Red skies in the morning are generally not a good sign. But with such great cloud cover this morning, I saw it as huge potential for a beautiful sunrise to come. When the sun made it up, the red sky sparkled with stunning layers. A beautiful sunrise with a lot of drama in the sky.

Potential fulfilled.

My morning ride was interrupted by rain. No sunrise. No fun. Just a few miles before I had to turn around. So now I’m home tackling a big box of tiles getting ready to assemble a few more “ClayQuilts” for this weekend’s art fair. It takes a lot of time & planning to make them look so “random”!!! Who knew???

No sunrise. Just gray. Very dark & gray. And soon enough… rain!        Blech…

One of my returning students came in this session and said she wanted to focus on words & typography. She ended up with this great trick of using letter pasta! She presses the pasta into the moist clay. And burns them out in the bisque firing to literally put her voice into her pots… or in this case, Kenny’s voice!!!

Ya’ gotta love the organization… wioth the perfect containers in the perfect box. And then each containers holding letters that are pre-separated. I would expect nothing less form a good Montessori School teacher.

And here’s her mug… ready for any “Gambler” in the family!

Not only was tonight our last class, but it was also my class Bowl Exchange. Everyone brings in a bowl. We “disguise” them in bags and then we do a kind of “White Elephant-Yankee Swap Game” to trade ’em up! Some blind choosing, some trading, some stealing… others being too nice to steal! Luckily, in the end, I came home with this sweet white bowl made by Yukari… with just the most subtle of pinks on the inside!

Tonight’s the last night of my 10-week Beginning Wheelthrowing Class.
Which means last class… and more importantly… POTLUCK!!!

I currently have two pies in the oven baking… but the real question is how am I going to transport them to the studio piping hot fresh out of the oven??? Luckily, I still have some “baking-time” to figure that one out…

This morning was crisp & clear.
Not a cloud in the sky. Not a very colorful sunrise. Sure it was orange.. but…

Good thing the roads & trails were even more splashed with color! Apparently there was another one of those darn “color runs” yesterday. I blame the “Amazing Race” TV show. A couple seasons ago they sent the contestants to India where they participated in the Holi Festival – India’s Festival of Colors. Holi celebrates the victory of good over evil, and commemorates the burning of the demoness Holika. The festival also signifies the end of Winter and hopes for the upcoming spring harvest. The summer after the Indian festival was show on TV, these crazy “color runs” started popping up everywhere. Again… I “blame” the “Amazing Race.” And yet I love it… so thank you!!!

And today we’re left with some powdered residue, tie-dyed pavements and some trees that have changed color prematurely. All we need now is a good rain to wash it all away!