Catching up
Feb. 3rd, 2018 03:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
offcntrI never have time to post while I'm glazing. Well, maybe not time so much as energy. I'm on my feet all day, for one thing; I've tried decorating pots sitting on a stool, but find I can't reach the brushes and colors, and spend too much time getting up, sitting down, tripping over the seat. I can sit down while waxing the bottoms of pots, but for decorating, it's standing or nothing.
The days also tend to run long: 8 or 9 am to 5 or 6 pm, plus the commute, half-an-hour each way if I drive, twice that if I'm on the bus. Cook supper when I get home, and I'm done. No energy or brain cells left to write words or even post pictures. Assuming I remembered to take pictures.
Well, I took a few, at least, and finished up glazing this morning early enough that I had time to go to the Farmer's Market, work on the kiln and still get home in time for a nap and do a quick post before supper.
First, an update: Here's what the napkin holder looks like glazed. The snowy owl creamer is also part of that order.
Oddly enough, I didn't sell very many of the more affordable sizes of serving bowl at Holiday Market, just the biggest, $60 ones. So I'm making replacements; also, another special order (the heron).
And lastly, a bunch of plates. I sometimes wonder whether I could simplify my life if I only did line drawings, no color. It'd certainly be faster.
Some patterns would be just fine, I expect, but some totally need the color.
Loading the kiln tomorrow...
The days also tend to run long: 8 or 9 am to 5 or 6 pm, plus the commute, half-an-hour each way if I drive, twice that if I'm on the bus. Cook supper when I get home, and I'm done. No energy or brain cells left to write words or even post pictures. Assuming I remembered to take pictures.
Well, I took a few, at least, and finished up glazing this morning early enough that I had time to go to the Farmer's Market, work on the kiln and still get home in time for a nap and do a quick post before supper.
First, an update: Here's what the napkin holder looks like glazed. The snowy owl creamer is also part of that order.
Oddly enough, I didn't sell very many of the more affordable sizes of serving bowl at Holiday Market, just the biggest, $60 ones. So I'm making replacements; also, another special order (the heron).
And lastly, a bunch of plates. I sometimes wonder whether I could simplify my life if I only did line drawings, no color. It'd certainly be faster.
Some patterns would be just fine, I expect, but some totally need the color.
Loading the kiln tomorrow...