Cory’s got a “garden” blooming in her studio.
Looks like she’s going to be ready for ART IN THE GARDEN.
I still need to put these together with my part of the collaboration.

Okay, who am I kidding… I still need to finish MAKING my part of the collaboration!

Some more textured tiles in the studio this evening.
Slab, pattern, square, repeat. Lots of textures. Lots of stamps. Lots of squares!

Another new face has “magically” appeared on the ArtReach bricolage at Lillstreet. The back hallway is getting better & better every day!!!

Glazed & loaded another kiln today.
This time, a cone 6 firing for a quick pop of color.
Just in time for the Hinsdale Fine Arts Festival next weekend.

Nothing like playing with some last-minute adhesives the night before the art fair.
Enjoying the fumes… and hoping they all dry before tomorrow!!!

Getting ready for my soda kiln…
so I glazed and added some colored slip accents to my latest batch of textured tiles. They still need to be wadded… with a LOT of wads, as I want to keep them as flat as possible. And let’s just say, the soda kiln doesn’t have a good reputation for keeping things flat & unwarped.

A quick batch of square textured tiles…
gotta dry them fast, keep them flat and try to get them into tonight’s bisque kiln.
Fingers crossed… and drying on plastic grid so they can get air exposure on both sides to minimize warping! And I’m hoping that I have “guessed” at my clay shrinkage rate correctly, as I’m shooting for 4-1/4″ squares when fired.

When there’s space in a kiln, I’m always more than willing to help fill it.
Even if it’s just one short shelf of tiles in an electric bisque kiln!

And since today we’re looking at textured tiles, let’s go one step further and look at some tiled installation pieces! More tiles means more fun, right?!

For today’s Facebook Challenge, I’m focusing on Tile Thursday. Small, soda-fired textured tiles assembled into what I like to call my ClayQuilts. Including the last photo which was featured in “500 Tiles” by Lark Books on page 219.

As part of today’s challenge, I’d also like to nominate my friend Nancy Jana-Kent who got me to take my first pottery class several years back!!! Thanks Nancy.