I had an interesting phone call today at work. A girl called because she “wanted some information on… uhhh …..pottery”. She wanted to throw floor vases for her portfolio to show the local university. She told me she wanted to be an artist so she needs to make floor vases. Her logic not mine.

She wanted to know what you need to make a three foot vase. I told her twenty or thirty years on the wheel would be a start. She had never made a pot. She had no access to a studio, but how hard can it be, she has seen it done on TV and she thought it looked really cool. I said it was like wanting to play with Eric Clapton this week end, what do you need to know?

She didn’t know who Eric Clapton was. Oh well, I guess you can’t pot for over thirty years and not be an old fart.

We had a good day at the studio. We loaded the 10 for a bisque and the 16 for a glaze. I forgot the camera so I don’t have any pics to post.

Tomorrow Jim goes to Calgary to show the Safe Driving DVD to the head oil dudes. It is good. They had done a great job, they should be proud.

Safety Jim meets the world, or the world meets Safety Jim, one or the other.

Tomorrow I keep on glazing. As soon as the kilns are unloaded, they will be loaded again. This coming weekend we are doing our first retail show in a long time, a couple of years anyway. I have only had a few weeks to prepare. It will be tight, the pots will still be warm when the show doors open.