November

Well,  its been an interesting fall, pottery has been on a side burner.  With the extreme drought conditions and the fire bans, we did not do our fall pit fire.  Actually we did not do any pit firing this year due to the drought.  I did not have the typically urgency to throw throw throw to get enough pieces for that this year.

We had all three boys in football this year, between that, the board of directors positions I hold, and the W2 having extreme staff shortages, there was not much time to play in the mud.  I have been doing a few stoneware orders, and that has been interesting.  Currently my drying table is full awaiting me to haul it out to the kiln, it will most likely be next week.  I have a 15# platter that's taking it sweet time drying.

One of the orders was slightly challenging and would have been a struggle without modern technology.  I was contact via email for a cookie jar.  I said I could and she describe what she wanted.  I threw several forms and sent pictures of each and she adjusted until I had what she wanted.  I made larger glaze samples of most of the glazes I had, and purchased a few new ones and sent her photos and we together came up with the correct glaze.  Piece was paid via paypal, shipped and is sitting on her doorstep.  We never once met or talked over the phone.  Granted the process took a little longer as the delays between emails, but I'm certain she will love the piece.

I also realized this week that our annual Holiday Open house is a month away!  Don't worry Kiesha already has the food and beverages planned, so there will be that part.  I was hoping to have at least one of our new shelving units ready to go, but chances are getting slim I will get them done in time.

More info on the Holiday Open House Soon....