5.5 ounces to a small head. Who knew?
So if you’ve been hanging out with us, and still are now that the world is opening back up, you know that this past year was a peripheral project finishing year. I worked on necessary projects, I did some fun ones on my wish list, and basically caught up on everything. This summer (right now) I am getting to some long-necessary maintenance and am having all of the brickwork on the building finally re-pointed. (It took me a while to find a good brick guy who was affordable).
With other social venues now available for our studio members (and me), this month I am returning to my former schedule of two-months-on for classes, one-month-off for me to work uninterrupted. Not that I look on the studio as an interruption: Far from it! I enjoy it immensely and it’s always difficult to force myself to take the time off. BUT I find this time absolutely necessary for my brain to reset, re-evaluate, and above all, re-invigorate. Right now in particular, I am mentally fatigued from the endless studio safety regimen of cleaning, spacing, masking, etc. When we return in July, we’ll be operating as a fully vaccinated studio and can start to relax a little.
So now as Al the Brick Guy works outside (His title for himself and as I have him listed in my phone contacts), I’m getting ready to make things! What, you ask? Well what do you think?
I will be continuing my journey into slip cast beauty and slip cast fun. You crazy people have been buying the baby heads (and the pretty mugs!) so that will be the first thing on the list. I decided as I work that I would stream old Star Trek series, because you may have noticed the Borg influence on the mugs… And I’ve watched just about everything else this past year.
Also, eBay keeps listing more of these vintage chachkies molds. I just ordered some frogs.
New this round will be a couple of (normal) salt and pepper shakers and a new baby planter base
The nightlight is particularly horrific
This former “renovation” is FINALLY gone! Along with its wasp collection. I saved one small mud dauber nest to fire (potters fire everything).
Sooo clean! (Gutters and that last boarded-up window are in the works). The window sash are for when the train sprays herbicide for track maintenance. Our fig trees are LOADED with figs.
(A little reminder of where we started)
I went old-school (cheap) on the sign! I had the bracket, wood, and paint in the attic
Less formal, more fun
And a new rain barrel to replace the old leaky one
It my have taken two tries on the height… Trains are big and I have no depth perception.
The balls are old birdhouses cleaned, spray painted, and Lucased. #lucasprints