Windowsill planter

This is a new item for this year.  My friend in the building asked me to make it, and I like it.  I have been using it for growing scallions on my kitchen windowsill. This is a perfect.  Do you remember the red worm compost?  I am still doing it.  It is very slowly growing…

Adjustment

I lost a large piece during firing last September. That was my second piece of this shape I made. The first piece came out the kiln ok, but did show a sign of sagging. Second piece was collapsed during the firing, like you throw a bowl with lots of water for long time. Problem was…

Winter Wonderland

                         

New year.

January 8th, already. As my mother-in-law passed last summer,  I am skipping New Year’s greetings. This is more like Japanese thing, I think. I am back to the studio since January 2nd. I have not come up new items for this year yet, maybe dinner plates.  I do not usually bring the dinner plates to…

Chimney upclose

Last week, guys were tearing down lots antennas used for wireless company from the roof.  I got a chance to go up the roof to check the chimney. It looks good after 7 years.  The way doves are flying over, I thought a mess on the roof, but quite contrary, it was very clean and…

Snow on the horizon

                  It has been cold November, but not much of snow. I have been busy stocking the Etsy store and am getting ready for the studio open house and sale on December 8 & 9.  This is going to be my fifth open studio.  So far I…

Chimney checked

I was firing the kiln on Sunday.  The firing result has been good, but the atmosphere has been different recently, and decided to check the chimney.  I do not have an access to the roof, so I drove around the corner.  It looked ok. See, that why these doves flew toward the windows. I always…

Frustrated

It has been three weeks since I dropped off the application for gas line to local utility company.  Nada…..  Sigh….  My plan to move before the snow is almost impossible.  Just frustrated. I sold my minivan on Sunday, workforce for my shows over 10 years.  It was a bit small for carrying around the pottery, but…

My pottery from 1991

I was cleaning the garage and found a box full of old pottery of mine.  Here are some from 1991. Two years into my production pottery.

Can’t decide

Last time I move the studio, I declared I would quit the pottery rather than moving the studio again. Now I am seriously considering the home studio.  This hot summer was really hard on my body. Home studio has lots of advantages, saving rents, travel times and gas, more control over the drying process, not…