Three, two, one
Dec. 21st, 2023 08:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
offcntrIt's been a rough couple of weeks.
I was able to push out a short firing--four-shelf stack instead of six--in a little over a week and a half. Was also able to refire some of the unsuccessful pots in my electric kiln and get them to smooth out and be saleable, primarily the ones that were a blend of the old good glaze and the new bad batch. My current theory is that I missed part of the nepheline syenite when I mixed the glazes--there's too much to weigh in one go, and I make a two-bucket batch, so I think I weighed out three of the four pans full.
The new work, and the washed-and-reglazed work came out fine, so I have enough pots to get me through the end of Holiday Market, and have some things to send as Christmas presents--currently thinking mugs and cocoa mix.
All of the special orders are packed and shipped, the last going out yesterday. Last-minute gallery order shipped up to Olympia. And eight boxes have gone back to Wisconsin to Viterbo University for Denise's and my gallery show next year.
I even managed to finish and mail our Christmas letter.
So I'm almost ready for Christmas. Just three more days of Holiday Market...
I was able to push out a short firing--four-shelf stack instead of six--in a little over a week and a half. Was also able to refire some of the unsuccessful pots in my electric kiln and get them to smooth out and be saleable, primarily the ones that were a blend of the old good glaze and the new bad batch. My current theory is that I missed part of the nepheline syenite when I mixed the glazes--there's too much to weigh in one go, and I make a two-bucket batch, so I think I weighed out three of the four pans full.
The new work, and the washed-and-reglazed work came out fine, so I have enough pots to get me through the end of Holiday Market, and have some things to send as Christmas presents--currently thinking mugs and cocoa mix.
All of the special orders are packed and shipped, the last going out yesterday. Last-minute gallery order shipped up to Olympia. And eight boxes have gone back to Wisconsin to Viterbo University for Denise's and my gallery show next year.
I even managed to finish and mail our Christmas letter.
So I'm almost ready for Christmas. Just three more days of Holiday Market...