Various Things

The weather for Saturday is supposed to be gross again.  By gross I mean mid to low 40's and raining.  Since the pottery sale is INSIDE where it is warm and dry, this will not change our plans for the pottery sale this weekend.  Come on out.  I'll have coffee and hot cider if you need warming up.  I might even build a fire in the wood stove up stairs.  Can't do that down stairs since I'll have pottery set up in front of the fireplace...or maybe I'll find a way to leave the fireplace unblocked.  Hmmm.  That is a decision that I will make Friday afternoon.

I am giving exams at school this week.  This means that I'm working more nights that I normally do.  Since tonight is an usually late night for me, I gave myself permission to leave work at lunch time today.  I did pottery stuff for about an hour in the middle of my day, and it was so much fun.

My first stop was the Copper Rock Cafe. I finally remembered to bring my Square card reader with me, so they could pay me for the mugs that I made for them to sell.  Getting paid is good.  It was also really gratifying to learn that they'd sold all but one of my mugs.  Guess I need to get cracking on some more.  I unexpectedly bumped into my "mathy" friend Bryan (known to most as Dr. Young) while I was there, so that was nice too.  He bought me a cup of coffee (thank you!) and we talked math for a little while.

The next stop was the studio.  Allen was there working, so I had company.  Our schedules haven't overlapped much all fall, so it is a real treat for me to get to talk to him.  I took a peek at pieces that came out of the last bisque fire (I should have taken a picture of all the glazing that I did over the weekend).  Mostly good results and one disappointment.  One big platter has a crack in it, but as far as I can tell, everything else came out OK.  I'll get back over there with a box in the next day or two so the new pieces will be for sale this weekend.  Butter dishes!  I have butter dishes again!

In other exciting (to me) pottery related news, I signed up for a pottery class at Cleveland Community College for Spring semester!  There is always room for learning new stuff, and I cannot wait.  I'll be sure to update you (both of you who regularly read this blog) on how that goes and what I learn.