As the weekend nears an end I thought I should catch up. Had a great Father’s day today. First my son phoned from Kansas where he and his wife are visiting her parents. He heads back to Hawaii next week. He’s in the US Navy stationed in Honolulu. Tough assignment! Then Kaileigh and John gave me a card and gifts. After coffee Cindy and I headed in to the studio to unload the bisque loads and wax pot bottoms for glazing. CIndy also loaded the 7 with another bisque while I made some electrical repairs and talked on the phone to my two daughters, one after the other. Everyone is doing great. Was good to talk to them all.
Tomorrow morning we are glazing and loading the 16 and the 10. Have an order for 32 dinner plates and 48 mugs to go up North. Two internet orders, one for four dinner sets and another for a tea set , a couple of other orders here in the city.
We usually take Saturdays off and yesterday was a good day to stay at home as it rained steadily all day. At least we avoided the flash floods and hail they had in the southern part of the province. Did a little email stuff, Cindy read through the Dragon story as it stands right now and suggested some changes and additions, and we watched "The Aviator". Good family day.
Friday I worked with the landlord here at the house on some repairs and Cindy finished trimming the pots she threw Thursday. More photos tomorrow. The new bean pot design looks as if it is going to be a winner. Our inspiration came from an old family heirloom a gentleman brought in to the studio a few weeks ago.
It is a bean pot he brought with him from Quebec which has been in his family for many years. He had loaned it out and somehow the lid got broken and the pieces lost. Our job was to figure out what the original lid looked like and then make one which when finished actually fits in the pot. He was able to tell us it was "low" and when viewed from the side was barely visible. First we tried lids which resembled what we have been using up until now on our casserols and beanpots but they just don’t suit. Then Cindy made three prototypes which looked right but were all just a little too big to fit. Seems the horizontal shrinkage on the new style lid is different than the old style so back to the wheel. Three more lids were thrown and we think we have a winner. It will go in the glaze load tomorrow and hopefully fit as the pot is needed for a family reunion on Thursday!
Anyway our new beanpots are going to be our interpretation of the old Quebec Pot. Pictures in a few days.