Well here it is Thrusday and I’ve got to catch up again. Yesterday I started sanding and preparing pots for shipping and Cindy started throwing mugs. I went in to the studio just to see how the kilns had behaved and then came home to the office to print tags and shipping labels. Larry from Plainsman phoned to say our clay was in so right after noon I headed over and picked up another 30 boxes of clay plus some chemicals. The pot mobile didn’t even break a sweat with the added ton of cargo. The old "Exploder" would have needed two trips and been on his knees! I left Plainsman and went by Specialty Packaging for some two cubic foot boxes. Back to the studio and carried on with prepping the order for Lake Louise. Cindy finished the clay she had pugged with a little over 90 mugs and a few bowls. We decided to call it a day. Thunderstorm in the afternoon had lowered the temperature some so easier sleeping.
This morning got to the studio and immediately unloaded the big guy. Everything was marvelous. It was an interesting kiln load as it represented the finishing odds and ends for several orders. As a result we had several of our glazes in it. Here is a picture of a few of the items on the table just to give you an idea:
The two 20 inch sinks are terrific. Everything "sang" for sure.
Rose from Panache was happy to hear the news and sent her employee over to pick them up. If she got the holes cut in them as planned one of the sinks is probably in her customer’s bathroom tonight! They had been waiting awhile as the kiln gods did not smile on our first attempt.
I packed up the Lake Louise and Jasper orders and Cindy finished throwing goblets and packed up the pots for the Legislative Assembly Gift Shop. We got an internet order for a deluxe sushi set and I happened to have one sitting in consignment at one of local merchants so when we took the pots to the Legislative Gift Shop and the two bus shipments we swung by and picked up the sushi set. Northern Lights glaze. Very distinctive.
After all that running around the day was finished.
My kids are in town tomorrow so I’m not sure how much work we’ll get done. It will be good to see all four of the Grand kids though.
Gnite.