Today Cindy hauled the kids to school and then hit the studio for nine hours of trimming, handle pulling, and lid fitting. She also got a standing order for forty mugs and two tea pots a month for one of the resort shops for the next couple of months anyway. Mike mugs in Mountain Mist and Mountain Mist with Wild Rose. Same with the tea pots. We were hoping for July to be a light month when we could play a bit and have some invention time but looks as if we may have to re schedule. I worked in the office again today on the Dragon story and on the web page. Added testimonials to the ad page for the DVD and set up international shipping on the order page. That turned into a real hair puller, as if I had any to spare! Took almost four hours to get done and published.
Back at the studio the bisque pots have finally cooled so they can be unloaded and the pot bottoms waxed. Getting ready for another glazing session. When we work together at it we can glaze a pile of pots in a short time. We have a couple of internet orders waiting for a few of these pots then the rest go to retail clients in Ontario and British Columbia.Should be shipping by mid week next week.
Kids start their final exams at school Monday. Hard to believe its that time of year again already. Man time flies! Short today. Been on this machine too long…jim
…..so I did sneak out for lunch with Cindy at the studio(yesterday lunch now as I’m writing this Thursday Morning) , she was mud from foot to waist as throwing some bigger pots on batts and doesn’t use the splash pan. Going good , although with the wet weather we are falling behind schedule with drying. Also the bisque loads are cooling slower than usual as we have a lot of plates in the kilns, which means more shelves, heavier load equals slower cooling time. I came back to the office for a few hours and wrote some more on Dragon story. It is going good if I do say so myself. Went back to studio around 4:30 to get Cindy and took some photos of some of her last two day’s throwing.
Table with a beanpot, several platters and bowls.
Casseroles , some batterbowls,etc.
Two more bean pots and a "playtime" vase
Two sinks. Thrown a little over 20 inches so they will end up around 18 when finished.
We finished up the day with a school meeting. Kaileigh is going back to Italy next Spring break and this time they are also going to Greece. Sounds like fun! After we got home from that I wrote a little more, we looked at the ClayArt forum entries for the day and called it a night. So ends another day at the studio.And now it’s Thursday morning…but that’s another entry!….jim