Correction: That's everything that I brought home. 8 mugs, 3 baking dishes, 1 platter, 3 big bowls, 1 napkin holder, 1 jar with a lid, 1 canister set, and 4 business card holders. But who's counting, right? OK. I'm counting. I admit it. I look at this haul and think, "Wow. That's a lot of work." Then I get home and I look at the shelves where I store everything and think about how close the Carolina Pottery Festival and holiday shopping season are getting and I think, "What if I run out of things to sell?"
ON THURSDAY: The Shelby High School homecoming parade was a 4:15 followed by the Uptown Art Walk from 5:30 to 8:30. I hurried over after work to get my stuff out of the car and set up inside for the art walk before the parade started. I teach a class of seniors at Shelby High this semester and several of my students were involved in the parade either playing in the band or driving and riding in the parade. I stood on my corner (That doesn't sound right, does it?) and waved at everybody. Then I dashed out to get some supper so I didn't pass out from hunger before the end of the night.
The Art Walk went well I think. From all reports, there was a pretty good crowd and there were interesting things going on for folks to see. We had a fair number of visitors at the studio and I had a good time demonstrating for them.
I stole this picture off the Uptown Shelby Facebook page. Yours truly sitting at the wheel, Jeff in the blue shirt, Gail Richard showing me a picture on her iPad, and her husband Jamie watching. Gail is another one of Allen's pottery students. I am really enjoying getting to know her. It was almost 9 pm on Thursday night before I was headed home. A VERY long day for me.
I was back in the studio on FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. Friday was mostly finishing up some of the pieces that I started the night before. I also got started on a couple of pigs. A few years ago, I made some piggy banks. Then I had trouble with finding the right size corks for the snouts and ended up with 6 or 8 pigs that have no noses. Discouraged, I quit making pigs.
It hit me the other day that perhaps I'd have more luck if I made some pigs to go with the corks that I already have. So, I'm giving it another whirl.
Here I've got the pig standing on his nose to have his butt trimmed. We want a nice, round pig butt if possible.
Ears, eyes, and tail ready to be attached...There are also some legs somewhere, but the legs aren't funny to look at, so I didn't take a picture.
This pig is actually still missing his tail because I almost forgot to put it on. We'll see if the nose fits when I'm all done.
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