Well, this week has not been very productive in the studio, but it has been at home! Today I finished going through all my boxes of pots from school, and actually sorted them into boxes for etsy, for keeps, and ones I'm going to take to church (stuff I dont wan't, but that isn't nice enough to sell :P).  I also took pictures of all the esty pots, and labeled the boxes, so I can tell what pots are in each box by looking at the top, and I can look up which box pots are in from a little notebook I recorded it in!  Huzzah, now I actually know I still have all the pots I want to put on etsy.  Like the above cups from my senior show (all images of etsy pots are actually linked to their etsy page, if you hadn't noticed :P).  So it is nice to have that all done, and over the next couple of days, I will finish posting my old stuff on etsy! Quite exciting :) 

Tumblers

I have not posted in forever!! (A week really is a long time...)  All I've got so far are some tumblers, I made four last week, and then two more today, but I was feeling TERRIBLE from allergies so I didn't make the last two (it's really no fun trying to throw when your nose is literally dripping on your pot...).  I think I will make these a matching set, just carved lines straight down, to make them a little simpler.  Maybe smaller carved lines, larger spaces? I've got to figure out how to make my pots in a more sensible amount of time :P

Ethan came in again today to trim some of his stuff.  He actually made a pretty nice little lidded jar, here he is trimming the lid.  I am so proud! He has caught on to clay amazingly fast; maybe he will be one of those cool sciency people who actually can do artistic things too :P  As long as he keeps it as a hobby... I will post a picture of his finished stuff whenever I remember to...  He also put a handle on a little cylinder he made earlier. 

Gearing up for AOTP!  I got all my bottles and small cups bisqued, hope to get most of them into Ryans firing next week so I can see some finished work!! I've been putting a lot of my old stuff on Etsy (like the above bowls), but I can't wait to put up brand new work!  Once I get a bunch of stuff up, I will start my advertising campain (ie emailing my friends/family like crazy, and maybe buying a spotlight on etsy?)

Teapot 2

I don't seem to be capable of doing things simply... I am fairly happy with the way this turned out, but it is really busy looking with all the carved space.  We will see what it looks like once it's fired.  I still need to poke a hole in the lid.. hopefully I remember before it drys :P

Just another view. You can see the triangle pattern that my prof taught me and I have used ever since :) 

I know I promised to make this a photo blog, but I am super excited about this coming summer!  It's looking to be a busy one; I'm going to be acting as Ryans sub at the Dougherty arts center, so for a couple months I will probably be firing the kiln there, and possibly teaching a bit; plus I will probably be teaching/assisting with summer classes at Clayways too. It's good to be making connections and doing work related to clay!  I really could not have thought of a better situation to end up in after I graduated :)

Peanut Butter!

I'm about halfway through with this teapot; every time I try to work on it I only get a few triangles done before I'm interrupted.  It should be interesting when I finish it; I'm wondering if I should have carved out the lines, rather than the triangles.  Its sort of overkill with all the carving... who knows.  I think it will end up with sort of a  zig-zag look, even though I was actually thinking about the triangles when I drew the shapes on.

Just because she is adorable, this is my hedgehog, Peanut Butter. I've had her since October of last year, and she is a sweetie!  She's not a huge fan of strangers, but she likes to sit on my lap (preferably under a towel) while I read .

She is also not very coordinated.  She was sitting on my lap and started very slowly tilting backwards. She eventually rolled off and poofed into a spike ball.  I guess it startled her even though she didn't do anything to stop rolling...

Casserole

Casserole with stripes!!  It's hard to tell, but I also carved out part of the lid around the knob.  As always, I love how the stripes look :P  I decided to not have them go all the way to the top (like I did with one of the small test cups), and I think it looks nice.  The lid is still a little bigger than the casserole, so once it's dry and fitted it will sit a little bit lower down.  Now I just have to figure out what I would want to cook in such a deep casserole :P