well, those turned out pretty well….

The wife returns from her travels today.  4-5 days gone, have I accomplished ENOUGH?  Maybe.
Yesterday I didn't go anywhere or do anything exciting except mix glazes.  My least favorite of all pottery tasks (although on SUCH A PRETTY DAY being outside is welcome).  It is dirty and dusty, and I mix them in our basement dungeon, and clean up in the adjacent back yard.  THAT is why I do not mix them half the year, winter!  You may have guessed if you have been watching that I had mixed a TON of a certain favored light green last November….

It is dark and dirty in the basement, as I say, and the very last thing I did was dump 5 ounces of a colorant in a glaze mix.  It looked insanely bright, like the glaze has never before appeared, so I rechecked the recipe…which calls for .5 ounces.  HOLY CATS that is a HUGE difference.  I remember school teachers telling us to write numbers under one as 0.5, because then you will always notice the decimal point, DUH! DuhduhduhDUH.  Anyway, it is also amusing, potentially, maybe I am about to test and discover some wicked cool new glaze???????????? The results will be out of the kiln in a couple of days...

New vases from the kiln firing a day ago, HOT STUFF right?

Have a great Monday!