Phase 2 complete

Before

After

While I was away picking up the kiln, Adam and Richard were installing my new studio floor.  The old floor I imagine was much like the surface of the moon.  It was a composite of undulating cement and river rock.  The new plywood floor is cushy on the feet and my fake laminate flooring makes it easy to mop.  I can even still wear my clogs in the studio despite having lost two inches of head space under my feet.  The next project or phase 3 is setting up the kiln and kiln vent.  Phase 4, lady sculpture storage...and some day a dreamy slate work top like those in grad school.  Abel is shown here at my old drafting table from high school.  Sad to say there will be no fall studio tour to show off my fabulous new space.  Maybe it will become a spring tour in 2012!

The Kiln Arrives, Potter Still Alive

Honestly, when I left Boston I had no idea we were getting blasted in New York.  As soon as I hit the tolls at the state border the first flurries appeared.  It took eight hours to get home.  The worst part was stopping in Owego (about 40 minutes from Elmira) for a celebratory box of fried cheese curds only to discover they were way undercooked.  Totally not worth the effort of leaving the interstate.  The best part:  Olive shoveled out the driveway for me.  Thanks Jaime for setting me up with a beautiful kiln.

In the window

 I'm pretty sure Bryan Adams saw my work when it was in the window at Handwork.  I saw his tour bus parked out front of the State Theater in Ithaca which is right across the street.

After my exhibit in Corning I brought my work home for a week until Lise suggested I put it up at the store where I sell my pottery.  Many people have never seen my sculptural work so it was great exposure.  The members of the artist cooperative got to know me better too.

And I got a candid view of people's expressions as they looked at the work while I dusted the glass ware just inside the store behind the window.  The relationship between the store window and a temple frieze is remarkably similar.  I wish I had had a web cam for those first few days the pieces went up.  Maybe a grant funded project has just been conceived.  Crossroads deadline here I come...