Many, many, lots
Jan. 25th, 2016 09:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
offcntrOn Terry Pratchett's Discworld, trolls are said to have a simple counting system: one, two, many, LOTS. (Actually, it's more complicated: there's many-one, many-two…)
I have glazed LOTS of yarn bowls.
It didn't seem that big of a problem. I've thrown production before; fifty items didn't seem that big a project. They took up an ungodly amount of kiln space--one and a half bisque loads--because they're fragile and don't stack well. But I still got them all through the bisque intact.
Then comes glazing.
I never realized how much I rely on glazing a variety of patterns to keep me sane. I'll glaze three bears, four hummingbirds, a couple of hens, dragonflies, chickadees (and that's just soup bowls). Do a few, go on to the next thing.
I had 55 yarn bowls, all needing cats painted on them.
Have I mentioned I get bored easily?
It is very possible that no two of these are alike. They have tabbies, calicos, siamese, Himalayans. Some are crouching to pounce, some are on their backs scrabbling for the yarn hole, one or two are even pretending to ignore it. Some are wobbly kittens, some sleek adults, all are adorable.
I just really hope the client wasn't looking for consistency.
I have glazed LOTS of yarn bowls.
It didn't seem that big of a problem. I've thrown production before; fifty items didn't seem that big a project. They took up an ungodly amount of kiln space--one and a half bisque loads--because they're fragile and don't stack well. But I still got them all through the bisque intact.
Then comes glazing.
I never realized how much I rely on glazing a variety of patterns to keep me sane. I'll glaze three bears, four hummingbirds, a couple of hens, dragonflies, chickadees (and that's just soup bowls). Do a few, go on to the next thing.
I had 55 yarn bowls, all needing cats painted on them.
Have I mentioned I get bored easily?
It is very possible that no two of these are alike. They have tabbies, calicos, siamese, Himalayans. Some are crouching to pounce, some are on their backs scrabbling for the yarn hole, one or two are even pretending to ignore it. Some are wobbly kittens, some sleek adults, all are adorable.
I just really hope the client wasn't looking for consistency.