So Long

We're heading to the desert for a while, leaving the ducks to the neighbors' care. They have been enchanted by these little charmers, too. I'm not sure what is, but even the electrician hooking the power to my studio said he was going to tell his wife to get ducks instead of chickens after spending a few hours with them. Here they are waiting for me at the garage door. I am going to miss them something terrible.

Enslaved by ducks

I've done the last bit of trimming on two additional porcelain pots. They should be dry by the time we're back. First one has sandhill crane carvings. (Two different light sources in the garage produced some yucky photographic colors.)

Cranes pot

At least the flash worked for this one.

Porcelain

I'll be away from the computer while we're gone so I don't expect to update the blog till we're back. And maybe, just maybe,  I'll get bringing a new pottery wheel home with me....

Porcelain

Here are three small pieces I made during the porcelain e-class. Two others broke in the trimming. It's not apparent in the pictures but they are quite thin and fragile. I'm working on another pinch pot and two V shaped pots bigger than the one below, but trimming porcelain is a much slower process than stoneware and it's taking forever to dry them properly for each stage because of the high humidity. The real challenge, firing, won't happen until some time after we get back from Arizona. Will they melt, crack or delaminate?

Hooper's Day

I remember Hooper every day but especially this day we would have celebrated her 15th birthday. She was a special dog, always taking care of me and Tag. Here she is in 2006, young, alert, and happy. I miss you my girl.