tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42956399740632428482012-01-25T15:30:58.507-05:00adventures of a studio potter in OhioJean Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01315058338116528923noreply@blogger.comBlogger671100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295639974063242848.post-39820173076718735332012-01-23T12:22:00.000-05:002012-01-23T12:22:53.410-05:00

Here he is in the green state with his last bits added and subtracted.  From here he goes back under the plastic to dry slowly.

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Work in progress Side view I had some time today to get into the studio and with the help of a couple images I have done some more work on Mr. Bison.  He now has a face, a tail and some haunches.  He is still hornless but they have been formed and wait until they are firm enough to be attached.  After that I shall see if he needs ears.

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Slab Silhouette Lisa with her boney box It is January and things are cold and slow and yes it is a good to return to the studio.  I am pleased to say I can now sit down and work on small projects.  I have many mugs, three yarn bowl kitties, three yarn bowl owls, two yarn bowl elephants and one llama (yarn bowl) in process. Among this bestiary comes something unconsidered by me.  What

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All was quiet in the studio today.  It was cool and dark.  This because it is the year end holiday break.  All the students are gone and the rain comes down which is unseasonal for south west Ohio.  I was there wrapping up loose ends earlier.  I am home now and have lit a small tree in honor of the shortest day of the year and in hope of better days to come.

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December 2010, Hickory NC Leap Off Point Blue Ridge Parkway Spring 2011 This entry is in loving memory of my son Paul Ernest Wuerzner who was born February 14, 1986 and died November 6, 2011.  I am still in shock but feel I must post something.  We all miss him so much.  

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August is on the ebb and again I find I am looking at hedge apples.  Hedge apple as sheep and as tea pot.  They are demanding creatures, quite high maintenance but I am enjoying the process.  Here are a couple still green.  

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There is a new place for art studios in Middletown Ohio.  Strange, I know.  I have lived in Middletown Ohio for over 20 years and art is not what one thinks of first when one thinks of Middletown Ohio.  First I would think of industry, steel and paper mills.  Yet it was in Middletown where first I was introduced to art in the practical clay studio in the Middletown Fine Arts Center, Middletown

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This morning I opened the gas kiln from last Tuesdays firing.  There were a few disappointments and some lovelies.  Among the lovelies were these little sheep which turned out to be a lot more work than I had anticipated.  Quite worth the trouble I think.

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Due to a recent move there has been little action in the studio lately.  One exception are the bubble cups that came out of last months reduction firing.  It was one of the best for copper reds in recent memory.  You will find a few of them listed in my Etsy shop.

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Missy  This post is in memory of my dog who recently passed.  She came to me though my children and like them, was a blessing.   Everybody Knows Everybody knows that the boat is leaking Everybody knows that the captain lied Everybody got this broken feeling Like their father or their dog just died Excerpt from Leonard Cohen Song "Everybody Knows"

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A Small Herd Just last week I was contacted about making more small elephants--this time with out the coin slot.  I had not made any more because I found the small ones take as much time to assemble as the large ones and I figured no one would want to pay more for small elephants.  My contact saw no problem with the price increase so here I go again! 

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The Welcome Party Cluster of pigs Northminster Presbyterian Fine Arts Fair has come and gone.  This is my third year as an artist there and I always come home and say "Those folks are really nice I could do this again next year."  Next year is the key word though.  There is work yet to do.  My Civic is still packed to the gills.  It  waits  patiently to be unloaded.  I leave you with a

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I've been getting ready for this show all this week and am about packed and ready to go.  The weather?  It will be just fine!  Hope to see you there.

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Here is part of what I did from this past Friday till Sunday.  I went through inventory.  I packed pottery in boxes and labeled boxes.  I divided the sheep from the goats and filled up a few buckets and boxes of shards.  The job is not done yet but I am a lot closer to finish than I was.  Yippee skipee!

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Here come some more of my gear heads piggies--fresh from the gas kiln.  The firing went well but over all, I must admit, I am disappointed with the way my rutile surfaces turned out.  They were much to muddy for my liking.  The problem?  Was the clay I used.  The piggies though, are just fine

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Again I am out of the studio and out of state.  This time I am in North Carolina helping my son, Paul, move.  He will be attending Appalachian State.  Paul's new apartment is quite nice and in a lovely, hilly spot--which has made this move an adventure.  The snow storm also added to the fun.  As a consequence the move took longer and cost more than anticipated.  Here are a few pictures of

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Here is one of my new "gear head" pigs.  He was conceived in a fit of perversity. "What if I made a pig with his legs up in the air?" I asked my studio colleague. "That would be so cool!" was her answer, "only you need to make the piggy smile and give him wings, so he won't be so scary." So there you have it, a little gear head made to lay on his back. His surface is textured with gears

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Da Baby! The cache Gators? This post has me well away from the studio for once as I have been visiting my parents in Punta Gorda Florida for Thanksgiving.  Today my son Paul and I were looking for a geocache on eagle point trail.  We found the cache and best of all, a lovely little gopher tortoise.  Any alligators?  Nope.

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Just a quick note about my new piggies.  They have been around a little while but I am just getting them uploaded to the web.  You can find them at little pig pottery.com and esty.little pig pottery in the section labeled critters.  There also are a few at little pigs on Artfire. 

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The Rosewood exhibit of my ceramic sculpture and Laine's water colors is now up and will be open until October 8th. It was a fun day yesterday at the opening reception and we were beaming. You will find details on Rosewoods location and hours at this link and at Rosewood gallery facebook link If you live in the Kettering Ohio area it is worth seeing. Where can you find more pictures of the

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Laine Bachman/Jean Ann Bolliger(Columbus, OH/Middletown, OH)Watercolors/CeramicsSeptember 13 - October 8, 2010Opening reception Sunday, September 12, 2 - 4 pmBelow are links to more information on my exhibit at Rosewood Arts Center in Kettering Ohio. I would love it if you could come.Jean Ann (Little Pig)Rosewood Arts CentreRosewood facebook

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I think it has been a month now since I set up a booth at the Annual Worthington Art Fest in Ohio. Little Pig Potter was set up in the shade which was very nice. The day could not have been better. I got to try out my new booth furniture. I think it showed well--except for the risers on the left. I've had them slimmed down a little, so we shall see how they look come next show which is in

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Here he is fresh from the kiln and on his way home. He fits in the seat pretty good for 21 inches tall. That is not big for an elephant but large for a kiln.

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With the help of Digital Visuals I have some new booth furniture. I am presently devising covers for them all. I will be setting them up in my booth this coming weekend in Worthington. I am quite pleased with how they assemble and break down and am looking forward to seeing how it all fits.

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There has been a couple suggestions that my hedge apple teapots be made into little hedge hogs. I thought I might give editing a picture of one a try to see how it fits. Beastly!

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In my quest to make a fine tea pot strainer I did find a tiny hole cutter yesterday then commenced with OCD hole making. I now have a few prototype teapots and have decided to stop for the time being. This because I need to see how this form pours. I also have another concern. I am thinking (especially with the porcelain) that cracking and warping between holes in the strainer is a danger. We

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In November I assembled three little hedge apple tea pots, fired them to biscuit and I stopped. They just were not right and I needed some time to figure things out. Well I have been at the hedge apple tea pots again in studio and am a little happier with them this time around. Here is an image of two. They are still green and mostly I am still playing around with their spouts. . . We shall see.

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Early this week I was contacted by Jenn, aka known as verybigjen. She also lives in Middletown Ohio. She saw my work and made contact--Hi neighbor! She makes wild and lovely pin cushions and sells them on the web via Art fire. Here is a link to her shop. Here also is a link to myArt Fire shop. My red tea pot is the first item in it. I am hoping to have more in it at some point this week end

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As always I manage to stay busy. This week I get to fire the gas kiln at the art center in Kettering Ohio, so (as always) I am firing biscuit and glazing up to the last minute.Also, per my usual, I have found another slab diversion in the studio. This, from some problem solving for a student. I am now on to making slab cylinders and beating them into spheres. Here is an image of teapot prototype

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It is called The Spring Pottery Fair and it is sponsored by Clay Alliance of Cincinnati Ohio. I was there as Little Pig Pottery trying my new booth out for size.The day began quite soggy and miserable but dried out before noon. From there the atmosphere became quite pleasant. Jake Speed & the Freddies performed in the street while above a woman three floors up blew bubbles, like blessings, on

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The last presenter at the Wayne Center for the Arts in Wooster Ohio was Silvie Granatelli. Hers was a quieter enthusiasm--one that I felt more of a connection to. She told us her focus in this workshop was on dinner ware--something related to food. The workshop set would be aimed for the more formal and architectural presentation of food. Silvies tools? She told us she was trained on the

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Bill VanGilder was the first to present at Wayne Center for the Arts, Functional Ceramic Workshop and he got things rolling. He is a big fellow with a big voice that wrestles big wads of clay. He also has lots of experience and an out going enthusiasm that I found engaging. What he was demonstrating in these pictures was how he made his oil/watering can forms. He also has made quite a few

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It was time off yet it was working time and yes it was worth the trip. I went about three hours north, this past week, to participate in the Wayne Center for the Arts Functional Ceramics Workshop. It was good thing for a potter to do. There were three speakers/presenters and the second was Fong Choo. I found him quite informative and entertaining. I was impressed with his enthusiasm and

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Today, after a month long wait, the sheep arrived for their photo session. These little ones just came from the kiln Friday and are set to join the ranks of other yarn holders in my etsy shop. These guys and various other yarn holders are part of the pack going to the Wool Gathering September 18th and 19th, 2010. My colleague, Adriana, will also be there and we are exited. It is our plan to

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Last week I fired the gas kiln for the people of Rosewood (Kettering OH) I also had a few of my pots in that firing. Here is an image of one of my corn kernel ash glazed teapots that came from that firing. It is a small(ish) tee pot as it holds just over 8 ounces. More pots and pictures later. Today I fire the gas at Middletown Art Center (OH).

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RTC (Royal Tea Culture) is a name I have given to a series of tea pots, tea cups & all things ceramic, made for tea. What got me started is seeing all the Japanese, Korean and Chinese tea ware. They are all so lovely and refined. I found myself wanting to make those things. Yet, there is no honest way for me to make "copies" of those things. As a result, I began to ask "What can I make that is

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The firing was Friday and quite a few hedge apple tea bowls emerged from their second glaze firing  when we opened the kiln Sunday.   I am quite happy to report that they did well and we were off to the next phase—photographing them.   I am presently editing their images.   This one is one of my porcelain babies.  She is clear glazed inside with copper red exterior. I will be uploading

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I have been busy at the wheel this past week. First it was piggy bank bodies and next more yarn holders with a unique bent. I also glazed a few hedge apple tea bowls that were fired yesterday in the gas kiln. Pictures Sunday when that kiln is opened.

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Five Hundred Million Years AgoThere is a pale sun on this November dayAnd I am in the wood along Elk CreekWatching crisp October gloryDescend in deciduous decay.The ground is dark--almost stickyIt is a thin carbon skin Dressing Ordovician limestone.Not much is happening in the bed of Elk CreekThe water is barely stumblingOver her flat stones and she is tellingThat it has not rained in some

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Hear ye! Hear ye! I am now out of number 1 pottery plaster for the fall of 2009 and I am not going to get any more until fall of 2010! Hence this post. (Yes there are 12 step programs available but I am not ready) I leave you with an image of my last hedge apple of 2009 and the half mold made from her.The mold is around 3.5 inches in diameter.

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November Hedge ApplesI took a hike the day after Thanksgiving on a new trail. It was a quiet and lovely place and there were (of course) hedge apples.I came back the next day with camera to record the years progression. Most of the fruit is on the ground with a few fallen into shredsI am particularly fond of the yellow fellow who is the last hanger on.At the end of the day I did come home with

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Here he is. Sumo the wonder pig! of the four piggies made in this batch Sumo is the stand out. While I was grinding his feet smooth on the wheel I lost my grip. Sumo then did a somersault on the wheel and bounced to the floor (which was padded) landing on his feet--unharmed! He is now on his way today to Springboro Ohio.

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I do love this fruit--obsess on them even--especially in the fall as they come off the trees. I just can't walk past them (which gets to be a pain). I have to stop, inspect and make a decision on who to take home.I had some unexpected fun with my tea bowls and camera yesterdayespecially when when I found the grape vine reflections in the tea.

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About raku firings--I have fun with them but have yet to be happy with my pots that come through that firing so there you have it. David who lives out in Preble County Ohio and who has the propane cylinder (& an out door mud oven) wanted to do a raku firing. He had 3 large tiles he wanted fired and convinced me (who has the burner and kiln) plus a few others to come on out and do a raku. He

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It is fall again--this time 2009 and I am revisiting the hedge apple. Today was a busy day for me in the studio. I was pinching out small sake cups. My friend--Waka--who comes originally from Japan tells me they are ochoko (my spelling). These come from this years fruit found fallen in my neighborhood on one of my walks.As always this process of copying nature comes as an obsession and is a

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Hurray! was my first reaction when I opened the kiln yesterday as my long necked giraffes stood a tall greeting. Being a tough bunch you can see they have stood their ground during the firing and have kept their heads up high. Here is quick in the kiln photo of them. More refined portraits will come later.

Jean Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01315058338116528923noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295639974063242848.post-39112568973430889102009-09-05T07:51:00.004-04:002009-09-05T07:59:59.911-04:00

Really I have no business making a chawan. To begin with I don't believe I've ever had tea from one. Regardless I have found a particular inspiration in seeing bonjiri's hand made chawan. It reminded me of my fascination and love affair with the fruit and tree called the hedge apple.That picture of a picture is me on a slimmer & sunnier October day a few years ago. I was collecting the lovely

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I gave my self a treat a couple weeks ago and took a 20 minute trip over to Lebanon Ohio. Lebanon Ohio's claim to fame is the historic Golden Lamb. "The Golden Lamb is recognized as the oldest continuously operating business in the State of Ohio. On December 23, 1803, Jonas Seaman spent $4 for a license to operate a "house of Public Entertainment." GoldenLamb.com Overveiw There also are quite a

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Starting today Kristy a who operates the shop Simply Shiny is featuring me in her blog. One of her questions to me was "what was your biggest hand made oops?" Well I had not thought about that but there certainly have been plenty--this due to the vagaries in kiln firing."Biggest OOPs?" Ah yes it was not that long ago. It started when I decided to glaze some old biscuit pieces. Seems they were

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This little Piggy stayed home in the studio today to make little pigs. First she threw their bodies. Which sounds strange almost impossible but these pigs are small and they are clay so the throwing happened on the wheel. After that little pig made snouts and feet. They are all outside the studio today (7/3/09) basking in the sun--going from soft to cheese hard. From there they will be

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Spring has been winding into summer here at Little Pig Pottery. I had been teaching classes in Middletown and in Kettering. Seems very few people wanted to take a pottery class in Kettering this summer so that left more time in the studio for me.What to do--what to do? Think the idea to make a giraffe came from one of my elephant lookers "You could make a giraffe. . ."Yeah, yeah, yeah. (It is

Jean Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01315058338116528923noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295639974063242848.post-69825855309249860242009-05-11T20:39:00.012-04:002009-05-11T21:10:49.567-04:00

I have been on Etsy lately posting a few of my IDC series. I just love the idea of them and have had great fun in making them. It started with my son Paul, who is getting ready to get out of the army. He and his army buds would get together and ...well what do I know? Not the half of it. Which is all right!What I do know is they called them selves the Irish Drinking Crew and because they were

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I could hold Dora responsible for this. It started quietly enough. I was going to show her how to throw a form that would become a body and feet to a pig. Don't know who but the suggestion for elephant dangled itself before us and so it became elephant. That is what Dora & I did all Thursday afternoon in Kettering's Rosewood studio, put a clay elephant together.By that evening Leah, had

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Tonight, just after 8 o'clock I put the names of the folks who asked to be involved in my giveaway into a mason jar and shake, shake shake, shake. Roger was behind my cranky and sluggish little digital camera and recorded the results. . .And the Little Pig Pottery Give Away is--Chrissy Lemaster-Doty!Congratulations Chrissy and thank you all who participated!

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This Easter Little Pig Pottery is having a give away. Free to one lucky recipient is a Cream Stilted Vase . Cream Vase is a decorative envelope form that is hand made from terracotta slab. Vase texture comes from power tool gears and hand carved stamps. Vase inside is clear glazed. Exterior is a combination of caramel and cream glaze. Vase can hold water but is intended as stand alone art object

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My worms pictured earlier in this blog as The Snakes have been accepted at Rosewood Arts Center for a show in 2010 and this has given me new energy to push the worms further. As serendipity would have it I was stopped in my tracks at my local library when I walked past a book titled "The Goat Sucker and the Jealous Potter" authored by Claude Levi Strauss. Yes, I had to take it home & is it a

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Here are the girls of my week. First my youngest mermaid did her glaze voyage in a gas kiln. Here is a picture of her and her shelf mate. From the kiln she got a ride in the car and no box for her. She rides up front in the passenger seat, just as her sister "House of Defense" did the next day after she came came from the smaller kiln. That one was tall enough I thought I'd better strap her

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From March 14 through April 15 LittlePigPottery is featuring 33% off her hand made mugs in the special's section. Shipping for a single mug costs between $7 to $8.50 in the U.S.A. For two mugs shipping is around $13. I ship my mugs by priority mail. Also mugs are double boxed & insured. Check it out & if you have any questions do email me ja@littlepigpottery.com.

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Today is my day to teach at Rosewood, city of Kettering, art center. My studio is quiet and clean by my standards. As I have several new pots it is in the photo mode. Dragonfly bowls wait to for their portraits to be taken and what looks like a casserole hangs about. I had intended for it to become an urn but its talking to me. It tells me it thinks it is a casserole. Casserole? Blah! It

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The first two of my five mermaids have made it through the glaze process. One mermaid, my largest, blew off a breast during her biscuit firing which led to much mirth in our studio. . .with Jean Ann's "mermaid mastectomy". More on her later. Meanwhile I have a couple pictures of the girls who made it through. The smallest mermaid--Kelpie was my first. She is almost too stern but I love the

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This morning was portrait morning for my "snakes" which I do have on slides but now they need to become digital. Part of these preparations are a proposal for solo exhibit at Rosewood Gallery Kettering Ohio. Stay tuned for results. Meanwhile here are a couple of my snakes. They are the preamble to the gorgons that I have been groping for in the past couple years.

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Last Thursday reduction firing went off last Thursday just fine thank you. It began at 930 am and went until 6:30 pm. The cone 10 was tip touching top and bottom shelf. You just don't get much better than that. Saturday noon was our date to open. It's just like Christmas.I was excited as this kiln load was mainly full of my pots. I was particularly interested in Three urns I had worked on.

Jean Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01315058338116528923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4295639974063242848.post-22903695500930352962009-02-13T08:55:00.000-05:002009-02-13T09:19:12.645-05:00

Tuesday in Studio2 was all day firing the gas kiln. Among the items being fired were some new forms of mine--Sake tokkuri and cups. Also several urns and my new discovery, double bubble cups (mugs). Here are a couple shots of what came out of that kiln this Thursday. I am pleased with how the bubbles did. Next thing is the test to see how they drink. Coffee time!

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Today winter sent us another storm. That makes it day two. The Rog has been home from school both days and tracks in and out bringing wood, shoveling snow, listening to the weather condition reports. Me? I am in the studio throwing cylinders to make mugs. From there I trot the cylinder to the microwave--yes you read correctly. I nuke my cylinders. A 1 pound cylinder stays in for 66 seconds

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In most pottery classes I know of the first handle pulling demo has an embarrassing sexual element to it which leads to all type of ribald jokes and laughter. . . Mid afternoon in studio2 Gloria has approached the sink. She has yet to master the art of pulling handles and is going to practice. Dennis, a proficient handle puller, stands by with demo and instructions. Me? I am behind my very

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I've been talking to Matt Kennedy of http://www.tootallspottery.com/. He is selling cremation urns and wants to sell some of Little Pig's urns. No I don't have any. Yes, sounds interesting, think I'll try a few. I have three assembled. They do take awhile. I've been working on these three since Friday (Jan 16th). Took a Picture.

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It is definitely cold outside Little Pig Pottery. I have plans for the studio today, which is a well insulated two car attached garage. Even so the wind just blows down the corridor of Daniel Ct and pushes its way through the garage door. The concrete also has a cold that sucks the warmth from any mammal. My plans are to go there. Just one more cup of coffee, another stall, before I address

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