Post #612020 by umeone on Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:41 AM

Well the last few days have been exciting. I figured out that I was attacking the Potters Wheel from the wrong end, oops, it helps to know which end is up, so to speak! :lol: I'm pleased to show you my first attempt at the wheel from the correct positioning;

Ta-Da!

As I was attempting to turn my cylinder into a Zombie mug, I managed to destroy it, the clay was wet and I figured out that you need to let it set up a little before trying to work with it. So as I was staring at my newly wedged cylinder I got inspiration! Gotta love inspiration! :lol:
A tribute to our Beloved Dog Mia, who sadly passed away suddenly, a month after arriving back in Ohio. Anyway, she would squint, wrinkle up her nose and bear her teeth, if she was hungry or unhappy with us, like if we didn't take her with us. She was a complete sissy, which made this almost sign of aggression very funny and entertaining. :lol: Craig would try to get her to do it on command but, she only did things she wanted to do and when she wanted to do them, she had us very well trained! :lol: So my new Tiki Mug based loosely on Mia;

I got a call from the lady that fires my wares and she was ready to do a Glaze fire, so I packed up my pieces and started out to her house. I got about 3 lights when the lady in front of me decided to stop in the middle of the intersection to make a right turn from the left hand lane, I was able to stop, the lady behind me was not. Fortunately my car had very little damage compared to her whole front end being smashed in, I was shook up and had to call Craig to come deal with everything and sadly my newly made Island did not survive the crash. Although the glazed pieces held up fine, Thank God and I was sore but not severely hurt although Craig still insisted I go to the ER and get checked out. Sore but going to be fine. Moral of the story wear your seat belt! I had Santa Island straped into the passenger seat and he survived without a scratch, yay! :)
Well that about catches you up, I'm going back to work on M.I.A. Tiki!

Mahalo Y'all,
Linda