The love/hate relationship

The short update is that a lot of life issues have again diverted my attention. I have gotten new equipment for the studio which has required moving and consolidating things, a time-consuming chore. My test kiln needs new elements so I'm gonna have to crack my knuckles and consult the YouTube oracle for that. My plaster wedging table acquired termites of all things and I had to ditch the old one into the burn pile (blech), and build a whole new one complete with all the plaster pouring, a task I dread. but... it's done. Even if it does have bubbles in the surface.

And sadly, my husband and I had some small injuries and extended family crises including the death of a family member..

Sprained wrist. Has healed since this picture was taken, YAY.

I just try to keep moving forward.

Included in the changes, Damselfly Gallery in Midway which has been carrying the bulk of my work since I got out of school in 2009 has finally closed due to the landlord tripling the rent of the shop. All good things come to and end, I suppose. It was a fabulous shop. I still have things in Completely Kentucky in Frankfort, I believe, some in Ravenna and the rest will end up online. I currently have a large collection of my pots on my porch that I will slowly put in the shop so keep checking back from time to time. I hope to build up my mailing list. If you haven't signed up yet, please feel free to do so. I'm not a spammy emailer. Hell, I'm lucky if I've managed two emails a year in the last two years.

I have to be frank, though, I've been online for so long (since the mid-90's before HTML and all this web stuff), I struggle to "make content" the way that the algorithm world expects. I do find value in connecting with people and digital communication as it's evolved definitely makes that easier but I am also aware of the shortcomings like the time and effort it takes to put yourself out there. I was discussing with my niece the other day that I was considering just dropping silent videos on my Instagram channel and then she tells me about some new platform called Twitch where people just watch people do things, anything, live for some reason. :/

I'm not sure but it feels like voluntary surveillance to me. Plus I cannot deal with yet another platform.

I'm still toying with clips of me working. Maybe.

Baby steps. I'm still moving forward.

P.S. You US citizens, check your voter registration. Register if you haven't. Vote in the upcoming midterms. Get out and vote in ALL elections including primaries and not just the federal ones.