Slowly but surely

It has been a while since an update. So here goes...

I continue to make pots as time allows, but work at the newspaper has picked up lately. That, coupled with the thought that maybe a touch of flu (or dare I say, swine flu) may have hit us, has kept me from throwing as much as I'd like to. Usually I will get home and not have any energy to even sit at the wheel. The desire is definitely there, but I can't seem to resist the draw of the sofa when I get home.

A bisque load went into the kiln tonight, including mugs, some covered containers, a large bowl, large vase, and a hodge-podge of other pots. Hopefully it will all turn out fine and ready to glaze over the weekend. I have run out of raku clay, much to my distress, but I have 50 lbs. of earthen red clay standing by. It will be interesting to go back to that clay body and see if it handles any differently than before.

I will be setting up as a craft vendor on October 2nd and 3rd in Laurens for Squealin' on the Square, a two-day BBQ contest/event. If I remember correctly, it has drawn upwards of 12,000 people over the two days in previous years. So hopefully some folks will be interested in handmade pots.

Hopefully I will have more pictures to post right before Squealin', so stay tuned.