Smiley Face Thing

An explanation of the smiley face thing in the last blog post.

Evening's Work

After work I started slaking down some of the unaker I still have from the Rose Creek mine, trimmed some work from yesterday, and threw a batch of dessert cups along with a couple of vases.

New Extruder

My new extruder arrived today. I had recently decided that I would extrude the overflow channel for some sinks I'm working on. I have one sink in the drying rack now, but it is sans-overflow. Anyway, I stood in wonder as I extruded foot after foot of a round clay tube I had no use for whatsoever. It took me back to the Play-Doh days - without the intoxicating smell.

Even with the economy imploding, this month has been our best month in the two years we have ran our shop. Saturday was the Pumpkin Festival and we had our biggest day ever. The down side of that of course is that I have to get crackin' on the pottery. And since I work for a tax software company, this is our busiest time of year (yes, tax professionals work Jan-April, but the software is written right now). Between the two gigs, it's making for long days. But this year I am going to just keep producing all through the lean months to help build stock for the busier times. Last year I didn't quite have the confidence that it would all sell.

Pottery Collection: Kline

I was recently photographing some of my pottery and decided to shoot some of my favorite pots to show on this blog. This one is by Michael Kline in Bakersville, NC. You can read more about him here. It's as much a bowl with a handle as a cup and often serves as my ice cream bowl.