Platter w/ 2

Platter w/ 2
22in.W x 2.5in.D
$950

2 cups

these two amazing cups are off to a new home...
they are, to my eye, an excellent example
of multi colored, rainbowed,  oil spotted mayhem from the wood kiln
shino over tenmoku a few times
I finally found someone who agreed with me...
they're beautiful!

Real Frost

this morning a clear frost rested all around
stove on in the kitchen
and the awareness that the chill is on it's way...
soon the colors will be everywhere,
then they'll be gone and all will become white...
nice time for firing!

Wet Burled Erosion Vase

Wet in the Studio...
Burled Erosion Vase
finishing up vases from the rains a day ago
a little burling on the erosion surface on this one...
just a bit... nice irregular growth patterns...

Shino Wave Server

Shots from the Gallery...xx
A nice wavy fruit bowl for the center
of any dining  table...
ready for fall displays of your choice...

Rainy day

heavy rains have fallen today, throughout last night and into today
a good day for me...
no working on broken transmission cooling lines in the truck
no replacing the rocker panels on the jeep
no house painting
no wood cutting and splitting
no chimney repair and etc. etc.
no gallery customers in the rain, though I'd love some
no bulkhead repair to finish...
just some studio time,  the bisque kiln to monitor
and a comfortable smile across my face!
imagine that!
and yes....
bread is in the oven as we speak...

Eclipse

the eclipse last night was beautiful
most especially, because my 11 year old son Wyatt was watching with me...
snuggled into my jacket to ward off the cold of the air...
it was his first eclipse
we pretended we were cavemen seeing the moon change for the first time
imagining what that would be like...
how it might seem, those many years ago,  seeing this with no prior knowledge of such an event...
the coyotes howled, shooting stars floated by
and we experienced the magic of things
together, right here in our front yard...

Thermal Vent Pot

 

Thermal Vent Pot
16in.H x 7in.W
$750

Trees

I've carried a lot of trees
in the last month and a half
seems they're still in my hands...

Bushmills

somehow this seemed easier before…

the tractor of my dreams remains in the land of dreams

in good company, laughing at me wryly with many others
as they sit around the fire at night and chuckle at my continued silliness...

I'm still… hauling the logs by hand out to the trails

it is closer than a gym and costs no money…

it seemed easier before

that’s what I tell myself anyway…

with only the March and April racks left to fill

I am remembering my Irish grandfather…

after a long day of pounding nails well past his 60’s

he’d sit in his stuffed chair in the evening

and call out to my grandmother...

Hazel… will you bring me my “medicine”…

soon she  would enter like an angel,

carrying a clear glass of amber with 2 ice cubes

and I’d watch him sip the physical aches and pains away

as his crooked smile would return and he’d speak of his day…

someday I’ll get that tractor, at least that's what I tell myself anyway…

for now, though, I have my Bushmills,
 in a beautiful cup... shimmering with the melted ash of trees...

Oval Vase

Oval Vase
12in.H x 5.5in.W x 4in.D
$250

Tube Vase w/ Ochers

Tube Vase w/ Ochers
12in.H x 4.5in.W
$200