All closed up for the night. A good job done… lots of help from my workshop participants. They were all troopers… even as our loading went a couple hours longer than the workshop was scheduled for!!!

Dan & Cassie bricking up the kiln door.
One of the more “glamorous “ tasks of the night!!!

Front stack done… filled last night with lots of pots of all sizes & styles. Can’t wait to see them when they’re fired!!! Time to brick the door…

Four simple letters than can totally make your day!

A bisque it, a basket…
a kiln full of soon to be bisqued baskets!

And a few other things…
four & a half layers of mugs, flower pots & more fun!

So here’s a little photo quickie… the same glazed platter before & after the kiln firing!!! Big difference. Pretty sweet, huh?! Just one of the large platters available at MY HOLIDAY HOME SHOW this week!

Always great to see these four letters… one last kiln load fired & complete… fresh pots just in time for MY HOLIDAY HOME SHOW! It wasn’t quite cool enough to unload when I arrived, but hopefully it will be cooler after teaching class tonight!Don’t forget, you can still sign-up for a socially-distant & sanitized appointment time slots on my website.

Click here for full HOLIDAY HOME SHOW details & appointment times!

Just a couple quick “teasers” of the treasures I found in my soda kiln while unloading last Monday night… the front stack, and the back stack. It’s been a busy week unloading, teaching, biking and setting up for MY HOLIDAY HOME SHOW. There’s a LOT of new pots here that need to be cleaned, prepped & priced before they can head off to new homes!

Well THIS can’t be good!!!

While I was in the Lillstreet kiln room tonight I saw this kiln shelf sitting in the corner. Another total meltdown!!! Seems to happen about once or twice a year… when a low-fire clay gets into a high-fire kiln. You never want to see this – or the note that goes with it!!! Always a sigh of relief when I can tell it is NOT one of my students!!!

Okay, it’s kinda dark, but… I stopped into the studio tonight to do a bit of work, and to start cooling my kiln. I pulled the peeps and took a little peek inside. Here’s a quick look into the kiln where you can see the cone pack! Looking good so far…