the wife puts up with my GORILLA home decorating tactics....and the WAY forward in 2014?

First off, sure, it is early, but potters will know:  I had a jammed kiln sitter, apparently, last night and my kiln overfired 30-50 degrees at least, egad!  I had a quick glance inside:  could be a lot worse, but will I be scraping glaze and TEAPOTS off my shelves later?  If you are a professional potter, you obviously have to be consistent and make it, fire it, sell it to stay in business but there is no getting over this simple fact:  pottery is a fragile medium and your beautiful piece can be ruined or broken at every step.

ANYWAY, that is for later.

I feel like Icarus:  he flew so close to the sun his wings melted...but in my case, it is a temporary thing.
Because I feel like I am onto some GOOD IDEAS for 2014....

I have various notes floating around the studio on envelope backs and such.  See the doodles in the middle of the page below?  THAT is what I am up to.  Fat, round pots with these blue squiggles under the glaze.  I am so excited by this decorating scheme that I am trying to convince the wife we should use the test tiles on our kitchen wall.....



I told you last week this last pitcher fired in 2013 was IT, the idea (well, one of them) leading me into 2014..


Like I was saying about the kitchen wall....would look good, hmm?
(the cat, dangit, jumps up on the counter and chews the pineapple, as you see....)
Have a great Thursday!


 This color scheme makes me HAPPY :)