Interlude, with footnotes
Oct. 28th, 2017 08:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
offcntrSo a young couple stops in the booth this morning, looking at the tall mugs.
Rod's Bod?* he asks, indicating the iron spots on the cup.
Actually, it's DWS,** I reply.
I realize that's not a meaningful answer to the average person, but before I can explain further, he says, knowingly, Clay Art Center.***
Yes, I say, You know them?
I work there.
In fact, not only does Brandon work at Clay Art in Tacoma, he mixes clay there. So he probably mixed up the clay for the barn swallow mug he then bought from me.
*A clay body mixed by Laguna Clay in California, notorious for its heavy iron-spotting.
**Short for Dakota With Sand, a variant of Dakota White stoneware that I buy by the ton from--
***Clay Art Center, in Tacoma, Washington.
Rod's Bod?* he asks, indicating the iron spots on the cup.
Actually, it's DWS,** I reply.
I realize that's not a meaningful answer to the average person, but before I can explain further, he says, knowingly, Clay Art Center.***
Yes, I say, You know them?
I work there.
In fact, not only does Brandon work at Clay Art in Tacoma, he mixes clay there. So he probably mixed up the clay for the barn swallow mug he then bought from me.
*A clay body mixed by Laguna Clay in California, notorious for its heavy iron-spotting.
**Short for Dakota With Sand, a variant of Dakota White stoneware that I buy by the ton from--
***Clay Art Center, in Tacoma, Washington.