Triangle Vase

Triangle Vase
13in.H x 5in.
SOLD

Vase w/ Cones

Vase w/ Cones
18in.H x 5.5in.W
red stoneware w/ kaolin dust
$475

White Clay Vase

White Clay Vase
11.5 inH x 5in.W
this clay sure likes the bright color!
too bad so many of the pieces didn't survive firing...
sorting for Demarest...
$250

a survivalist...

white clay that survived...
I don't know
looks damn nice to me...

Burly Vase

from the new kiln...
Burly Vase
11in.H x 6in.W
$350

sorting and finding

as the sorting continues...
sounds like a soap opera, at times feels like one too...
yet as decisions are made, some stand out
4 views of a whiskey cup of excellent quality
price yet to be determined... SOLD... 

the beginning of the afterglow...

opening a kiln is always an emotional time
waves of contradictory thoughts following one after another
uncertainty and certainty side by side, sometimes mocking each other sometimes not
it takes time to actually see what you have
accept it and then begin the process of decision making
these two I may hold onto for myself...

rest

with the firing completed it's recovery time...
it takes a while to feel rested again...
it's a long haul
then comes the unloading and hopefully
many wonderful surprises...
we'll see...

firing

the door during the first day of preheating...
today all was mudded over for the 2nd day of preheating
looking all gussied up for the dance...
going to bed now at 6:30 to sleep till 12 or 1 am
the firing will then begin under a sky of stars and a sliver moon...
wish me luck... it's a long push alone...