Tradition

Some years back, Susan - a dear friend who re-introduced me to pottery - decided it would be a nice gift to take a day off at birthday time and spend that day at Clayworks. We did it for her birthday. We did it for mine. We would meet in the morning, work on respective projects, share a b-day lunch and celebrate each other's special day. It was a wonderful tradition. But as things got busier at our respective businesses, our birthday clay days took a back seat to meeting the "bottom line".
Until today.

Thank you, Sooz, for the very special remembrances. And thanks to all of my friends at Clayworks who shared special birthday wishes. Who knew that yucca branches could be turned into brushes with a little bit of saliva? (Thanks, Mary-Anne) Once I apply said saliva I will post a pic. Until that time, here are a couple of things I worked on today.
Pendants. Glazed all three of these - two will be fired to ^10, one is a test at ^5.

Coiling project for Sculpture Class. Coiling is not my forte. Maybe that's why I feel like I need to work at it? The project calls for a coiled sculpture...with 2 textures...at least 20" tall. (Yikes! My birds are about 2" high max!) This is what I'm working toward am but not feeling particularly confident about creating.

I'm pretty sure I've bitten off more than I can chew. But as long as I am learning I am happy.
And, birthday notwithstanding, as long as I can chew I'll be happy too. :>

Seems it's been quite some time since I posted here. Last post was made over a year ago...precisely the time I decided to sign up for a Facebook account. I was smitten. So quick & easy to post photo albums. So many people I'd lost track of - found.

But while FB offered me certain things, I missed substance. Paragraphs and prose aren't a FB thing. And there's a lot more to relationships than pushing a "like" button. I'm not knocking Facebook. It fills a need for many people. And I still have a presence there with an Artist Page. But I'm happier in the blogging world. Not sure any of my blogging buddies are still with me since it's been so long...but I'm reading your words, loving your pictures and am glad to be back.