ready to leave

the weather has turned quite cold overnight
but the called for snow did not develop here
lucky for me...  the mountains, though, have turned white to say goodbye...
I am, as my friend David Bacharach would say " loaded for bear"...
me and my old '88 chevy heading out tomorrow morning, early, to Delaware
and then Philly Tuesday morning...
I have done the best  I could...
many really fine pots to my eye...
it's been a while since I've been to the craft show... so I'm hopeful..
perhaps I'll see you there...
perhaps I'll sell a lot of pots...
perhaps I'll then get some rest!

Burl Bottle

Burl Bottle

Lava Turner

Lava Turner

Oval Coral Bottle

Bottle 1

From the kiln for PMA Craft Show

some images from the kiln...
taken quickly as there is much to do
perhaps just a distraction from it all
and some thought that I'm close...
tomorrow they'll be packed and loaded...
more to follow

Firebox door

this firebox door is over 15 years old now...
not even a memory of it's well crafted younger self...
it carries the memories, with it's partner on the other side,
of every slab and sliver of wood I have fired wood pots with...

it's been black, repeatedly red with heat and slathered with post firing slip to seal it from air intrusion...

 it is so warped and misshapen it doesn't close anymore with anything resembling evenness...

yet, still, I want it's memories to bless the new pots
with it's thoughts of older ones...

so I accommodate it...
I continue to use it, to benefit from it's memory and it's energy...

there are many types of craftsmanship

it takes many forms...

coals

long day and night and day...
coals with rain drops...