Get To Know Uptown Shelby

GoCarolinas.com has a picture gallery from Uptown Shelby on their website.  I have been told that the guy was in Shelby to see a new B&B and ended up spending a couple of hours walking around our super cool uptown area taking pictures.

Take a few minutes and check it out at this link.  Get to know uptown Shelby  (The link should open a new window.)

Items of note as you scroll through include several very nice shots of Allen Griffin's studio (photos 34 through 43).  This is where the magic happens.  The handsome dude in picture #40 is Allen.  Look also for a shot of my box-o-pottery-tools in picture #43.  There are also some very nice photos from Buffalo Creek Gallery in pictures 47 through 56.  The piggy bank in picture #51 is mine.

Speaking of pottery magic, I did more glazing this weekend and I loaded the kiln. 

Not pictured above are the bazillion business card holders that I glazed on Friday afternoon.  Here's what they look like in the kiln.  

There's one more shelf of them that you can't see.  Four shelves of nothing but card holders and a few others stuck in between other pieces.  I'm very happy to have gotten them all in, so in a few days I'll be able to figure out how many more I need to make to get the 50 that I have promised.  

One more shot of the loaded kiln.  

The last thing that I did today before I left was to make sure that the last bunch of mugs I made are ready for the next bisque fire.  One way to be sure that greenware is completely dry is to lick it.  If your tongue sticks, you know it is dry.  When Allen showed me that trick years ago, I thought it was the grossest thing ever.  Now, I find myself licking pots on a regular basis.  Its still gross, but I guess I've gotten used to it.

I ALWAYS think, "Stuck, stuck, stuck."  So far, the fire department has not had to come help me.  (Shameless movie reference there.)