Got some new Calla Lily Candle Holders just in time for my show this weekend at Hershey Art Fest. My first time at a show in PA. It's just far enough for me to want to stay in a hotel so I don't have to get up quite so early on Saturday to drive. I'm looking forward to it and hope to see you there.

I took everything else out of the top shelf so I could analyze the damage. It was clear pretty quick that the globe and the vase were stuck together. I ended up having to tap them on the table to get them to come apart.


You can see that its just barely touching the wall on this side, not really all that bad. It could have been worse.


Side note - all the blog pages are now updated! Need to figure out how to do the glaze pages next.

My first show of the year is this weekend at Hershey Art Fest in PA. First time at this show, but I have high hopes.

This last weekend was the Maryland Sheep and Wool and as always a lot of yarn was purchased. I feel like I purchased less yarn than last year, but still it is a lot of yarn! One of my favorite yarn suppliers Briar Rose - wasn't there this year. I saw on their web site that they are taking a break as well. I do hope that nothing is seriously wrong and they will be back making their wonderful yarns soon!

I piched up yarn from many of my favorites - Miss Babs, A Hundred Ravens, Kim Dyes Yarn, Into the Whirled - as well as a few new places. New projects coming soon, just as soon as I finish winding it all.

So the globe split open. It didn't damage the kiln too much, just a little on one brick that I was able to sand down. It did also stick to the vase next to it. Going to have to figure out if I can save that one - it also ran at the bottom so refiring seems risky.

In good things I tried out running hot chowder for the first time and that came out awesome. I also tried doing some spoon rests in Obsidian with the birds that look amazing. The refire of the trees plate fixed the spots they had. Overall mostly good things.

I continue to make good progress on the blog. I've got the images fixed all the way back to the beginning of 2022 at this point. We're reaching the point where I was posting less frequently so I should be able to finish soon, especially now that I have a few weeks at home. I was basically on the road for the entire month of April. It was a lot and I am very happy to be back in my own bed every night.

Anyway, when I finish all the blog entries then I'll go through and update all the glaze pages. I'm still not entirely sure what the most efficient way will be to do those, finding all the images in the posts will be just as hard as finding them going through my pictures again. That is the next problem, the current is to fix all the blog pages and like I said I'm making headway.

Laguna 60 Amaco Deep Firebrick x3 Seaweed x2 Swirls of Spectrum Running Hot Chowder	Laguna 60 Amaco Deep Sienna Speckle x2
Georgie's Sand and Surf wiped back Zinc Free Clear	Georgie's Sand and Surf wiped back Zinc Free Clear
Laguna 60 Bottom - Mayco black ug wiped back 2167 clear Top - Mayco Red Gloss x2 White Gloss Dots x2 Green Apple x2	Laguna 60 Mayco black ug, Mayco Hot Tamale, Jack o Langern, Sun Kiss, Just Froggy, Fruit of the Vine as water colors 2167 Clear
Refire: Just added some smoke over the spots	Laguna 60 Mayco black ug wiped back Mayco Norse Blue x3 Light Flux Sweeps Mayco Hot Tamale x2 2167 clear
Laguna 60 Mayco black ug wiped back Mayco Norse Blue x3 Light Flux Sweeps Mayco Hot Tamale x2 2167 clear	Laguna 60 Mayco black ug wiped back Mayco Norse Blue x3 Light Flux Sweeps Mayco Hot Tamale x2 2167 clear
Laguna 60 Spectrum Autumn Purple x2	Laguna 60 Left: Mayco Kings Blue ug wiped back Amaco Sky x3 Middle: Mayco Lavender ug wiped back Amaco Lavender x3 Right: Mayco Dusty Rose ug wiped back Amaco Cherry Blossom x3
Amaco Deep Sea x3 Snow x2	Laguna 60 Coyote Oatmeal x2
Amaco Deep Sea x3	Amaco Obsidianx3
Mayco Lavender ug wiped back Amaco Lavender x3	Refire: didn't add any glaze just trying to fix pinholes and it just ran and still has pinholes
Laguna 60 Mayco black ug, Mayco Hot Tamale, Jack o Langern, Sun Kiss, Just Froggy, Fruit of the Vine as water colors 2167 Clear Inside: Amaco Sky x2 Outside top: Mayco Rootbeer x3	Amaco Emerald Falls x3

Well I hoped I could save it, but no such luck. This globe has given me a headache since the start. When it was still wet, I thought I had solved it - but then in bisque is slumped a bit. When I was glazing it, I could hear things shifting a bit. I hoped that the glaze would glue it together, but it slumped some more. It looks like the walls of the kiln are holding it in the back and that the vase next to it is holding it on the side. Hoping there isn't too much damage, but waiting until it's really cool to try to move stuff.

The little tray on the right is pretty awesome! I tried running hot chowder from spectrum for the first time adn am not disappointed.

This is the first kiln in a while! I've bene traveling so much for work that I haven't had the time to do much pottery. I really need to travel less!

This kiln has some fun stuff in it. My vase turned luminary is so very awesome! I think I need to make more of these. I also really like how the travel mug turned out. The fishy plats are better than they were in my head!

I'm not sure about the garlic plates. I like how they look, but I'm not sure if they will actually grate garlic. Really annoyed that both of my trees plates had random spots on them. I added more glaze and put them right back in the kiln and hopefully the spots go away.

Laguna 60 Mayco black ug wiped back Mayco Hot Tamale, Jack o Lantern, Sunkissed, Just Froggy, Fruit of the vine as water colors 2167 clear Kentucky Mudworks Hydra just on the top	Laguna 60 Mayco black ug wiped back Mayco Hot Tamale, Jack o Lantern, Sunkissed, Just Froggy, Fruit of the vine as water colors 2167 clear
Laguna 60 Mayco black ug wiped back Mayco Hot Tamale, Jack o Lantern, Sunkissed, Just Froggy, Fruit of the vine as water colors 2167 clear Mayco Root Bear x2 Amaco Sky inside x2	Laguna 60 Mayco black ug wiped back Mayco Hot Tamale, Jack o Lantern, Sunkissed, Just Froggy, Fruit of the vine as water colors 2167 clear Kentucky Mudworks Hydra just on the top
Mightnight Ceramics Bogeyman x3 - ran a little	Opulence Sea Spray x3 Pebble Beach x2
Colors for Earth Bright Violet Laurel Green 2167 Clear Mayco Lavender Mist x3	Colors for Earth Bright Violet Laurel Green 2167 Clear Mayco Lavender Mist x3
Mayco Tuxedo x2 Mayco Frosted Lemon x2	Amaco Deep Sea x3 Snow x2
Laguna 60 Amaco Deep Sea x3	Colors for Earth Bright Violet Laurel Green 2167 Clear Mayco Lavender Mist x3
Colors for Earth Bright Violet Laurel Green 2167 Clear Mayco Lavender Mist x3	Laguna 60 Midnight Ceramics Sexy Mermaid x3
Top Left: Mayco Dusty Rose ug Amaco Cherry Blossom x3 Top Right: Mayco Kings Blue ug Amaco Sky x3 Bottom: Amaco Emerald Falls x3	Mayco Norse Blue x3, Sandstone x3, Light Flux Sweeps
Laguna 60 Georgie's Indigo wiped back Zinc Free Clear	Laguna 60 Georgie's Cherry Fizz x2
Amaco Smoke x3	Stupid spots! I think its Amaco Snow
Laguna 60 Georgie's Cherry Fizz x2 Mayco Light Flux