And while I was already throwing off-the-hump… I decided I should make another batch of mini’s while I was at it. I mean, who doesn’t want more cutie-patooties?!

Another Monday for making more mugs!!! Yep, after a busy weekend at ART IN THE GARDEN… there’s no rest for the weary! Gotta make more… more… more! I have another soda kiln to fill in a week and a half… yikes! Making more stuff for ART IN THE BARN!!!

And speaking of pumpkins… this was my night last night after the art fair…
a late night making more pumpkins for ART IN THE BARN!!!

After a couple hours of “Pottery-Tetris” last Friday night… the back stack was loaded, and then the front two-thirds loaded. It filled up pretty quick & might be a little tighter than I would like it to be?! But confident that I’ll be able to “push” the soda deep into the kiln during the firing. All stacked & ready to brick-up the door! And then home for the night…

So last Friday night, I rolled my studio cart down to the kiln room… via the jenky freight elevator… yikes! Everything arrived safely and I was all glazed & wadded… ready to start loading the soda kiln. The challenge is always to “squeeze in” as many pots a possible… while still leaving enough open spaces for proper air-flow through the kiln so the soda atmosphere can make its way though to hit all of the pieces! Here we go…. giddy-up!

So someone commented on my last pumpkin post that the wanted pumpkins with no warts… wait, what?! I believe the warts are what makes them cute & have a personality! The more warts the better!!! More is more!!! But… maybe I’m the only one who feels that way? So I just cranked out another quick batch of pumpkins with no warts!!! We’ll see… they kinda look naked to me?!

Pumpkins are now coated with some orange flashing slip for my upcoming soda kiln firings.
But here’s the real question… IS THE SUCH A THING AS TOO MANY PUMPKINS?!!!

I hope not… cuz’ I can’t stop myself…

Well, here’s the next “harvest” of pumpkins in my studio… all assembled & “pumpkintized”!!!
Now they just need some color… FALL COLORS!!! So soon?… say it isn’t so…

Another batch of pumpkins “growing” in my studio…
just a little “pumpkintizing” here & there…
grooves, lines, bulges, warts, stems… PUMPKINS!!!

One last step before I hand them off to Cory McCrory to start her part of our collaboration project for ART IN THE GARDEN. It’s one of the coolest parts of that art fair… where all of the artists have a chance to do some fun collaboration projects with other artists. One-of-a-kind artworks that may never happen again! Just a great chance for we artists to “play together”.. and then share our craft with all of you. And some lucky customers will get to go home with these pieces at ART IN THE GARDEN. More to come…