Somehow the day got away from me?… too busy all day long. Seems like the sunrise this morning was SO long ago. But I think it was pretty darn amazing… so I hope it was worth the wait!!! Crazy cool colors as the skyshow continued to evolve all morning long… before cloudy grayness took over for the rest of the day.

Looks like all is not lost… some of Cory’s bugs have “survived” the recent kiln disaster! Proving that some bugs might even survive the apocalypse!!! So I guess this is part of Plan A… and there’s a Plan B underway… and we’ve still got to put everything together!!! Uh oh… this weekend’s art fair is getting closer & closer! Good thing I thrive under pressure & deadlines!!! Now I just have to get everything from Cory to do my part of our collaboration project!!!

Looks like my pal Kristin Conneely is pulling together some last-minute mosaic collaborations for ART IN THE GARDEN this weekend! And this one is a three-way… my orange nuggets, Cory’s leaves & Kristin will be mosaic-ing all around them!!! You’ll need to stop by this weekend to see the finished collaboration pieces!!!

Not all good things come out of a soda kiln! Every once in awhile you get a little extra sumthin’-sumthin’ that you hadn’t planned on. A little “gift” from the kiln gods. Like this splotch of soda build-up that looks like cooled lava? Surprising though… as this wall pocket vase was sitting flat horizontally on the shelf… and yet somehow the glop landed INSIDE the back edge??? ugh… one of the many joys of soda-firing!!!

Just another batch of hybrid mugs… ready to unload from this past weekend’s soda kiln. Refilling my “inventory” for this weekend’s art fair in Glenview! This Saturday & Sunday it’s ART IN THE GARDEN with a group of my talented friends!!!

Some of these will be there… and some will make their appearance at ART IN THE BARN a couple weeks later in Barrington!

A quick glimpse into my soda kiln… starting with a pretty perfect cone 10 !!!

Just a quick update… looks like “Cory Plan B” is well under way!!! Seems like the bugs are still coming to Glenview this weekend… perhaps just in a different “form” than originally expected?! More to come…

Taking a quick break from the ALASKA photos…
I have more, don’t worry… but today we’re back in Chicago!

For another stunning sunrise along the lakefront… with not a cloud in the sky!
It was a bit humid this morning…. errr, sweaty!… but oh, so very still & serene.

And a little more eye candy… views from the front stack of this weekend’s soda kiln firing. Just in time for next weekends art fair in Glenview, Illinois. It’s time for ART IN THE GARDEN… a grassroots art fair with a bunch of artistic friends all pulling together to throw a pretty great art fair.

After two amazing days of teaching my workshop with the Fairbanks Potters Guild, I had several demo pieces that needed to go somewhere… and not into my suitcase!!! So the four mugs were raffled off to four winners! Now they get to glaze & fire them. The bowl demos will be trimmed & glazed for their Empty Bowls fundraiser. And my large stamped platter will be finished & hang on the wall in Tammy’s studio where the workshop was held. Nice to know they’re all going somewhere good… better than squishing them up!!!