get to organize and learn from the pots.

The above plate is super warped, lol. I would tell you how I did it, but it is slightly embarrassing and a mistake i'm likely not to repeat anytime soon.

Hunter inspired pots. Need more color. I really enjoy the pops of color inside of 2 of the bowls.







name alphabet tumblers for a friend and her husband



mix tape yunomis inspired by my husbands website dirtyhippieradio



I really like the dark brown clay body and sgraffito.






and my little man :)

kiln unloaded!

Not too shabby, will post pictures later.

I'm not jumping up and down, but do really like them. I'm looking forward from learning and tweaking the glaze applications.

I finally gave up on mixing a clear recipe and used the studios. It took 6 days to end up with a bucket of mystery glaze. Each day I had enough time to measure out 1 ingredient. I had it all mixed, added water... oops too much water. No problem right? just add 500g... by the time i got around to adding 100g of wollastonite I had messed up on writing down what I had already added. :/

sigh. my focus just isn't here. I need a magical glaze gnome to mix and test glazes for me.