Wyatt

Wyatt is back to school
and headed upstairs with the " big kids" this year
as he enters the 5th grade...
everyone was right... it happens so fast...
a bang on the ear to you my boy
have a great year in school!

Vases and the fall

vases are starting to empty
as the flowers begin to fade
still waiting on the monkshood though
they always stand tall against the coming change...

Evening Visitor

through the looking glass...
look closely for the evening visitor...

Wet Oval Lava Jar

Wet in the Studio
Oval Lava Jar w/ Notch Lid
the lid was just made and will require sanding and refinement
when it dries more and can be easily handled...
the notch compensates for the irregularity of the hand formed lid
requiring return to the proper place...
the now flexible lip also helps with fit adjustment...
the kiln often changes all this, so I try to do a fine job of it now
hoping the kiln and I are seeing things the same way during firing...
we'll see...

The Twins

6:02 am, dawn...
the twins in the lower yard...
they walked up on a Raven,
reached down to sniff  and touch it...
the Raven allowed this and then flew off!
never imagined I'd see that...
Wyatt still sleeping unfortunately...
magic here, every day...

Gallery tour

from time to time I repost images of the gallery,
both to show you what it is and hopefully to encourage a visit... there is lots of work here...
all good and for sale... if you happen to be going by please consider stopping in... I'm here most days 10-5 and if I'm here other times I'm open...

Watermarked Rod Box

Watermarked Rod Box w/ 3 Lid Layers and River Stones
8in.H x 13in.W x 7in.D
$1,500

searching for lichen

more from experimenting...
I'm searching for a surface quality similar to lichen growth
something seemingly fragile, yet tough enough
to hold up over time...
this is close, now for some attempts with color...
one problem.... it doesn't show much, if any ash interaction...???????

Lilly w/ Dust

Day Lilly with Pollen dust...

Outside In...

through the looking glass, outside in...
while the pots are drying inside,
the bees are busy on the outside...
the globe thistle are full of hard working bees...

White/Iron Shino Bowl

a nice bowl from the exotic group of cups/bowls
white over iron Shino over Tenmoku

The August Flowers

it's August and people are coming to the gallery regularly...
the flowers are booming everywhere!
no "lawyers, guns and money" can stop that...
yesterday a couple came up the drive while I was on the phone...
I signaled I'd be right with them...
they said,  "if it's ok, we only came to look at the flower beds"...
I smiled, a little confused and said " sure, that's just fine",
 feeling apologetic about their "wildness",  I finished the call...
afterward, chuckling to myself... thinking... wondering...
when I moved here, who would have thought
people would eventually come up the drive, just to see the flower beds...
never would  I have imagined  such a thing...
they weren't here...
now, people do and I'm left quietly smiling and thinking, YES, it worked...