Chili Festival, and a new Logo!

Yes I am still alive!  I have been very busy, as usual, and have barely had time to put stuff on Etsy, much less keep up with my blog.  To appologise for my lack of updates, I have two bits of exciting news!

Number one, and probably more exciting for you than my second bit, is that I will be selling my pottery at the Natural Springs Garden first annual Chili Cookoff and Festival next Saturday October 22!  It should be a fun event, with live music, all sorts of chili's and salsas for sampling, and of course the wares of various Austin-area vendors including myself!  For more information, check out their webpage: http://www.naturalspringsgarden.com/chilicookofffestival.htm

The second bit of news is that I have finally finalized my logo design!  I dont know if you remember this old post, or this even older one, but I have made a lot of progress since then :)  This is the rough version, I will be cleaning up the lines and coloring, so expect to see it on the blog and my Etsy store soon! 

Thanks for your patience, I hope to see you at the Fest, and I promise to give you an update soonish :)

New Stuff!

Earrings on Etsy

I finally have posted my earrings on Etsy!! I am very excited to have these finished products; there are a couple more I am experiementing with gas-firing (as opposed to soda-fired as all the ones currently on Etsy are) that I should also be posting soon.  I also have a bunch that are not painted yet that I will eventually get around to finishing up.

Things, as always, have been crazy, and I am about to start teaching Clayplay afterschool classes twice a week, which is exciting, but also means less time for my own work.  I think I just need to make sure to actually schedule my own work time, instead of trying to squeeze it in when I happen to have an hour or two to myself.  I've got to get my priorities straight, especially since I am planning on applying to grad school soon, I need to have some good work for my portfolio!

   

Earrings and Pendants

I know I promised an update weeks ago, but again, I've been super busy!  The last three weeks I've been teaching and assisting kids camps at Clayways every day, in addition to doing some project Clayplay stuff and of course glazing/loading/unloading etc.  I have been doing some work on my earrings and such at home.  Mostly I am painting designs on them in underglaze; some I plan on soda-firing with Ryans glazes, and some I'm going to use multiple colors of underglaze with a clear top coat and gas-fire at Clayways.  Hopefully I will have some finished pieces doen in the next few weeks!  I've already bought all the hooks and such to assemble them!

I am also working on a comission for some pendants, these I am carving.  I am really excited with how they are turing out, so I may try my hand at carving some earrings, though I may need smaller tools :P  I also have bought a number of new cookie cutters for earrings, including a cool little set of shapes, some of which I am trying out now. 

I will be going on vacation for two weeks starting this Sunday, but I will try to squeeze in another post before I go; I will hopefully have some of these new shapes painted by then :)