Can’t believe it’s already August… and that Fall is quickly approaching!
Time to start making more gourd leaves for my Fall art fairs!

After summer camp today, I zoomed home to work in my basement prepping & pricing new pots for this weekend at the GLENVIEW SUMMER ART FAIR. Lots of mugs waiting to be priced… but honestly, I kinda got distracted & sidetracked by cleaning out the basement a bit. Felt good to clean, organize & get rid of things I haven’t used for years. Pricing can happen tomorrow, right?… because now I’m off to the studio to teach class again tonight!

Glazing & wadding finally done… masking tape “seat belts” in place for the ride down the rickety freight elevator. One step closer to loading… one step closer to closing the kiln door… one step closer to bed!!!

The first table full of pots has been inlaid, liner-glazed & wiped clean. Now to start wadding everything… and then moving onto refilling the table with more bisqued pots to start the process all over again. It’s gonna be a late night!!!

Just some post-camp glazing! Luckily, I’m preparing for a soda-kiln, so it’s mostly glaze inlay into the stamped impressions… and a simple liner glaze on the inside. The beauty of soda-firing does not require a full dip of glaze!

Unloaded another bisque kiln tonight… and “someone” has a LOT of glazing & wadding to do & fast!!! Lots of mugs & more that need to be loaded into the kiln for my soda-firing this weekend!!!

While handles are stiffening up a bit… time to switch gears & add some accents of colored slip to a batch of small bud vases. What a difference some color can make!!!

Pulled some handles… well, not quite handles.
These will be more like “loops on top” once I get them attached.

Lots of stamping done today… moving on to trimming. Which I love!!!

Let the stamping begin… on another batch of pots today!
Big production Sunday is well under way!!!