Second to last kiln of the year is done! I've done some more of my new patterns for bigfoot and the cats since those have been really popular. I'm also trying out an alien abduction of crabs seeing how that goes. I had wanted to get these done in time for my last show, but that was just a pipe dream. Better late than never? Last show of the year is this weekend at the Brandywine Holiday Festival of the Arts.

Laguna 60 Amaco Storm x3	Laguna 60 Opulence Emerald x2
Laguna 60 Spectrum Kimchi x2	Laguna 60 Spectrum Autumn Purple x2
Laguna 60 Amaco Snow x3	Laguna 60 Amaco Snow x3
Laguna 60 Spectrum Kimchi x2	Laguna 60 Spectrum Autumn Purple x2
Laguna 60 Amaco Storm x3	Laguna 60 Amaco Storm x3
Laguna 60 Mayco Black UG wiped back Mayco Candy Apply Red x2 Cotton Tail x2, Tuxedo Amaco Snapdragon x3 rim and back 2167 clear	Laguna 60 Mayco Black UG wiped back Mayco Candy Apply Red x2 Cotton Tail x2, Tuxedo Amaco Snapdragon x3 rim and back 2167 clear
Laguna 60 Mayco black ug wiped back Inside and Rim: Mayco Green Opal x3 Mayco Silver Lining, Carribean Blue, Hot Tamale 2167 Clear	Laguna 60 Mayco black ug wiped back Inside and Rim: Mayco Green Opal x3 Mayco Silver Lining, Carribean Blue, Hot Tamale 2167 Clear
Laguna 60 Mayco black ug wiped back Inside and Rim: Mayco Green Opal x3 Mayco Tuxedo, Cotton Tail, Silver Lining, Carribean Blue, Cutie Pie Coral 2167 Clear	Laguna 60 Spectrum Floating Turquoise x2
Laguna 60 Spectrum Floating Turquoise x2	Laguna 60 Amaco Snow x3
Laguna 60 Mayco Black ug wiped back Fruit of the Vine x2 Sour Apple x2 Mayco Norse Blue light flux sweeps 2167 clear	Laguna 60 Mayco black ug wiped back Mayco Hot Tamale x2 Norse Blue x2 Light flux sweeps 2167 clear
Laguna 60 Mayco black ug wiped back Mayco Hot Tamale x2 Norse Blue x2 Light flux sweeps 2167 clear	Laguna 60 Mayco black ug wiped back Mayco Hot Tamale x2 Norse Blue x2 Light flux sweeps 2167 clear
Laguna 60 Top: Spectrum Fuzzy Peach x2 Bottom: Spectrum Autumn Purple x2	Laguna 60 Top: Amaco Obsidian x3 Bottom: Mayco Milk Glass x2
Kentucky Mudworks Brown Bear Mayco Black UG wiped back Left: Mayco Sour Apple, Fruit of the Vine, Orange a Peal Right: Mayco Java Bean, Tuxedo

This is the first of the last 2 kiln loads of the year. This has some more cats, bigfoot, and a lot of santa gnomes.

I took my little crochet samples I made a few weeks ago, soaked them in starch and then let them dry for a few days. The drying definitely took longer than I thought it would.


I used bmix because I didn't want any of the grog from the 60 in the template. The lines look crisp in it and I'm hoping that translates when I press clay into it as a template.




The next step is to let these dry slowly between boards to prevent warping. Then they will get bisque fired and I can try them out for mugs.

Over the long weekend I was making a vegetarian shepherd's pie and decided that I needed some bread. I had time so I made a challah which came out sooo pretty.


It got me thinking about how could I incorporate plaiting into my pottery. I was thinking maybe this could be a bowl/basket wall. That's the best I've come up with so far. Any other ideas?

At a work dinner a few weeks ago I was talking at dinner about mugs and we came up with the idea of Alien sucking up crabs. I finally had time over the Thanksgiving holiday to start making them.

I've been wanting to make crochet templates in pottery for a while now. I made these at my last show and now I need to figure out how to make them stiff enough that they hold shape when I roll them into clay. All of these are stitches that I've used in recent sweaters.