Tuesday, November 17, 2009

daaaaaaazed and......


(teapot by Gary Rith)
Potters know what its like: that hopeful December 25th feeling when you can open the kiln and (hopefully) see the treasures within.
I was thinking last week "what if I made this sorta stepped, textured teapot and whacked it oblong and ovoid and added little foots..."
and since I have a tiny little kiln, the inside of which is like the size of a shoe box, big enough for a teapot to be fired to 2200 degrees, and SO
at 3;26 am my bladder is like !!! and I decide to go downstairs too and open the wee kiln which was finished and cooled and I am like !!!!!!!!!! when I see this
and naturally, I didn't really get back to sleep. I am THAT excited about this teapot. Tis SWEET.
A lot on my plate today, gotta make a load of monster mugs but first, you know, the grocery store, glaze stuff at Cornell, ship a box to Julie and then go to Rachel for some HAIR MAGIC (a trim, really) then home and Nance comes over to get that child's teaset and....well, I could use a nap.

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11 comments:

  1. Busy Bee SuzNovember 17, 2009 at 7:41 AM

    Yes, I see a nap in your future too.
    Love the little feet..so cute!

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  2. Anna M. BrannerNovember 17, 2009 at 8:10 AM

    Love the teapot! Need to try teapots one day....Dazed and Confused is hubby's favorite movie (next to the Big Lebowski of course...)

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  3. AnonymousNovember 17, 2009 at 10:21 AM

    great little teapot and that's why you never check the kiln at 3:26 am... no sleep after that. so amigo, looks like i'm gonna be there a week from today, not sure who will be coming with me, if anyone.

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  4. AnonymousNovember 17, 2009 at 2:13 PM

    That elephant teapot is the most awesome teapot I have ever seen, really gorgeous and I loooove the colour too.

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  5. Susan as HerselfNovember 17, 2009 at 2:28 PM

    Love the teapot.

    And in college when I took ceremics, I was nervous when the kin would be opened---half the time my stuff was all cracked/smashed up. Took me a long time to stop making things so thick!!!

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  6. kate et jimNovember 17, 2009 at 5:58 PM

    I can't hear anything - I think I've been listening to Zep. ;)

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  7. -Rob, Simple Circle StudiosNovember 17, 2009 at 6:59 PM

    That teapot is pretty sweet! I love the way that green glaze breaks over the edges.

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  8. cookingwithgasNovember 17, 2009 at 7:39 PM

    You make some good looking teapots.
    I would not have been able to sleep either!

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  9. Michèle HastingsNovember 17, 2009 at 8:49 PM

    what a sweet little teapot to find on a potters christmas morning :-)

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  10. ~ Sil in CoreaNovember 18, 2009 at 7:49 AM

    That little teapot has CLASS!!!

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  11. BSOBNovember 19, 2009 at 3:21 PM

    ROCK OUT!

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