Man, I Was Nervous!

I've been working on pieces of a communion set for our church for several months.  I finally got the last piece fired.

There are actually more pieces to the whole set, 

but this picture gives you the general idea.  

We took them to church this morning.  I expected really to drop them off for Pastor Luke to unpack at his leisure...sometime later.  But no.  He wanted to use them this morning. I tried the "they really should be washed before they are used" argument, but he was not going to be discouraged.  Nothing would do but to quickly give them all a wash and get things set up for communion right away. 

I was so nervous.  I kept imagining bad things that could happen like the moisture leaving marks on the communion table, the chalice coming apart in the middle of serving, and the pitcher not pouring neatly.  I would have been so much more comfortable if I hadn't had to witness their first use.  Surprise, surprise there were no calamities. 

While I had the light box out yesterday, I took some pictures of a couple of the casseroles that came out of the last fire.  These are my two favorites.  

I'm not sure when I'll be able to get back to making stuff in the studio.  Soon I hope.  Right now, it's all I can do to go to work and then come home and elevate my foot to try to reduce swelling.  I am trying so hard to be good and not over do it so I will heal quickly.  It's been about a week and a half and I'm tired of this recovery crap. Once the bandage comes off this week, I think some things will ge easier, but it is still going to be a long time before I'm back to normal.