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Sometimes I do blue.
New deep soup/cereal bowls. I'll be keeping one of these for myself.
A good stack of plates.
More mugs and some yunomi.
A new big dish. There will be more of these in the Oct. firing.
My new lobed cups. Fun.
They are designed for those mornings when you are only half (or less than) awake as they pretty much direct your coffee right into your mouth.
I made a nice dish for supper tonight. I am getting lots of cooking ideas from 101 Cookbooks. I made an asparagus and brown rice dish tonight. Sarah loved it, she has gone dairy free and we are both eating less meat, we were almost vegetarians anyway. It's fun trying some new things, I have been having a good time in the kitchen.
Here's a pic of the floor we stained using the iron sulfate. I put 3 coats of sealer on it. Now I have 2 doors to hang and windows and baseboard trim to nail up. That will get done later this week too!
Circle of Eight Sale this Saturday!!
Mugs drying upside down on the rack. Almost ready to be slipped.
Wide shallow bowls. I am in this fat rim, lobed pot phase at the moment. It will be neat to see how these turn out and if anyone likes them. These are an extension of the ones I made last week that were deeper. I think these would be good for pasta or noodles or salad. 
A few yunomi, some lobed some combed. 
It's been a good day when I come away looking like this from the neck down. I'm not very neat. When my dad comes by and sees me in this condition he always says, "Why don't you get some aprons?" I just like being messy I guess.
I am working towards the firing for my September Home Sale. The dates are Sept. 22 and 23. I got my postcards from the printer today, they look pretty good. I need to mix some racks of clay over the weekend and will start bisquing next week too. My class at Clayworks starts next Tues. so things are going to continue to be busy. Tonight I am off to the Arts Council for the opening of a photography exhibit. That's it for now.
Here is a close up of a still wet section. This is sort of what it will look like once the sealer is put on. This whole area used to be my pottery shop and the floor got quite abused over that 12 year period. So all that sort of shows and gives the character to the room.
I love to pat these edges, the clay moves up in a natural, soft, friendly way. I like for the pots to show the process and not be too 'finished' or pristine looking. Cutting pots off with a twisted wire leaves another 'signature', process mark. Little things like this are what I love to see in pots.
I finally got these ovals handled today, but they'll have to wait until tomorrow to get a coat of slip.
And some square mugs. I should have taken a pic of the bottoms of these, they are rather nice. I'll try to remember tomorrow. 
This jar was inspired by Mackenzie, there was a large one similar to this (better though) in the exhibit. I am not sure where this shape comes from but I'd guess Korea. I'll have to check it out.
I am reading a great book, A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry. It's a fiction set in India in '75 during the State of Emergency. I am a little over half way through. Last night I came upon the passage in the book from which the title is taken. "You see, you cannot draw lines and compartments, and refuse to budge beyond them. Sometimes you have to use your failures as stepping-stones to success. You have to maintain a fine balance between hope and dispair."
Three small ovals. The two on the left have the same slip. The one on the right is bare clay and was right up front in the middle of the stack, it got hammered with soda.
Here are a couple pilgrim bottles. Sorry about the glare. We have one of these we keep by the sink for dish washing detergent. They are good for cooking oil too. You fill them through the spout.
These pots will be going to the Circle of Eight sale that's coming up in a few weeks. I'll be posting more about it later. 
