More tiles and something new

There were a few more tiles in the kiln that I thought you might enjoy.

I am very fond of the red sunflowers. I am well aware that most folks think of yellow with sunflowers, but after I grew some red ones I never get tired of making some red ones. 

Sweet thing is a favorite. 

 Of course there are more bunnies, it is year around bunnies here.

And, something new.

I am working on tile for a customer's kitchen.

Details, details, details.

So, be safe, be well, be healthy, be happy.
And, wash your hands.
Yes, mom,
M

It is Friday the 13th

of July, how is your luck running these days?
I have never been one to worry about the 13th.
 I figure like a full moon in October it has gotten a bad rap.
I love a full moon so, let's try to love the 13th.
We picked massive amounts of blueberries this morning.
This time of year if I don't get out there early it gets too hot too fast for me.
Beautiful morning for picking today, luck.

I have been working on as many tiles as I can over the summer getting ready for the fall.
I like this house, I worked in a tree on this one and I think it worked pretty well.

I have an order for some accent tiles for a kitchen, the customer has a vision of what she wants, I am just working through that.
I think it would be brilliant to have these in a kitchen they will add a nice splash of color.
I was reading the other day that the all white kitchen is on the way out.
For myself I like color in my spaces, I  have been interested in the all white, but never drawn to it. When I see all white I want some crayons so I can add some color in there.
Maybe drawn a house, a tree, some flowers....
At least with all white you won't need to worry about a primer. It's going to be easy to cover.

Here's your happy for the day.
Later!
M

The brain and the madness of it all.

When I am working on glazing I have had times that I can not stop a thought. The thoughts of what if I try this or what if I do that. I know you know what I mean, you have to. The other day as I was glazing the last kiln before our show this weekend I needed blinders to keep me in focus. I kept telling my brain don't look over there, stop thinking about the next thing and think about the task at hand.
My brain did not want to listen.
Look, you have room for 3 small tiles that you can do this test on, just do it.
And, so I did.
I grabbed up the 3 small tiles above and drew on them, I then used a black pottery pencil to follow the lines. I then tried one with a glaze on top, it covered too much. I tried the other 2 just as I would my tiles with the black wax on them. I then waxed them and applied a background glaze. I juggled some space in the kiln and in they went. I think there should always be something in the kiln that you want to see, something to get excited about. I was curious to look at these small tiles.
My reaction is that I like them and now cannot wait to put this to the test on some other pieces.
BUT, we have a show this weekend and I have to sit on this until it is over.
Instead we are packing up the booth, packing boxes of pottery and shifting work to the store/gallery for Mark to have plenty of work to sell here.
Those new ideas will have to wait.
Last weekend a long time customer and his wife came in to pick up something for her birthday. She had been  in a few weeks back to ask about tiles, they had built a new house and were planning how to display their pottery. I told her to measure the space, cut out some craft paper and tape it up to see what the size is that they would like to have.
She did just that and it made it easy to pick out the work. Later that night I got this great picture of the tiles enjoying the company of another potter's owl lamp. Fun, I like it. I cropped the picture in order to remove a picture of them.
Also on saturday the backsplash was picked up and taken away to be installed. When I get pictures I hope to share.

Cheers!
M

fall is in the air?

I would love to tell you yes, but it is almost 80 degrees out there today.
I am full on ready for some cool, crisp days.
The kind that call for a sweater, extra layers, warm socks, hot drinks, blankets on the bed.....
Here we are mid to late October and we are still having summer days.

I am going to blame my brain fog on too much sun and warm weather.
Today I jumped out of bed, went to open the kiln we fired yesterday, jump in the shower, got dressed, opened the gallery only to find out today is Sunday and not Saturday.
I looked at Mark and said, "It's Sunday."
He looked at me as if I had two heads, "yes."
Okay......

And then we went to unload the kiln.

We found great teacups, salt jars, beer mugs and these tiles.
So, okay, it's not Saturday, life is good.
I can take the loss.
Hope you are all enjoying your day.
No matter.
M