My friend Kristen finally got around to decorating for the holiday… or maybe more for the “season”??? Either way, my pumpkins with her handmade carved flowerpot look pretty great together!!! Festive yet reserved… just like my friend Kristen!!!

Also coming to ART IN THE BARN this weekend… more pumpkins fresh from the soda kiln!!!

Looks like it’s time to get some glaze on! Everything is finally painted with underglaze… so now it’s time for a layer of clear glaze to make everything shiny & more vibrant.

Getting some color onto the clowns as well.
Starting with a nice base-coat of white underglaze… the roar of the greasepaint…
with more colors to come…

All colored… so now I just need to get some clear glaze on them. And since they’re terra cotta, I can do a single firing to get them done in time for ART IN THE BARN this weekend!!!

Spending some time this morning painting pumpkins!
Adding some fun underglaze accents to this quickie-last-minute batch of terra cotta pumpkins!

So now I’m “juggling” ghouls & pumpkins in the studio. Now that I’ve started them both, I gotta get them all finished… DEADLINES!!! So here I’m adding feet & warts to the pumpkins… as I’m a firm believer that all pumpkins should have fun warts on them!!!

You know I like to make my life “harder” than it needs to be… so why not make MORE?!!! Sure, I “should” be focused on making & finishing all of the new Ghouls for next weekend’s ART IN THE BARN. So then why did I decide to make a dozen new pumpkins as well… throwing more than ten before 10:00am??? Ummm… because I’m an over-achiever… and ever so slightly CRAZY?!!! What was I thinking…

My latest pumpkin patch is coming along nicely… after a couple hours in the studio “pumpkintizing” my smooth spheres. Grooves, warts, stems & leaves! All getting ready for ART IN THE BARN in a couple weeks!!!

More than ten done before 10:00am! My “harvest” of pumpkins ran out at the art fair last weekend… so it’s time to “grow” some more in time for ART IN THE BARN in Barrington. Always the last weekend of September!